International Klaipėda David Geringas Cello Competition 2023 - Group D PRO

Roman Cazal

Roman Cazal (1994)

| France

Hochschule for Music Hanns Eisler Berlin

Professor | Claudio Bohorquez

Accompanist | Mikhail Mordvinov

Roman Cazal studied in the Paris CNSMDP, Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin and HEMU Lausanne, took part in master classes with Xavier Phillips, Jean Guihen Queyras, Gary Hoffman and Frans Helmerson among other masters. As a soloist he has collaborated with many orchestras including Oise Orchestra, Prométhée Orchestra. He also has been asked to premiere a number of contemporary opuses. As a chamber musician he is regularly invited to various festivals such as Beauvais Cello Festival, Violoncelle en Seine, Musiques d’un siècle, Pablo Casals Festival, etc. He has served as principal cellist in different orchestras and recently has been invited by the Ébène Quartet to replace their cellist. Roman is a laureate of the Tokyo Foundation, Fondation de France, Société Générale.

I ROUND

  • Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No. 3 · C major · BWV 1009
    • Prelude
    • Gigue
  • György Ligeti | Sonata for Solo Cello
  • II ROUND

  • Anatolijus Šenderovas | Sonata for Cello and Piano
  • Claude Debussy | Sonata for Cello and Piano · D minor · L. 135
  • Edvard Grieg | Cello Sonata · A minor · Op. 36
    • I. Allegro agitato
  • III ROUND

  • Franz Joseph Haydn | Cello Concerto No. 2 · D major · Hob. VIIb:2
  • Zoltán Kodály | Sonata for Solo Cello · B minor · Op. 8
    • I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
  • Language