natalie clein
Described by the London Times as a "mesmerising" cellist who "plays everything with passion", Natalie Clein is firmly established amongst Britain's leading artists.
Natalie has performed with orchestras including the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, Hallé, Royal Scottish National, Montreal Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, New Zealand Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestre de Lyon, Stavanger Symphony, Utah Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony, with conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder, Gennardi Rozhdestvensky, Sir Andrew Davis, Heinrich Schiff, Sir Neville Marriner, Mark Wigglesworth and Paul Daniel.
In recital Natalie works regularly with Julius Drake and Katya Apekisheva and has appeared at the Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lincoln Centre New York, Birmingham Town Hall, National Concert Hall Dublin, in Copenhagen, Vienna, Salzburg , Sydney, Tokyo and Seoul. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with artists including Martha Argerich, Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Imogen Cooper, Lars Vogt, Isabelle Faust, Anthony Marwood and Pekka Kuusisto. Natalie has also commissioned and premiered works by Thomas Larcher, Sir John Tavener, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Fyfe Dangerfield.
Born in the UK Natalie first came to widespread attention at the age of sixteen when she won both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians. As a student she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholarship by the Royal College of Music before completing her studies with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna.
Natalie records for Hyperion Records and has recently released a CD of works by Kodály. She recorded three CDs for EMI Classics including the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Vernon Handley.
