For booking contact:
Marilyn Gilbert Artists Management Inc.
marilyn@mgam.com
+1/416-410-8224 phone
+1/416-846-6426 cell
+1/416 604 5330 fax
1153 Queen St. W. 201
Toronto, ON
Canada M6J 1J4
Influences
Jaqueline Dupré, Ivan Monighetti, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Sol Gabetta, Yo-Yo-Ma
Sounds Like
«…poised and very in tune, this is poetic and convincing playing of quality. Could the music have been placed to one side so that it was not between you and the audience? Excellent ! »
Howard Davis
Yoël Cantori was born on the 26th of January 1979 in Amsterdam. He grew up in Lugano (Switzerland) where he took his first cello lessons with the principal cellist of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Taisuke Yamashita.
He pursued his musical education in the Conservatoire Neuchâtelois with François Abeille and received a teaching diploma. In 2000, he was admitted into the Music Academy of Basel in the class of Professor Ivan Monighetti. Four years later, he obtained a Konzertdiplom “with distinction”. At the same time, he also extended his repertory by studying baroque cello with Paolo Beschi (Il giardino Armonico); contemporary music with Heinz Holliger; free improvisation with Walter Fähndrich; chamber music with Gérard Wyss; and conducting with Jost Meier.
He is held in high esteem as a chamber musician and has performed concerts in many European concert halls including Salle Adyar Paris, Salle Cortot Paris, Salle Favart Paris, Château de Compiègne, Schmiedenhof Basel, Musée International de la Croix-Rouge Genève, Teatro Municipal de Bragança…He was invited to play in several music festivals (Davos International Festival, Viva Cello Liestal, Resonnanzen St. Moritz, International Festival Viana Do Castelo)…
Yoël played cello concertos and concert pieces accompanied by the Orquestra do Norte, Orchestre de Salon Eugénie, Aargauer Symphonie Orchester, Ensemble Orchestral de Montbéliard, Orchestre de l'Université de Neuchâtel…
His engagement with modern music gave him the opportunity to play for two years in the modern music ensemble of the Music Academy of Basel, which was regularly conducted by Heinz Holliger. He also performed the World première of Trois mouvements pour violoncelle et piano and Dimayon composed by Simon Peguiron.
Beside his soloist and chamber music career, Yoël is a confirmed orchestra musician. He was first cello in the Orchestre Ostinato (Opéra Comique de Paris) and is now principal cello in the Orquestra do Norte in Porto and in the Orchestre de Salon Eugénie in Paris. He performed many orchestral solos for cello including the solo of Otello, G. Verdi with Placido Domingo.
HELLO YOËL, THANKS FOR THE ADD !!!! I SPENT A VERY NICE TIME IN YOUR SPACE, YOUR WORK IS WONDERFUL. THANKS FOR THIS VERY GOOD MUSICAL TRIP. SEE YOU SOON. CHEERS. MOLECULE. (paris)
Bonjour Yoël ! C'est un plaisir de lire ton gentil commentaire ! Tu joue divinement bien du Violoncelle, c'est une joie de te regardé et de t'entendre jouer !!! Au plaisir de revenir sur ta page ! Bisousssssssssss !! CSILLIA
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We would like to welcome you to our musical community, and are so very pleased to have your friendship! Thank you for introducing us to your beautiful playing and musicality!
Our very best regards, the Chamber Music Foundation of New England
Merci Yoël pour ton invitation, très belle page, a découvrir davantage je n'y manquerai pas. Je suis ravi de figurer sur ta liste d'amis, Au plaisir de te lire bientot, Tres amicalement, Rey Promo Requiem
Bonjour Yoël, Je cherche des endroits où je ourrais jouer ma musique. Avez-vous des endroits à me proposer ? On pourrait peut-être jouer ensemble ? A bientôt. Denis
Je réponds, avec un peut de retard, à ton commentaire fort sympathique qui me touche. Mais, sache que je suis heureux d'avoir découvert ta page car elle me repose.
