Main Auditorium, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
13 April 2011, 8:00 pm
Natalie Clein (cello)
Julius Drake (piano)
The Irish Times Celebrity Concert Series 2010/2011
Liszt: Elegie No. 1
Liszt: Elegie No. 2
Kodály: Sonata Op.8
Schubert: Sonata in A minor ‘Arpeggione’
Beethoven: Cello sonata No.3 in A major Op. 69
Natalie Clein’s exceptional musicality has earned her a number of prestigious prizes including the Classical Brit Award for Young British Performer of 2005, the Ingrid zu Solms Cultur Preis at the 2003 Kronberg Academie and in 2008, she was nominated in the Classical Brits’ Best Female Artist category. She first came to the world’s attention when, aged 16 she won the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year and in the same year (1994) was the first ever British winner of the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians.
This season she appears with the Hallé, Ulster, Royal Philharmonic and South Jutland Symphony orchestras. She is in great demand as a recitalist and, in addition to the major UK venues, she has given recitals in Tokyo, Seoul, New York (Lincoln Center), Copenhagen, Vienna and Salzburg.
She is an extremely committed mentor of young talent and has worked extensively around the world with young musicians including giving frequent master-classes and leading educational workshops.
Natalie Clein makes her Irish Times Celebrity Concert Series debut with pianist Julius Drake.