Cello Jury

David Geringas (b. 1946, Vilnius, Lithuania), cellist, conductor and founder of an ensemble for young artists, Geringas Chamber Orchestra, is one of today’s most influential musicians, considered a true bridge between Eastern European and Western cello traditions. A student of…

Arto Noras (b. 1942, Turku, Finland) is a grand old master of his instrument and is considered one of the most outstanding internationally acknowledged cellists of his generation. At the age of six, Arto Noras started his studies with professor…

Charlotte Lee is the president and founder of Primo Artists, one of the world’s leading international artist management agencies. Based in New York, Primo Artists has a selective management roster comprising violinists Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Nicola Benedetti and Randall…

Enrico Dindo was born into a family of musicians. At the age of six he began studying cello and afterwards graduated at the Giuseppe Verdi State Music Conservatory in Turin. Later on, he perfected his studies with Egidio Roveda and…

A native of Saint Petersburg, British-German cellist Leonid Gorokhov began playing piano at the age of five and the cello at seven. He attended the Central Music School to study with Svjatoslav Zagursky, continued at that the Saint Petersburg Conservatory…

Cellist Meehae Ryo’s breathtaking technical virtuosity and captivating musicality puts her as the most recognized cellist in the Republic of Korea. She has been praised for her top-notch performances, and some of her highlights include those with legendary pianist Martha…

Raimund Trenkler was born in 1962 and grew up in Berlin. After completing his cello studies in London, he took up the position of first solo cellist with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra in 1990. In 1991, he founded the Cellissimo…

Praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung for his „glowing, distinctive and exciting masculine tone” as „one of the great cello-talents of our time”, cellist Valentin Radutiu was born in Munich and received his first cello lessons from his father at the…

Marin Cazacu studied cello with Serafim Antropov and Aurel Niculescu at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest, and then perfected in Weimar with professor Mezö Lászlo. He is a laureate of international competitions in Geneva, Markneukirchen, Leipzig, Bologna and Belgrade.…