Raphael Wallfisch

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Raphael Wallfisch (born June 15, 1953 in London ) is a British cellist .

biography

family

Raphael Wallfisch was born into a family of musicians. His mother was a cellist and his father a pianist. The mother, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch , is one of the last known survivors of the Auschwitz Girls' Orchestra . His younger sister is the psychotherapist Maya Lasker-Wallfisch . He lives in London with his wife, violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch . His eldest son is the film composer Benjamin Wallfisch , his second son Simon Wallfisch is also a cellist and singer, his daughter Joanna is a singer-songwriter.

music

It was clear early in Wallfisch's life that he would dedicate it to the cello . From the beginning he had lessons from teachers such as B. Amaryllis Fleming , Amadeo Baldovino, and Derek Simpson . Today Wallfisch is active for classes and concerts all over the world. So he teaches z. B. at the Music Department of the Zurich University of the Arts and at the Mainz University of Music . Raphael Wallfisch is the winner of the international cello competition "Gaspar Cassadó" in Florence. He has also made some CD recordings with the works of Britten, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philipp Gessler: Portrait of the cellist from Auschwitz: Making music to live . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed on March 26, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Three generations of the Wallfisch family of musicians talk about the Holocaust and coming to terms with the past . ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on March 26, 2017]).
  3. ^ Raphael Wallfisch | Piatigorsky International Cello Festival | USC. Retrieved March 26, 2017 (American English).
  4. ↑ Raphael WALLFISCH | Royal College of Music. Retrieved March 26, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Wallfisch, Raphael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cellist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH London