Matt Haimovitz J.S. BACH 6 Suites for Cello Solo

Haimovitz has been taking the beloved solo cello suites of Bach out of the concert hall, performing them in intimate venues and music clubs across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and soon Europe. The tour which has sold-out nearly every performance has been profiled on National Public Radio’s ‘Performance Today’ and PRI’s ‘The World,’ as well as in the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Times, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Among the reviews, LA Times critic Mark Swed writes, "In these experiments, Haimovitz has, indeed, recaptured the freshness in music making. There is nothing like the intimacy of hearing great music in a close, casual environment, and Monday night the cellist seemed to absorb as much energy from the crowd as we did from him." Philadelphia Enquirer critic David Patrick Stearns remarks, "If playing Bach in the Old City folk club the Tin Angel was an experiment, cellist Matt Haimovitz succeeded Monday in! ways that say as much about the needs of the music-loving public as his extraordinary talent."

Haimovitz has been honored with the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1986), and was the first cellist ever to receive the prestigious Premio Internazionale "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" (1999). Of six acclaimed recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label, his Suites and Sonatas for Solo Cello was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque (1991) and le Diapason d'Or (1991). Haimovitz’s recording, J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo has been a TOP PICK in U.S. News and World Report and featured in Billboard, Gramophone, The New Criterion, and others. Also on Oxingale, an album entitled "Lemons Descending" of music for soprano and cello originated as a limited edition fine-art book and recording that can be found in some of the finest special collections in the U.S., including the Library of Congress, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Brown Universities and many others. His most recent release, "The Rose Album" with pianist Itamar Golan, a reminiscence through musical association of his teacher, the legendary American cellist Leonard Rose, features the music of Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Paganini, Stern, and Popper.