Matthew Allen, Cello
Performances by Matthew Allen
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| Claude Debussy | Sonata for Cello and Piano | 12/04/2012 |
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| Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 | 01/15/2013 |
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| Béla Bartók | String Quartet No. 4 | 09/27/2011 |
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| Benjamin Britten | String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 | 09/27/2011 |
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| Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 | 10/13/2012 |
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| Gaspar Cassadó | Danse du diable vert | 12/04/2012 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 | 12/04/2012 |
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| David Popper | Serenade, Op. 54, No. 2 | 12/04/2012 |
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Matthew Allen, Cello
Biography
Cellist Matthew Allen is already establishing himself as one of the leading young American cellists. At the age of 17, Mr. Allen won the Gold Medal in the Gaspar Cassado International Violincello Competition in Hachioji, Japan from a field of 60 cellists representing 24 countries. He won his first international competition at the 2008 Stulberg International String Competition, taking the gold medal at age 16. Further success has awarded him 1st place in the ASTA National Solo Competition, 1st place in the NFMC Young Artist Award, 1st place in the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, and top prizes at the Johansen International Competition and Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
The Florida native began studying cello at the age of four with his father, and at age 8 was taken on as a student by the late Lubomir Georgiev, cello professor at Florida State University and prized student of the legendary cellist and teacher Janos Starker. His other teachers have included Owen Carman, Greg Sauer, and Hans Jorgen-Jensen. He currently studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Melissa Kraut.
Embarking on a solo career with a commanding repertoire of over 20 concerti, Mr. Allen has been featured with a number of orchestras throughout the United States including the symphonies of Cincinnati, Midland(MI), LaGrange(GA), Tallahassee, Kalamazoo, Asheville, and El Paso. Concerto performances have also been with the Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, State Hermitage Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the Tokyo Philharmonic. Mr. Allen has already appeared at prestigious venues such as the Terrace Theater of Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and the Cleveland Orchestra's Severance Hall, with a live broadcast on Cleveland's WCLV.
At age 16, Mr. Allen made his international recording debut with David Popper's Hungarian Rhapsody alongside Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops for TELARC Records. Summer studies have included, in addition to the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute, Pinchas Zukerman's Young Artist Program in Ottawa and Itzhak Perlman's Chamber Music Workshop.