Johann Sebastian Paetsch

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Name = Johann Sebastian Paetsch

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Instrument = Cello: Matteo Goffriller 1730
Genre = Classical music
Occupation = Concert Cellist
Years_active = 1976 -
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Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born in Colorado Springs, U.S. on April 11, 1964) is an American cellist and musician.

Early Musical education

Paetsch began his cello studies with his father Günther Paetsch (who was also a cellist) at the young age of 5 and gave his first recital when he was 6 years old. His extensive experience in chamber music began early in childhood with his large and talented family of 9. HIs three sisters Phebe, Michaela and Brigitte and his three brothers Christian, Englebert and Siegmund all learned string instruments. He learned and performed almost the entire chamber music repertoire for strings with his family "The Paetsch Chamber Music Ensemble" in many concerts throughout the U.S.

Formal Musical Education

Johann Sebastian Paetsch studied at Butler University with the principal celist of the Indianapolis Symphony, Arkady Orlovsky, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree "Cum Laude". He then furthered his cello studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut with the famous cellist and teacher Aldo Parisot, where he earned his Certificate of Music Degree and later his Master’s Degree in Music. He then went on to study in Germany at the Musikhochschule Lübeck with David Geringas where he received his ‘Konzertexamen’. He has participated in masterclasses with cellists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich, Janos Starker, Greenhouse and Mischa Maisky. As a member of the ‘Yale Cellists,’ he took part in the recording of two world- famous CD’s.

Awards and Recognitions

A recipient of numerous prizes, Johann Sebastian Paetsch was awarded a top prize in the Emmanuel Feuermann Competition and the first place in the Young Musicians Foundation Competition in Los Angeles, CA. He was also highly successful in the ARD Competition, Munich, in the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and in the Rostropovitch Competition, held in Paris.

Renowned not only for his technical skill but also for a gorgeous profundity of tone and deep insight musicality, Johann Sebastian Paetsch has the pleasure of a distinguished international career as one of the foremost cellists of his generation, performing regularly in Japan, Europe and in America. He has collaborated with prominent artists such as Vadim Repin, Gidon Kremer, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Eduard Brunner and the Wilanow Quartet.

Life and career

Paetsch married his long-time girlfriend, Yoko Miyagawa, a violinist, in 1994. They have three children, Raphaela, Valentina and Dominic.

As soloist, he has taken stage in many important capitals of the world, showing no hesitation in performing the concertos such as Haydn, Dvorak, Shostakovitch, Prokofiev, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky. His performances and recordings of the Double Concerto (Brahms) in collaboration with sister and violinist Michaela Paetsch, have taken place in the USA, Canada, Switzerland and in Germany. He has been featured soloist with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in performances and recordings of great pieces such as Boccherini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Kabelevsky and the two Haydn Concertos, as well as Don Quixote (Strauss) with conductor Alain Lombard.

Since 1992 Johann Sebastian Paetsch has served as First Solo Cellist of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland.

Critical Reception

Paetsch's work has been well received by a music critics worldwide. A writer from the Lübecker Nachrichten wrote "...a brilliant virtuoso piece which demanded all the finesse of everything that one could imagine from a cellist, delighted the audience and brought them to a thundering applause." A review in The Strad magazine applauded his cellistic abilities, saying he was "A CELLIST of extraordinary flair...His playing is at once stylish and communicative and of virtuoso stamp." In addition, a music critic from the The New Haven Register wrote that "Paetsch brought great intensity and depth of understanding to this complex work.... the second movement was exquisitely eerie. His multiple-stop work stood out both for its lyrical beauty and technical excellence." [http://trioceresio.com/paetsch.htm A collection of reviews of Paetsch's music on his website ] ]

References

External links

Johann Sebastian Paetsch pages maintained by the [http://www.cello.org Internet Cello Society] :
* [http://trioceresio.com/paetsch.htm Biography]
* [http://www.cellist.nl/database/showcellist.asp?id=268 Another biography]