Christoph Croisé, (cello) accompanied by Alexander Panfilov (piano)

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert

Christoph Croisé, is a young cellist from Switzerland, whose virtuosity delights audiences and critics alike and places him amongst the ‘stars of tomorrow’.

He has won many prestigious awards including a Gold Medal with Honours at the First Berlin International Music Competition in April 2017. He has performed as a soloist with several distinguished orchestras.  Christoph plays a Goffriller violoncello made in Venice in 1712 and is accompanied by Alexander Panfilov, an acclaimed young Russian-born pianist.

Programme:

Demengaq                         New York Honk

Rachmaninov                    Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

Shostakovitch                    Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Tchaikovsky                       Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62

Schnyder                             Jazz Sonata