Rafael Rosenfeld

Cello

 

Rafael Rosenfeld studied with Walter Grimmer at the Zurich College, with David Geringas in Lübeck. Encounters with artists such as Sándor Végh, György Kurtág, Ferenc Rados, András Schiff, Radu Lupu, Steven Isserlis, and Bernard Greenhouse further influenced his musical development. In December 2000, he won first prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. Rafael is the part-time solo cellist of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and divides his time between solo, chamber music, orchestral, and teaching duties. As a member of the Merel Quartet, Rafael Rosenfeld performs regularly at major concert venues such as Wigmore Hall, London, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and Tonhalle, Zurich. He is also a guest of the Quartet at numerous festivals, including the Ittingen Whitsun Concerts, the Lucerne Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, the Kunstfest Weimar, and the Musikfestwoche Meiringen. He has been a chamber music partner with András Schiff, Heinz Holliger, Joshua Bell, Alexander Lonquich, Nobuko Imai, Tabea Zimmermann, Dénes Várjon, and Daniel Phillips, among others. He is also a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado and the Cappella Andrea Barca with András Schiff.

 

Since 2005, he has been Professor of Cello at the University of Basel.

www.merelquartet.com/rafael

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He has participated in the projects:

LMF21 #aQuattr'Occhi - July 24, 2021

LMF21 #2+2=5 - July 25, 2021