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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center page-block-mar40″][vc_column][vc_column_text]Considered by the specialist music press as one of the most important cellists of his generation, Asier Polo has worked with many of the major international orchestras, such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionalle della RAI, Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Philharmonic, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Orquesta Nacional de M\u00e9xico, Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica de S\u00e3o Paulo, Louisiana Philharmonic, Orquesta Nacional de Espa\u00f1a and Basel Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of distinguished conductors such as John Axelrod, Pinchas Steinberg, Christian Badea, Rafael Fr\u00fchbeck de Burgos, Claus Peter Flor, Carlos Miguel Prieto, G\u00fcnther Herbig, Juanjo Mena, Antoni Wit and Anne Manson.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center page-block-mar40″][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]He is a regular guest at\u00a0prestigious festivals, such as those held in Schleswig-Holstein, Nantes, Ohrid, Biennale di Venezia, Rome, Lisbon, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Morelia, Granada and the Quincena Musical in San Sebasti\u00e1n.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAsier Polo is today\u2019s most celebrated Spanish cellist\u201d<\/h3>\n
El Mundo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center”][vc_column][vc_column_text]He has appeared with great artists such as Silvia Marcovici, Nicol\u00e1s Chumachenco, Sol Ga\u00adbetta, Maxim Rysanov, Isabelle van Keulen, Josep Colom, Eldar Nebolsin, Gerard Causs\u00e9, Cuarteto Jan\u00e1cek, Cuarte\u00adto Casals\u00a0and Alfredo Kraus, who in the\u00a0last years of his career invited him to perform as\u00a0soloist at his concerts, with engagements\u00a0at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, Tonhalle in Zurich and the prestigious Musikverein in Vienna, as well as a successful tour in the major concerts halls in Japan.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-divide”][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center page-block-mar40″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Repertoire<\/h2>\n
He is devoted to contemporary music, especially from his native country. Composers such as Gabriel Erkoreka, Jes\u00fas Torres, Luis de Pablo, Jes\u00fas Villa-Rojo,\u00a0Fernando Vel\u00e1zquez and Ant\u00f3n Garc\u00eda Abril have all dedicated their cello concertos\u00a0to Asier Polo. He enjoys combining modern music with the great classical repertoire, covering everything from Bach\u2019s Suites<\/em>, classical and romantic concertos, to contemporary music such as Henri Dutilleux, Crist\u00f3bal Halffter and Sofia Gubaidulina.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center page-block-mar40″][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAsier Polo, a true delight, a genius, on top form\u201d<\/h3>\n
Diario Vasco<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]He has recorded 19 albums<\/a> for major record labels such as Naxos<\/em>,\u00a0Claves<\/em>, RTVE, IBS Classical <\/em>and\u00a0Marco Polo<\/em>, playing some of the major Spanish repertoire for cello, such as the concertos by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Usandizaga, Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo, Francisco Escudero, Tom\u00e1s Marco, Carmelo Bernaola and Jes\u00fas Rueda. Highlights include\u00a0the nominated for the Gramophon Editor’s Choice Award CD dedicated to the work of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina (Et’cetera Record<\/em>s) and the recording of the Ecos y Sombras<\/em> [Echoes and Shades] DVD dedicated to Crist\u00f3bal Halffter, performing his Cello Concerto no. 2<\/em> with the Spanish National Orchestra (KP Music<\/em>).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center”][vc_column][vc_column_text]His latest CD releases -all them for IBS Classical- include Rachmaninov and C\u00e9sar Frank\u2019s sonatas for cello and piano with Marta Zabaleta and Brahms\u2019 cello sonatas with the pianist Eldar Nebolsin, as well as Vivaldi, Boccherini and Haydn\u2019s cello concertos together with the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla and Andr\u00e9s Gabetta, and the whole set of Cello Suites<\/i> by J. S. Bach, his latest album.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Two new albums will\u00a0soon be released with the Spanish National Orchestra, conducted by Juanjo Mena: Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo’s two cello concertos –Concierto como un Divertimento<\/em> and Concierto in modo Galante-<\/em>, as well as Alberto Ginastera’s Cello Concerto no.2<\/em>, Op.50 (1980).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-divide page-block-divide-2″][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center page-block-mar40″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Career<\/h2>\n
Asier Polo studied in Bilbao, Madrid, Cologne and Basel with Elisa Pascu, Maria Kliegel and Ivan Monighetti, and also received guidance from J\u00e1nos Starker, Natalia Gutman and Mstislav Rostropovich in various masterclasses. He soon stood out as a promising young musician, winning the first prizes in Cello and Chamber Music at the National Young Musicians Competition in Spain.<\/p>\n
Asier Polo has been awarded numerous prizes, and amongst others, the Ojo Cr\u00edtico<\/em>\u00a0by Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a (2002), the Fundaci\u00f3n CEOE Prize for Musical Interpretation<\/em> (2004) and the National Music Award<\/em>\u00a0by the Ministry for Culture and Sports of Spain (2019). In 2009 he was appointed \u201cIlustre de Bilbao\u201d (Bilbao being his native city).<\/p>\n
He is regularly invited to be on the judging panel of international cello competitions, such as\u00a0the Dotzauer Wettbewerb (Germany), Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition (Mexico), Benedetto Mazzacurati Competition (Italy) and the Manhattan International Music Competition (New York). He also gives masterclasses in many countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”page-block-center page-block-mar40″][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Asier Polo plays a Francesco Ruggeri cello<\/a> (Cremona, 1689) purchased in collaboration with the Fundaci\u00f3n Banco Santander.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAn extraordinary soloist and profound musician\u201d<\/h3>\n
El Pa\u00eds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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