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Natalia Gutman (Violin soloist)

Among the world’s most renowned cellists, Natalia Gutman was born in Kazan, Russia into a musical family, receiving her first cello lessons at age five from her grandfather, Anisim Berlin, a respected violinist and student of the great Leopold Auer. By that time the family had moved to Moscow, and the young Natalia soon entered the Moscow Conservatory, studying for thirteen years with Galina Kosolupova. Upon graduation, she worked privately with the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich. Another early influence was pianist Sviatoslav Richter, whom she first heard and admired as “a kind of musical God” at age 14, and later had the privilege of recording with—including several works included here at the Classical Archives. Richter himself would later return the esteem, calling Gutman “an incarnation of truthfulness in music.”

Her career ascended as a result of several awards from major festivals, including a Gold Medal at the Vienna World Youth Festival (1959), Third Prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition (1964), First Prize in the International Dvorаk Festival (1966), and a Gold Medal at the ARD (German Radio) Competition in Munich (1967)—the latter in the chamber music category with pianist Alexai Nasedkin. Following these successes, Ms. Gutman began an illustrious concert and recording career, performing on all continents with such major orchestras as the Vienna, Berlin, Munich and St. Petersburg Philharmonics, the London Symphony, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, and many others. Among the celebrated conductors she has worked with include Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Kurt Mazur, Riccardo Muti, Mstislav Rostrapovich, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Yuri Temirkanov. As a chamber musician, she has worked closely with such artists as Sviatoslav Richter, Alexei Lubimov, Issac Stern, Elliso Wirssaladze, Evgeny Kissin, and perhaps most importantly her late husband, the great violinist Oleg Kagan (d. 1990)—whose influence on the musical identity of Ms. Gutman must be considered paramount.

While Ms. Gutman has performed the entire breadth of the cello repertory from the Baroque forward (note her superb performance of the Bach Cello Suites Nos.1 and 3), her greatest focus has been on contemporary works. She has performed numerous premiers, including several works explicitly written for her by celebrated Russian composers Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, and Sofia Gubaidulina. We are fortunate to have performances of both works by Schnittke and that of Gubaidulina. In recent years, and especially since the death of her husband, Ms. Gutman has focused much on assisting young chamber musicians. This includes the workshops entitled “Berlin Encounters” she co-founded with pianist Claudio Abbado. Further, she continues the international music festival held each July in the Bavarian Alps that was originally founded by her husband, and is now named in his honor.





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