Soloist Lev Sivkov; Conductor Michael Joel the romantic’s cello on Sunday 10 August 2.30 pm
St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra presents to you cellist Lev Sivkov. Born into a musical family in Novosibirsk Russia in 1990. He moved to Basel, Switzerland in 2006 to study with Ivan Monighetti, completing his bachelor studies with Conradin Brotbeck in Stuttgart.
He has participated in master classes with Janos Starker at Indiana University, USA, Wolfgang Schmidt at Kronberg, Germany, Ferenc Rados at Prussia Cove, England and Jean-Guihen Queyras in Freiburg Germany. In 2016 he was appointed Principal Cellist of the Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, Denmark. The following year 2017, he became Principal Cellist of Opernhaus Zurich, Switzerland.
Lev is a laureate of numerous competitions, most notably the prestigious Naumburg Competition in New York, USA, which he won in 2015. He is constantly active on the international stage as a concert soloist, chamber musician, and giving recitals. He has performed concerts in many countries.
This is his third visit to New Zealand. Lev has played with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and with Orchestra Wellington performed Benjamin Britain's cello Symphony. He is also collaborating with well-known colleagues Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins who formed the Levansa Trio with him in 2019.
Michael Joel is the Music Director and Conductor of St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra. NZ born, he studied at Otago University and also with Conductors Heinz Walburg, Miguel Harth Bedoya and Jack van Stein at the Dartington International Summer School. At home with orchestral, operatic and choral repertoire he has conducted many orchestras and companies in NZ and in the UK, has worked on the music staff of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra is an accomplished orchestra performing a wide repertoire of music specifically providing performance opportunities for
New Zealand musicians, composers and conductors.
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