Final Round Repertoire
ANTON脥N DVOR藝脕K Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
- I. Allegro
- II. Adagio ma non troppo
- III. Finale: Allegro moderato
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Bryan Cheng has secured a distinctive place in the world of classical music. He made his solo debut at age 10 with the Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montr茅al, his Carnegie Hall recital debut at 14, and his Elbphilharmonie debut in 2018 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Bryan Cheng is the winner of the 2019 Grand Prize at the Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al Competition and the first-ever Canadian laureate at the prestigious International Paulo Cello Competition 2018.
Solo highlights of recent and upcoming seasons include appearances with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al, Orquesta Sinf贸nica Nacional de Panam谩, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, and S眉dwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, as well as the Okanagan, Springfield, Adelphi, Niagara, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Lahti, and Schleswig-Holstein symphonies; a coast-to-coast Canadian tour with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada as 2017 Canada Council for the Arts Michael Measures Prize winner; and a summer 2020 residency with the Orchestra of the Americas, collaborating with such esteemed conductors as Matthias Pintscher, Susanna M盲lkki, Peter Oundjian, Joshua Weilerstein, and Jonathan Darlington.
As cellist of the Cheng虏 Duo and chamber musician, Bryan performs in recital across the globe鈥攖he 2019/20 season has taken him to Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montr茅al鈥檚 Salle Bourgie, a European tour of the Duo鈥檚 Beethoven 2020 project, Ludwig & Beyond, and to Russia鈥檚 Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Germany鈥檚 Kammermusikfestival Spannungen, Italy鈥檚 Trasimeno Festival, and Qu茅bec鈥檚 Orford Musique, among others. He has released a trilogy of albums on German label audite that has been critically-acclaimed in a dozen countries: Russian Legends (2019), Violonchelo del fuego (2018), and Violoncelle fran莽ais (2016).
Bryan currently studies at the Universit盲t der K眉nste Berlin with Jens Peter Maintz. He plays the ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello and ca. 1830 Shaw Adam bow, generously on loan from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank as First Laureate of their 2018 Competition.