Cello Masterclasses

A cellist and conductor, he was born in Parma in 1973. In 1990 he founded the Trio di Parma, with which he has performed in the most important concert halls in Europe, the USA, South America, and Australia (Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Cologne Philharmonie, Herkulessaal in Munich, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires). With this ensemble he achieved success in the international competitions of Florence, Melbourne, Lyon, and Munich, and also received the Abbiati Prize from the Italian music critics.

From 2001, following his achievements at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris and his victory at the Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki—where he also received the award for Best Performance of Dvořák’s Concerto with the Helsinki Philharmonic—he began an intense solo career. He regularly participates in numerous festivals, including Lucerne, Kronberg, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Melbourne, Turku, Naantali, Stresa, Ravenna, and Lockenhaus.

His activity has led him to collaborate with major artists such as Martha Argerich, Alexander Lonquich, Gidon Kremer, Angela Hewitt, Wolfram Christ, Joshua Bell, Stefan Milenkovich, and ensembles including the Hagen Quartet, Kremerata Baltica, and Il Giardino Armonico. He performs and has performed as a soloist under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Christoph Eschenbach, Paavo Berglund, Frans Brüggen, Krzysztof Penderecki, Tan Dun, and Reinhard Goebel.

Now regarded as one of the finest cellists of the younger generation, Alexander Chaushian has performed extensively throughout the world as a soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, The London Mozart Players, The Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, The Boston Pops and The Armenian Philharmonic, and has given highly acclaimed performances in such venues as London’s Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall, Sala Verdi Milan, Konzerthaus Vienna, Suntory Hall Japan, the main Carnegie Hall New York, and Symphony Hall Boston.

He performs regularly in festivals throughout the world and is the Artistic Director of the International Pharos Chamber Music Festival in Cyprus and the Yerevan Music Festival in Armenia.

After initial studies in Armenia, Alexander Chaushian studied in the UK at the Menuhin School and the Guildhall School, London. He then pursued advanced studies at the Hochschule Berlin, graduating with distinction in 2005. He is a laureate prize winner of many international competitions including the 12th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the ARD Competition in Germany. As an alumnus of Young Concert Artists, New York, he toured extensively in the USA.

 Prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and SONY Classical exclusive artist, Pablo Ferrández is hailed as a “new cello genius” (Le Figaro). A captivating performer, “Ferrández has the lot: technique, mettle, spirit, authority as a soloist, expressivity and charm” (El Pais).

Introduced by the Pittsburgh Symphony as “the next Yo-Yo Ma”, Pablo Ferrández has turned into a cello phenomenon and one of the most in-demand instrumentalists of his generation.

His debut album under SONY Classical, “Reflections”, released in 2021, was highly acclaimed by the critics and praised with the Opus Klassik Award. In Fall 2022 Pablo Ferrández released his second album, which comprised the Brahms Double Concerto, performed with Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Czech Philharmonic under M. Honeck, as well as Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio, performed with Ms. Mutter and Lambert Orkis.

“Moonlight Variations”, which includes Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, was published on May 2025 and is Ferrández’s last release on SONY Classical, this time with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Martin Fröst and Julien Quentin as partners, also receiving rave reviews.

One of the most sought-after cellists, Pablo’s recent seasons have seen him appearing with the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Tonhalle Orchestra, Bayersichen Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, HR-Sinfonieorchester, Konzerthaus Berlin Orchestra, NDR Elbphiharmonie Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Orchestra National de France, Oslo Philharmonic, Macao Symphony, Taipei Symphony and Seoul Philharmonic.

Karen Kocharyan graduated from Yerevan Tchaykovsky School of Music (Class of Prof. Alexander Chaushyan) and Yerevan State Conservatory (class of Prof. Geronty Talalyan).

Karen Kocharyan is one of the founding members of the Khachatyryan trio, he was first solo cellist of the Armenian Chamber Players (ACP), Associate concertmaster of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has toured with the Armenian Chamber Players and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra throughout Europe, featuring as soloist as well.

In 2005 Karen Kocharyan , under conductor Alexander Ivashkin (UK), appeared as soloist with Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2006 with Eduard Topchjan and Pasadena LAC Symphony Orchestra took part in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto appearance.

From 2017 concertmaster of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, China.

Karen Kocharyan is an active chamber musician. As a chamber player Karen Kocharyan collaborate with such renowned musicians as Yuri Zhislin, Boris Andrianov, Alexander Ghindin, Tamaki Kawakubo, Wolfgang Meyer, Zandra McMaster, Alessio Bax, Anton Sorokow, Diemut Poppen, Daishin Kashimoto. Cello concertmaster of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.

Born in 1994, Edgar Moreau is a Prizewinner at the 2009 Rostropovich competition and 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition. He is now one of the most acclaimed cellists of his generation.

Edgar regularly collaborates with conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Myung-Whun Chung, Marin Alsop, Manfred Honeck, Lahav Shani, Aziz Shokhakimov, Pablo Heras-Casado, Vasily Petrenko, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Michael Sanderling, Nathalie Stutzmann, and performs with world-renowned orchestras, such as New York Philharmonic, Wiener Symphoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonique de Radio France, Luzern Sinfonie, Brussels Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan.

Being particularly passionate about chamber music, he collaborates with artists such as Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, Renaud Capuçon, Khatia Buniatishvili, and David Kadouch among others.

An exclusive Erato-Warner artist, his discography includes “Play” with pianist Pierre-Yves Hodique, “Giovincello”, with Il Pomo d'Oro, a duo recital with David Kadouch, Gulda and Offenbach concertos, a family album featuring Korngold and Dvorak, Transmission, celebrating Jewish heritage and musical tradition with Luzern Sinfonie and Michael Sanderling, Dutilleux and Weinberg cello concertos, with Andris Poga and WDR Köln Sinfonie (Warner Classics, September 2023).

Latest release : Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, with LuzernSinfonie and Michael Sanderling, along with a slavic recital with David Kadouch (Chopin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Dvorak).

Edgar Moreau plays on a David Tecchler cello from 1711. His bow was made by Dominique Peccate.

In September 2023, Edgar has been appointed Cello Professor at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur.