Cello recital
- Date
- 29 June 2016 – 8:30pm
- Place
- Auditorium
- Duration
- 1h15
Stéphane Tétreault (Canada) and Joona Pulkkinen (Finland) are both graduates of the second season of Gautier Capuçon's Cello Masterclass at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. With piano accompaniment provided by Samuel Parent, they have been invited to perform a recital at the Fondation's Auditorium, with a programme that features major works from the cello repertoire by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Shostakovich.
Stéphane Tétreault, 23, was named Révélation Radio-Canada 2011-2012 in classical music. He is now the first ever soloist in residence at the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Joona Pulkkinen, a 26-year old Finn, won the Turku National Cello Competition. Since 2014 he has been the cello soloist with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
Samuel Parent, in addition to the many international prizes he has won and an international chamber music career, is the official pianist for Gautier Capuçon's Cello Masterclass.
the artists
Joona Pulkkinen
Finland
25 years
Finnish, living in Tampere (FI)
Student at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium in the class of Gary Hoffman
3rd Prize at the Turku National Cello Competition
Solo cello at the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra since September 2014
Instrument by Giovanni Grancino from 1698, kindly loaned by the Pohjola Bank Art Foundation
The programme
- Stéphane Tétreault
- Piotr Illitch Tchaïkovsky - Pezzo Capriccioso op. 62
- Joona Pulkkinen
- Johannes Brahms - Sonata No.1 in E minor for Cello and Piano : Allegro non troppo - Allegretto quasi minuetto - Allegro
- Joona Pulkkinen
- Jean Sibelius - Malinconia, Op.20 for Cello and Piano
- Stéphane Tétrault
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Sonata Op.40 in D minor : Allegro non troppo - Allegro Largo
