Michael Song

CANADA
November 21, 2000

Recipient of the Kronberg Academy’s Landgrave of Hesse Prize, Canadian cellist Michael Song has performed in venues including Koerner Hall and Carnegie Hall as well as halls in Lisbon, Paris, Montreal, and New York with orchestras like Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. He is currently artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, and has been shaped by his Professors Gary Hoffman and Lynn Harrell.Michael Song performs on a 1723 Domenico Montagnana and a Grancino with Persoit and Richaume bows grenerously provided by sponsors including the Canimex Group of Drummondville, Canada.

First round
Alfredo Piatti Caprice Op. 25 No. 7
Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb/2 (first movement with cadenza)
Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73

Second round
Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi Syntrimma for Solo Cello
Paul Hindemith Sonata for Solo Cello Op. 25 No. 3
Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99

Semifinal
George Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26
Claude Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor L. 135
Karl Davydov At the Fountain Op. 20 No. 2

Final
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104

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