Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell (born January 30, 1944 in New York City , † April 27, 2020 in Santa Monica ) was an American cellist of international renown.
life and work
Coming from a musical family (father a singer, mother violinist), Harrel decided to play the cello at the age of eight. His teachers at the Juilliard School of Music in New York included Lev Aronson , Leonard Rose, and Orlando Cole. He then attended master classes from Pablo Casals and Gregor Piatigorsky . He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1961 .
In 1962 at the age of 18 he got a position as cellist in the Cleveland Orchestra (conductor: George Szell ), whose principal cellist he was from 1964 to 1971.
In 1971 he began his international career as a soloist and chamber music partner.
He has also taught at numerous renowned institutes, such as the Royal Academy of Music (London), the Cleveland Institute of Music, the New York Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival . From 1988 to 1992 he was musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, from 1986 to 1993 he held the Gregor Piatigorsky Endowed Chair in Cello at the USC Thornton School of Music, also in Los Angeles, and thus direct successor to Gregor Piatigorsky in this position.
Most recently Harrell taught at the "Shepherds School of Music" at Rice University in Houston / Texas.
He played a Montagnana cello from 1721 and an Antonio Stradivari cello from 1673, which had previously belonged to the British cellist Jacqueline du Pré .
Harrell died on April 27, 2020 at the age of 76.
Awards
- Avery Fisher Prize 1975
- Ford Foundation Concert Artists' Award
- Piatigorsky Award
- Grammy Awards for Best Chamber Music Performance:
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios (1988)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor (1982)
Selection discography
- Johann Sebastian Bach : Suites for solo cello
- Ludwig van Beethoven : The Sonatas for Piano and Violoncello (with Vladimir Ashkenazy )
- Johannes Brahms : Sonatas for piano and violoncello (with Stephen Kovacevich)
- Franz Schubert : Piano Trios (with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pinchas Zukerman )
- Serge Taneyev : Chamber music (with Vadim Repin , Ilya Gringolts , Nobuko Imai , Mikhail Pletnev )
Web links
- Literature by and about Lynn Harrell in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Page: Lynn Harrell, cello luminary, dies at 76. Retrieved April 29, 2020 (English).
- ↑ The Violin Channel: BREAKING | Luminary American cellist Lynn Harrell Has Passed Away - Aged 76 [RIP]. In: The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. April 28, 2020, accessed April 28, 2020 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harrell, Lynn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cellist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica |