Steven Isserlis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steven Isserlis
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1958(1958-12-19)
Age	66
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Steven Isserlis Biography

Steven Isserlis is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on December 19, 1958 in London, England, United Kingdom. Isserlis is a player of playing the Marquis de Corberon cello on loan from the Royal Academy of Music. He also owns an Montagnana cello dating from 1740 as well as the Guadagnini cello from 1745 that he used only from 1979 until 1998. He also owns a part of David Waterman, cellist of the Endellion Quartet. The De Munck Stradivarius was returned to the Nippon Music Foundation in May 2011. Isserlis began his first performance as a director with the cello on February 8, 2008 in conjunction with his orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

Steven Isserlis performs solo, at chamber concerts as well as with orchestra. He is a passionate advocate for composers who are not well-known and for greater access to music for young audiences. Isserlis is committed to authentic performances and often performs with top period orchestras for instruments. The orchestra has played Beethoven together with the his fortepianist Robert Levin in Boston and London as well as Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Sir Simon Rattle. He has also written a variety of editions and arrangements, primarily to Faber Music, and was an advisor for modern editions of Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas as well as variations for the cello, and the cello concertos by Dvorak as well as Elgar. He has commissioned a brand new version of the Prokofiev Cello Concertino from the Udmurt musicologist Vladimir Blok, which was premiered on April 11, 1997 in Cardiff in concert with an orchestra from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducting by Mark Wigglesworth. To the opposite end in the range, Isserlis has premiered works composed by composers John Tavener (who wrote The Protecting Veil specially to be performed by the cellist), Lowell Liebermann, Carl Vine, David Matthews, John Woolrich, Wolfgang Rihm, Mikhail Pletnev and Thomas Ades.

Steven Isserlis is the author of two books for children on the lives of famous composers: the first is Why Beethoven Threw the Stew (Faber & Faber, 2001), and the second is Why Handel Waggled His Wig (Faber & Faber, 2006). He has also written three stories that have been set to music by Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley. The first of the series Little Red Violin (and the Big, Bad Cello) received its first performance in New York in March 2007, followed by Goldipegs and the Three Cellos, and Cindercella (published by Universal Edition, Vienna). He has also made several additions for Faber Music and sheetmusicnow.com. In September 2016, his book targeted towards young musicians Robert Schumann’s Advice to Young Musicians Revisited by Steven Isserlis was published by Faber & Faber.

Isserlis’s recordings reflect the breadth and eclecticism of his repertoire. His most recent release of reVisions for BIS includes arrangements and reconstruction of works by Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev and Bloch. For Hyperion Records, Isserlis has recorded Schumann’s music for cello and piano (Dénes Várjon), and the complete solo cello suites by Bach, which has won many awards, including Listeners’ Disc of the Year on BBC Radio 3’s CD Review, Gramophone’s Instrumental Disc of the Year, and “Critic’s Choice” at the 2008 Classical Brits. Other releases include two recordings with Stephen Hough: the Brahms sonatas, coupled with works by Dvořák and Suk; a highly acclaimed disc of children’s cello music for BIS Records; and a recording with Thomas Ades of his new piece ‘Lieux Retrouves’. Recent releases included a disc in 2013 of the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on Hyperion and Martinu’s complete cello sonatas along with a cello sonata by Olli Mustonen and Malinconia by Sibelius with the pianist/composer Olli Mustonen on the BIS label in 2014 which received a Grammy nomination.

He attended his school, the City of London School, which he quit at 14 years old and moved to Scotland to learn under the guidance under the guidance of Jane Cowan. From 1976 until 1978, Isserlis was a student in his school, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Richard Kapuscinski. Since his early days, Daniil Shafran has been his cello idol, and Isserlis has written about the way “His vibrato, his phrasing, his rhythm all belonged to a unique whole… He was incapable of playing one note insincerely; his music spoke from the soul.”

Steven Isserlis Net Worth

Steven Isserlis is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steven Isserlis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Isserlis was born in London on the 19th of December in 1958 into a musical household. The grandfather of his father, Julius Isserlis, who was an Russian Jew, was one of 12 musicians permitted in Russia at the turn of the century to help promote Russian culture, but was never seen again. On the Midweek show on January 29th, 2014 Steven Isserlis revealed that upon arriving at Vienna the year 1922 his piano-playing grandfather and father were able to find a home and the 102-year-old landlord was not willing to accommodate musicians, as her aunt was a former musical tenant, who had a reputation for being loud and was known to spit on floor. This tenant happened to be Ludwig van Beethoven. His mother, who was an piano instructor while his father is an avid amateur musician. He has a sister Annette is an viola player, as is his cousin Rachel plays the violin. Isserlis has spoken about the way that “playing music, playing together” was a major element of his family’s early life.

Steven Isserlis CBE (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist from Britain. He is known by his wide-ranging repertoire and distinctive sound that he creates through his gut strings and mastery of his phrasing.

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1998, and collected his award with his father, as his mother had died earlier that week. He was awarded the 2000 Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau.

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Facts & Trivia

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Top Facts about Steven Isserlis

1. Steven Isserlis is a renowned British cellist.
2. He was born on December 19, 1958 in London.
3. Isserlis began playing the cello at age six.
4. He has won numerous awards and honors for his performances.
5. Isserlis has recorded over 50 albums throughout his career.
6. He is known for his interpretations of Bach’s cello suites.
7. Isserlis is also an author and has written several books on music.
8. He is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
9. Isserlis plays on a Marquis de Corberon Stradivarius cello from 1726.
10. He is an advocate for music education and outreach programs.

What cello does Steven Isserlis play?

Steven plays most of his concerts these days on the ‘Marquis de Coberon’ Stradivarius, kindly loaned to him by the Royal Academy of Music, which was played for many years by the great cellist Zara Nelsova. It is a wonderful cello, with an amazing warmth and a particularly rich bass.

Where does Steven Isserlis teach?

As an educator Steven Isserlis gives frequent masterclasses all around the world, and since 1997 he has been Artistic Director of the International Musicians’ Seminar at Prussia Cove in Cornwall , where his fellow- professors include Sir Andras Schiff, Thomas Adès and Ferenc Rados.

How old is Steven Isserlis?

63 years (December 19, 1958)

Where was Steven Isserlis born?

London, United Kingdom

How long do cello strings last?

For the cellists: It is generally recommended that you replace your strings every 8-12 months to get the maximum quality out of your strings. This avoids any build up of sweat, rosin and just general germs from affecting your sound, fingers and instrument!