WDR Symphony Orchestra / Kian Soltani / Cristian Măcelaru

What should drive an artist? Curiosity, says cellist Kian Soltani. There's room for it everywhere – especially in classical music. The fact that the Austrian with Persian roots is full of thirst for knowledge and a love of experimentation is evident in every one of his concerts. This evening he takes on Tchaikovsky's cello cosmos and presents a piece of Russian late Romanticism with the Nocturne in D minor, originally written for piano and later ...