Harald Austbø
Cello
⟹ The Netherlands, 1982
⟹ 3rd x Cello Biënnale (2016, 2018, 2026)
⟹ Plays a Guust François cello
Harald Austbø is a versatile and creative cellist, actor, and singer. He is active in the jazz scene of Amsterdam, plays in several bands, acts, and composes for music-theatre productions. In 2018, he surprised the audience at the first edition of CELLOFEST with a quartet formed specifically for that occasion. In 2023, together with Doris Hochscheid, he played the leading role in the successful music-theatre production Caffè Sospeso.
This time, he brings with him several members of the Composers Pool collective, of which he recently became a member himself. Harald is also the face of the education project the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam and the Muziekgebouw are developing for secondary schools.
