Join Steeple Concerts online to hear cellist Oliver Herbert on Sunday, March 21st
Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s will present a live streaming solo recital by cellist Oliver Herbert at 6pm on Sunday, March 21. This program is the fourth in the “Season of Soloist” at Steeple Concerts. The concert may be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuEtvjy3kTyNDEm-18e11A. Details about links to this concert and upcoming programs are available on the Steeple Concerts website at www.steepleconcerts.org.
Mr. Herbert hails from San Francisco. His performances have been acclaimed for the “very vocal approach to his playing” with praise that “regardless of the technical demands he makes his cello sing”. Oliver’s recent solo and recital appearances include debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, among others. Oliver has worked with renowned conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Juanjo Mena, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Among his recordings is a performance of Haydn’s Cello Concert in D with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.
liver’s most recent competition awards include a top prize and special prize in the XI Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in 2018 and first prize and Pablo Casals prize in the 2015 Irving M. Klein International String Competition. Oliver is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Carter Brey and Peter Wiley. He currently plays on a 1769 Guadagnini cello that belonged to the great Italian cellist Antonio Janigro, on generous loan from the Janigro family.
Following current guidelines, this program will be offered as a streaming video performance in lieu of an in-person concert. While tickets are not required, donations are encouraged to help cover the cost of presenting this professional live music event as part of the Steeple Concert series. Donations may be made online at https://www.steepleconcerts.org/donate.
Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s is presented by the Friends of Music, a 501(c)3 organization devoted to presenting the arts in Westfield.