These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut for Pablo Ferrández.
Prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, Pablo Ferrández< has been hailed as a “new cello genius” (Le Figaro). El País declared “Ferrández has the lot: technique, mettle, spirit, authority as a soloist, expressivity and charm.” His debut album Reflections, released in 2021, received the Opus Klassik Award. In 2022 he released his second album, which comprised the Brahms Double Concerto, performed with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Czech Philharmonic under Manfred Honeck, as well as Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio, performed with Mutter and Lambert Orkis.
Recent seasons have seen appearances including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Bayerischen Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, and the philharmonic orchestras of Israel and Seoul.
The 24/25 season brings returns to Munich Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España, KBS Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. He also debuts with NDR Radiophilharmonie Orchester and Belgian National Orchestra, among others, and serves as Artist- in-Residence at the Tongyeong International Music Festival in South Korea. Additionally, he tours with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, and in Spain with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln under Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Ferrández has recently appeared in trio alongside Anne-Sofie Mutter and Martha Argerich at Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and with Mutter and Yefim Bronfman on tour in the United States. This season he also appears as recitalist in New York, Baltimore, Milan, Florence, Bilbao, Laufen, and Münster, as well as at festivals in Aix-en-Provence, Sion, Peralada, Verbier, and Abu Dhabi.
Ferrández plays the Stradivarius “Archinto” 1689, on a generous life-long loan from a member of the Stretton Society.
