International Klaipeda Cello Competition - Group D PRO

International Klaipeda Cello Competition - Group D PRO

Raphaela Paetsch, Switzerland

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Name of the educational insititution Universität der Künste, Berlin
Accompanist yes

Raphaela Paetsch from Switzerland was born in 1996, into a family of musicians, thus, her first cello lessons were from family as well, her dad teaching her since the age of four. In 2003, she started to learn the grand piano at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana music school in Lugano, and at the age of fifteen was a student at the cello class of the preparatory course of the conservatory under prof. Monika Leskovar. In 2007-2012 Raphaela was a soloist for the „Orchestra d’Archi Della Svizzera Italiana" and won first prizes at the International Torneo music competition and the international youth music festival Summa Cum Laude. The latter presented her with opportunities to perform in the Musikverein and Konzerthaus halls in Vienna. Raphaela has won many competitions in the cello solo, cello and violin duet, grand piano trio, and grand piano duet categories, as well as taking part in numerous masterclasses hosted by famous cellists and receiving lessons from masters of chamber music, such as the Artemis Quartet. The cellist frequently performs in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, and the USA. Her musical biography includes many solo performances with famous orchestras and ensembles, like the Corelli Ensemble, the Locarno Chamber Orchestra, the New Berlin Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchester Berliner Musikfreunde. In 2016 the artist performed in the Grachten festival, in Amsterdam, and in 2017 was invited to open the first Maroggia Classica Festival in Switzerland with her recital. In the same year, the famous Artemis quartet invited Raphaela and her string quartet to perform in the Kyoto music festival in Japan, and in Zurich the group performed at a gala concert together with the Zurich University of the Arts orchestra. The cellist regularly performs in concerts with the Eroica Berlin Orchestra and collaborates with The Young Classicals Team, as well as studying at the Berlin University of the Arts under prof. Konstantin Heidrich and receiving scholarships from the Fritz-Gerber Stiftung Zürich and the Ottilie-Selbach-Redslob-Stiftung foundations.

I ROUND

  1. Carlo Alfredo Piatti | "12 Caprices for Solo Cello" · Op. 25
    • No. 12
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No. 6 · D major · BWV 1012
  3. Arvydas Malcys | Narcissus for Solo Cello

II ROUND

  1. Dmitri Shostakovich | Sonata for Cello and Piano · D minor · Op. 40
  2. Vladas Jakubėnas | Serenade for cello and piano
  3. György Ligeti | Sonata for Solo Cello

III ROUND

  1. Edward Elgar | Concerto for Cello (F. Thomas version for string orchestra) · E minor · Op. 85

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