Credits:

Andreas Brantelid

Description:

A Collection of Chopins Masterpieces for Cello, Dedicated to the Anniversary by Denmarks Prince of the CelloFirst Prize at the 2006 Eurovision Young Musicians Competition, First Place at the 2007 Paulo International Cello Competition, and Danish Broadcasting Corporations Artist in Residence, 2007 Winner of the 2008 Bolletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a recent member of the BBC New Generation Scheme, and nominated for the Rising Star scheme of the European Concert Hall Association (20082009)Brantelid (b. 1987), a Danish musician whose international reputation is on the rise, releases his second album, a collection of works by Chopin to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. Composed with the celloan instrument Chopin felt as close to him as the pianoand with the collaboration of his friend, the cellist Franchom, these works are a collection of masterpieces cherished as an essential part of