Cellist

Debuting conductor Marta Gardolińska leads the San Francisco Symphony in Felix Mendelssohn's evocative travelogue, inspired by a visit to the ruins of Holyrood Chapel in Edinburgh. Grażyna Bacewic wrote her Overture in 1943, during the German occupation of her native Poland. The premiere was delayed until her homeland was liberated from the Nazis two years later. Written in the aftermath of World War I, Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto is an urgent elegy, a late-life affirmation of Englishness.

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Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony

Davies Symphony Hall

Collaboration with the next generation of classical artists has been a keystone of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s San Francisco Symphony tenure. For this return engagement, the Symphony is led by young Polish conductor Marta Gardolińksa, a Dudamel fellow who has twice led the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. The program features a little-heard but delightfully energetic overture by Polish composer Bacewicz, Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” symphony inspired by the composers first visit to Britain and “new cello genius” (Le Figaro) Pablo Ferrández performing Elgar’s contemplative cello concerto.

San Francisco Symphony

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and SONY Classical exclusive artist, Pablo Ferrández is hailed as a “new cello genius” (Le Figaro). A captivating performer, “Ferrández has the lot: technique, mettle, spirit, authority as a soloist, expressivity and charm” (El Pais).
He has turned into a cello phenomenon and one of the most in-demand instrumentalists of his generation.

Pablo Ferrández, cello

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Good things come in threes! Anne-Sophie Mutter is joined by her protégé Pablo Ferrández and longtime friend Yefim Bronfman for an evening of star-studded music making.

Mutter-Bronfman-Ferrandez Trio

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Anne-Sophie Mutter, the “undisputed queen of violin-playing” (The Times of London), joins her protégé, cellist Pablo Ferrández, and Yefim Bronfman, “famous not only for his spectacular technique but also for the depth of his interpretations” (The Seattle Times). Beethoven and Tchaikovsky are perfect vehicles for this classical “power trio.”

Pablo Ferrández

Cellist

Events

10 - 12 May, 2024

Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony · San Francisco Symphony

May 11, 2024

San Francisco Symphony · Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

May 16, 2024

Pablo Ferrández, cello · La Jolla Music Society

May 4, 2025

Mutter-Bronfman-Ferrandez Trio · Philharmonic Society of Orange County

May 7, 2025

Mutter, Ferrández & Bronfman · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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