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Outstanding cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich
Very high playing
János Starker
Leader in the field of performance
Daniel Shafran
Excellent musician
John Cage
Superb musician of rare abilities
George Crumb
Outstanding person in present day music activities
Krzysztof Penderecki
The concerts of Mr Ivashkin can be recognised as an essential step toward authentic interpretation. This means an intense amount of preparation both in the musicological field and in the exact knowledge of different styles
Mauricio Kagel
Prodigious cellist
The Guardian
Alexander Ivashkin swings mightily into all he does, with élan
The Glasgow Herald
His cello sounds like an orchestra, with lyric and tragic spirit at the
same time
Corriere del Ticino
Ivashkin is a cellist we should hear more often
The Financial Times
Alexander Ivashkin is no ordinary cellist… his extensive concerto
repertoire (over 60 works at the last count) suggests a heightened taste
for the unusual and exotic
The Strad
Ivashkin combines breadth of knowledge with a driving energy
Daily Telegraph
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26 March – 3 April, 2009
Great Hall, Arts Centre/Town Hall Auditorium, Christchurch, New Zealand
The 7th International Adam Cello Festival/Competition
Recital (27 March), masterclasses, conversations, competition rounds.
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director and Chairman of the jury
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