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Sony Classical signs cellist Pablo Ferrández
Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández has signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical. The 29-year-old will record his debut album for the label in the summer of 2020, and it will be released in January 2021.
Ferrández studied with former Rostropovich pupil Natalia Shakhovskaya at the Reina Sofía School of Music, and then with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy. A former scholar with the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, he won the fourth prize in the cello category at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He has performed under conductors including Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach and Daniele Gatti, and has appeared in chamber concerts with Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Yuja Wang and Khatia Buniatishvili.
Sony Classical president Per Hauber commented: ‘Pablo does what only a few virtuosos can do: he combines incredible technical skill and great musicality with enviable lightness. Pablo has the rogue in his eyes and an inimitable charm as everyone can see on his socials. I am really looking forward to the fact that Sony Classical will be his exclusive partner on this exciting journey to a unique career.’
Ferrández currently plays the ‘Lord Aylesford’ Stradivari cello of 1696, on loan from the Nippon Foundation.