Concert of Gallic music

A concert of Gallic music for cello and piano is taking place tomorrow in Valletta. Starring French cellist Sébastien Hurtaud and Italian pianist Bruno Canino, the programme includes works for cello and piano by Debussy, Saint Saëns, Chopin, Fauré and Orr. Hurtaud has been described by the Strad Magazine (UK) as “a cellist to watch, because he has his own style of performance, a high level of imagination and a combination of elegance and drive”. Fanfare Magazine (US) holds that he has “the soul of a Rostropovich and the technique of a Feuermann”. After receiving the most important recognitions from several world-leading music schools, Hurtaud won first prize at the Adam International Cello Competition (New Zealand, 2009). Subsequently, he played various concerts as a soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO). Since the age of 15, he has been concertising as a soloist and chamber musician all over the world, performing in very prestigious concert halls and international festivals in Europe, the US, Asia and New Zealand. Hurtaud has regularly performed with orchestras under the baton of Antoni Wit, Werner Andreas Albert, Arie van Beek and Edmon Colomer, among...