The Music Conservatory

Wendy Warner, cello
The Music Conservatory Faculty

Wendy Warner has become one of the leading cellists in the world. Her reputation and collective critical adulation now precedes her almost everywhere she goes and has undoubtedly reached global proportions with concerts from New York's Carnegie Hall to Boston's Symphony Hall, from Paris' Salle Pleyel to Berlin's Philharmonie. She has toured North America with the National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting and the Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov conducting.

Recent seasons have seen highly successful performances with many of the world's finest orchestras and conductors. These have included the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the National Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. In Europe and around the world she has performed with the London Symphony (Barbican Center, London), the Berlin Symphony (Philharmonie Hall, Berlin), the Moscow Virtuosi (Carnegie Hall, New York), the Hong Kong Philharmonic (Hong Kong), the French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Salle Pleyel, Paris), the Iceland Symphony (Reykjavik), and L'Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (Toulouse).

To date she has collaborated with Mstislav Rostropovich, Christoph Eschenbach, Andre Previn, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Vladimir Spivakov, Charles Dutoit, Eiji Oue and Michael Tilson Thomas amongst others. Wendy has appeared in recital throughout the world, including performances in Chicago, Milan and Tokyo and recently appeared with Anne-Sophie Mutter, performing the Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello with L'Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov conducting.

Wendy Warner has released several recordings, including works for cello by Hindemith (Bridge Records), duos for cello and violin with Rachel Barton (Cedille Records) and a praised recording of the Barber Concerto with Marin Alsop and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Naxos Records).

Wendy Warner was first brought to the attention of the world stage when in 1990 she was awarded First Prize in the Fourth International Rostropovich Competition in Paris. Frans Helmerson, the distinguished Swedish cellist, was quoted in The New York Times as saying, "I'm not sure I've ever before heard a young cellist with such potential. Everything that is basic to cello playing she already has, plus a natural stage presence that you rarely find. At this age (18) she's unbelievable."

Ms. Warner made her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich in October 1990 playing the Shostakovich Concerto No. 1. Immediately following she was reengaged to appear with them on a North American tour in 1991. She was also the featured soloist on the 1991 European tour of the Bamberg Symphony, again conducted by Rostropovich, making her debuts in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Koln, Dusseldorf and Berlin.

Ms. Warner is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and was the student of Nell Novak from age 6 until joining Mstislav Rostropovich at Curtis. An accomplished pianist as well, she has studied with Emilio del Rosario at The Music Center. In 1991, she was awarded a prestigious Avery Fischer Career grant and debuted at New York's Carnegie Hall.

With standing ovations, immediate re engagements, with the world's leading newspaper critics repeatedly inspired to make such comments as "miraculous", " flawless" and "exquisite, with full world wide concert seasons ahead, and increasing public notoriety, Wendy Warner is quite simply one of the most notable soloists on the international concert stage.

The Music Conservatory The Faculty

Wendy Warner, cello

CCPA Faculty since 2007