Christine Walevska
{{Short description|American classical cellist}}
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| name = Christine Walevska
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|03|08}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles
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| instrument = Cello
| genre = Classical
| occupation = Cellist, pedagogue
| years_active = 1960s to present
| label = {{flatlist|
- Owl Records
- Leaf Music
- Philips Records
- Decca Classics [JP]
- Rhine Classics
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Christine Walevska (born March 8, 1945, Los Angeles) is an American classical cellist. She is known for her numerous recordings with Philips Records and performing concerts worldwide. In 1975, she became the first American concert musician to perform in Cuba under the regime of Fidel Castro.{{cite news |last=Triplett |first=Gene |title=Renowned Concert Cellist Breaks 'Dowdy' Stereotype |work=The Oklahoman |date=February 28, 1983 |url=http://newsok.com/article/2015396 |accessdate=January 13, 2016 | url-status = deviated | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060546/http://newsok.com/article/2015396 | archive-date = 2016-03-04}} The music critic Antonio Hernandez of the Brazilian newspaper O Globo referred to Walevska as the "goddess of the cello," a moniker to which she has often since been referred.{{cite web |last=Janof |first=Tim |title=Conversation with Christine Walevska |publisher=Internet Cello Society |date=February 8, 2009 |url=http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/walevska/walevska.htm |accessdate=January 13, 2016 |archive-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150430004528/http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/walevska/walevska.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Fusilli |first=Jim |title=Melancholy Baby |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 9, 2013 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324391104578224813653874952 |accessdate=January 13, 2016}}
Stolen cello
When Christine was small, her father bought her a rare antique concert-quality children's cello, hoping to spur her interest in the instrument, which it did. After she graduated to a full size cello, the instrument was stolen, and its whereabouts remained unknown for 40 years. When finally found, the current owner (who did not know it had been stolen) had rented it out to another very young but supremely talented cellist, whose family had spent years looking for a concert quality instrument suitable for a young cellist. After meeting the young girl, who loved the instrument as she did, Christine decided not to pursue retrieving her stolen property until after the student had graduated to a larger cello.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-07-22/the-mystery-of-a-stolen-rare-cello-has-a-surprise-ending |title=The mystery of a stolen rare cello has a surprise ending |date=July 22, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
CD releases
- Prokofiev & Khachaturian: Cello Concertos (O.National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Eliahu Inbal – 1972) | Philips Classics 434 166-2 | 1CD ℗ 1992
- Haydn: Cello Concertos (English Chamber O., Edo de Waart – 1972) | Philips Classics 438 797-2 | compilation 2CD ℗ 1993
- Christine Walevska – Legendary Recordings / the complete Philips original releases | Decca Classics [JP] 480 4532 | 5CD box ℗ 2010
- Saint-Saëns: Music for Cello and Orchestra (O.National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Eliahu Inbal – 1973) | Decca Eloquence 4822033 | 1CD ℗ 2016
- Christine Walevska – Goddess of the Cello (Akimi Fukuhara, piano) | Leaf Music LM206 | 1CD ℗ 2017
- Músicos.ar | Christine Walevska / Daniel Goldstein & Friends (Pablo Agri, Matias Grande, Elizabeth Ridolfi) | Fonocal | 1CD ℗ 2019
- Christine Walevska "the beauty & the bow" private archive recordings (works by: Bach, Sancan, Tchaikovsky, Bolognini, Ravel, Haydn/Piatigorsky, Nin, Saint-Saëns, Françaix, Ginastera, Bloch, Couperin/Bazelaire, Prokofiev, Debussy, Weber/Piatigorsky, Chopin/Piatigorsky, Chopin/Fournier, Brahms, Dvorak, Popper, Piazzolla, W.Schuman, Hindemith, Beethoven) | [https://www.rhineclassics.com/products/rh-034-8cd-christine-walevska Rhine Classics RH-034] | 8CD box ℗ 2024 | [https://www.rhineclassics.com/pages/034-reviews reviews] | [https://www.discogs.com/release/32759157-Christine-Walevska-The-Beauty-The-Bow-Private-Archive-Recordings Discogs]
References
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External links
- [http://christinewalevska.com Official website]
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Category:Musicians from Los Angeles
Category:Classical musicians from California
Category:American women classical cellists
Category:American classical cellists
Category:21st-century American women
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