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Maxim Calver

Kumi Matsuo

Sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust

Saturday 15th February 2025, 7.30pm
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
Maxim Calver
Cello
Kumi Matsuo
Piano
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No 4 in C Major Op 102 No 1
Nadia Boulanger
Three pieces for cello and piano
Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A Flat Major Op 70
Debussy
Cello Sonata (1915)
Brahms
Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2 in F Op 99

About Maxim Calver

Maxim Calver first gained public recognition as a BBC Young Musician 2018 Grand Finalist and Strings Category winner where he made his concerto debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Birmingham. This success has led him to be in high demand as a soloist across the UK and Europe and in October 2021 Maxim made his European Concerto Debut in the Grosse Saal of the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, where he performed Schumann’s Cello Concerto.

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Maxim combined an engaging enthusiasm with a deeply impressive and technically stunning technique. In works by Beethoven, Debussy and Brahms among others, his minute attention to detail and bow control from feather light to robust and resonant exquisitely expressed the emotional intent of the music. He was aided by the immensely empathetic playing of his experienced and accomplished accompanist, Kumi Matsuo. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the performance and particularly the Debussy and the relatively less well known Nadia Boulanger.