Harriet Krijgh - Dvorak & Elgar: Cello Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Prokofiev / Trusler / Llewellyn - Prokofiev Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/16/2017

After her highly appraised debut CD with French Music for cello and piano, Harriet Krijgh presents her virtuosity and technical finesse with the new recording of both Cello Concertos by Joseph Haydn. Harriet Krijgh was born in the Netherlands in June 1991 and received her first cello lessons at the age of five. In 2000 she was admitted into the preparatory young talent class of Lenian Benjamins at the Conservatory of Music in Utrecht. In 2004 Harriet moved to Vienna, where she continued her cello studies with Lilia Schulz-Bayrova and Jontscho Bayrov at the Konservatorium Wien Privat universiteñt. in June 2012 Harriet will have her own festival at Burg Feistritz in Austria. The event marks the launch of the annual InchHarriet & FriendsInch Chamber Music Festival, where she will play select works with musicians from around the world.

Capriccio presents the debut album of up and coming Dutch cellist Harriet Krijgh. Among others, she received a first prize and the audience award at the Dutch Princes Christina Concours, a first prize with excellence at the Austrian national competition Prima la Musica, a first prize and the Nicole Janigro Prize at the international Antonio Janigro Cello Competition in Croatia, as well as a first prize at the Fidelio competition in Vienna. As soloist artist Harriet is a member of the Live Music Now Foundation, which was established by Yehudi Menuhin.