Shostakovich, Weinberg & Kobekin Anastasia Kobekina

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 107:
• 1 Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 107: I. Allegretto 06:32
• 2 Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 107: II. Moderato 11:48
• 3 Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 107: III. Cadenza 05:53
• 4 Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 107: IV. Allegro con moto 04:33
• Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Fantasy for Cello & Orchestra Op. 52:
• 5 Fantasy for Cello & Orchestra Op. 52: Adagio - Andantino leggiero - Allegro con fuoco - Cadenza - Andantino leggiero - Adagio 17:54
• Vladimir Kobekin (b. 1947):
• 6 Bacchants for Cello & Orchestra 05:49
• Total Runtime 52:29

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One of the main goals of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad has always been to give young talents a chance, to help and guide them, reason for which, from the very start, the festival included into its programme a series of concerts given in the Gstaad chapel by promising young musicians of different nationalities playing the same instrument.

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Anastasia Kobekina, cello
Berner Symphonieorchseter
Kevin John Edusei, conductor

Anastasia Kobekina
Hailed as an "unrivaled musician" by Le Figaro, Anastasia Kobekina captivates audiences with her stunning musicality, versatile performances, and dynamic presence. She is the proud recipient of the 2024 Leonard Bernstein Award. In May 2023, Anastasia signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical, and her debut album, “Venice”, was released in February 2024.

In October 2024, Anastasia was awarded the prestigious Opus Klassik Award in Germany. In February 2025, the German television channel ARD launched a four-part documentary series about Anastasia: “Anastasia Kobekina – Jetzt oder nie” ("Now or Never").

Anastasia made her BBC Proms debut with the Czech Philharmonic and Jakub Hrůša in 2024, performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. She will return to the BBC Proms in the summer of 2025 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She was also the focus artist of the Rheingau Music Festival in 2024 and will be the artist-in-residence at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Beethovenfest Bonn in the summer of 2025.

Highlights of the upcoming season include concerts with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich under Semyon Bychkov, DSO Berlin, RAI Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, as well as chamber orchestras from Basel, Munich, and Stuttgart.

Anastasia's performances span prestigious venues and festivals worldwide, including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lincoln Center, Konzerthaus Vienna, Berlin Philharmonie, Tonhalle Zürich, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Rheingau Music Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the Verbier Festival.

As a soloist, Anastasia has worked under the baton of renowned conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Paavo Järvi, Jakub Hrůša, Krzysztof Penderecki, Heinrich Schiff, Omer Meir Wellber, Vasily Petrenko, Charles Dutoit, and Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

Anastasia has earned acclaim at international competitions, including the Tchaikovsky Competition (St. Petersburg, 2019) and the Enescu Competition (Bucharest, 2016). She was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2018 to 2021 and received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Artists Award in 2022.

Born in Russia, Anastasia began her cello studies at the age of four. She studied with Frans Helmerson and Prof. Jens-Peter Maintz in Germany before continuing her studies in Paris with Jérôme Pernoo. Additionally, she completed her graduate studies in Baroque Violoncello with Kristin von der Goltz in Frankfurt. Anastasia performs on a violoncello by Antonio Stradivari from 1698, generously loaned by the Stradivari Stiftung Habisreutinger.

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