Silence Aloud

Pieter Wispelwey is a world famous cellist and will be performing at the Lincoln Center in New York City later this month. He was born in 1962 in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This Dutch cellist was exposed to great music and received strong training at an early age. His father was part of a an amateur string quartet that practiced in the Wispelwey’s home which gave the young Pieter regular contact and exposure to musicians and rehearsal and practice structures. Later he would have lessons in Amsterdam with Dicky Boeke and Anner Bylsma as well as Paul Katz in the United States and William Pleeth, who also taught the young Jacqueline du Pre, in the United Kingdom.

During his formative years, Wispelwey fell in love with Renaissance music, both the Italian and English madrigals, as well as the German Lied. These genres remain to be a constant source of inspiration for the acclaimed soloist. He lives in Amsterdam and performs with companies, other musicians and by himself all over the world. He was the first cellist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, which is awarded to outstanding musicians who demonstrate extremely excellent skills and promise.

Wispelwey has preformed at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Chatelet in Paris, just to name of few of the major international venues on his resume. In 1990 he completed a recording of the Bach Cello Suites with Channel Classics and he received high critical acclaim for his performance. This has led to his being able to record with them his own choice of repertoire material. He is known for his comfort with a modern cello as well as a baroque instrument with either four or five strings. He will play with gut and steel strings on his contemporary instrument. Wispelwey’s performance at the Lincoln Center will take place on Sunday night, January 24th. The audience will be composed of New York residents as well as guests from the boutique hotels New York.

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