Live cello masterclass of the Riga Jurmala Online Music Academy led by the famous French cellist Gautier Capuçon!

Gautier Capuçon is a true 21st century ambassador for the cello. Performing internationally with many of the world’s foremost conductors and instrumentalists, he is also founder and leader of the ‘Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle’ at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. A multiple award winner, he is acclaimed for his expressive musicianship, exuberant virtuosity, and for the deep sonority of his 1701 Matteo Goffriller cello.

More about the artist: https://gautiercapucon.com/

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Student of the masterclass:
Emma Aleksandra Bandeniece, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (doc.D.Ozoliņa class) / accompanist I.Dzērve

Repertoire:
🎼 R. Schumann - Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op.70

Cellist Emma Bandeniece took her first steps as a musician at the age of four. After graduating from the Cesvaine Music School and the Emīls Dārziņš Music Secondary School, Emma entered the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music under Diana Ozoliņa, and she has taken part in masterclasses led by world-class cellists including Sol Gabetta Fanpage, Colin Carr and Jeroen Reuling, among others.

Emma has performed several times with orchestras as a soloist. During her studies, she also had the opportunity to play as part of various ensembles and orchestras, such as the Sinfonietta Rīga chamber orchestra and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO/Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris), as well as Dream Team, the LNSO cello group ensemble. From 2016 to 2019, Emma played in Gidon Kremer’s Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra.

In September 2019, Emma began her master’s studies at London’s Royal College of Music under Melissa Phelps, and she is a recipient of the prestigious ABRSM (The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) scholarship.

Emma has now returned to Latvia where she is continuing her master’s studies at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music under Diana Ozoliņa.

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