Emmanuelle Bertrand

Emmanuelle Bertrand is a French cellist internationally renowned for her interpretations of Romantic as well as contemporary repertoire. She received her education at the Conservatoires Nationaux Supérieurs de Musique et de Danse in Lyon and Paris, studying with Jean Deplace and Philippe Muller, has won numerous prizes, was named “artist of the year” by the magazine Diapason and the listeners of France Musique in 2011, and made her breakthrough with the wider audience when she received her first Victoire de la Musique in 2002. When she was 25 years old, she met the composer Henri Dutilleux, who described her as a ‘true revelation’. She has since premiered work by many contemporary composers, including Chanson pour Pierre Boulez by Luciano Berio.  She forms a duo with pianist Pascal Amoyel, her partner both in life and onstage, with whom she dedicates herself to forgotten music as well as the major repertoire.

From a young age, Daniël Kramer received lesson from Ton Hartsuiker. He went on to study at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Håkon Austbø, where he received his Master’s degree with distinction. He also received lessons from Rudolf Jansen, Willem Brons, Murray Perahia, and Claude Helffer, among others. He won prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours in 1994,  Concorso Seghizzi in 2008, and the Concours Olivier Messiaen in Paris in 2007.  His performances as a soloist include concerts with the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Peter Eötvös, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra conducted by Werner Herbers, and the Netherlands Youth Orchestra conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. He has collaborated with various composers, such as George Benjamin, Louis Andriessen, Toshio Hosokawa, and Sofia Gubaidulina, and has premiered numerous contemporary works.  Daniël Kramer is the principal accompanist of the National Cello Competition and has given many concerts with laureates. He recently collaborated with Eline Hensels, the winner of the competition in 2018, to record a CD which was recently nominated for an Edison.

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