Pierre Fontenelle is a young Belgian-American cellist whose career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician spans Belgium and the rest of the world. Trained at the Conservatoires of Luxembourg, Namur and Mons, before perfecting his skills at the Académie Jaroussky in Paris, he joined the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège at the age of 20 as cello-soloist for three years, before devoting himself to solo projects, while occasionally pursuing his orchestral career as guest cellist with the Belgian National Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, the Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine...
An established virtuoso, he has won numerous international competitions. 1st Prize at the Breughel Competition 2022, he also won the Audience Prize and the Best Performance Prize. At the 2019 Edmond Baert International Competition, he was awarded 1st Prize and the Feldbusch Prize, and received the 2nd "Van Hecke" Prize at the Buchet International Cello Competition.
On y revient régulièrement tellement c'est génial. Vraiment un travail impressionnant, c'est là qu'on réalise que depuis tout ce temps, c'était un tango.
Bonjour, J'ai même fait partager cette vidéo à Radio Classique en leur disant que c'était à découvrir pour la justesse du tempo, de la simplicité, sobriété et sans prétention comparé à la version orchestre lourde de Yo-Yo Ma grimaçant douleureusement (cinéma). Et pourtant je connais les versions de référence Jacqueline Du Pré et Pierre Fournier, mes favoris au cello. Bonne continuation.
Very nice, I've always enjoyed playing that too. A performance with a lot of feeling for the musical phrases, which sets your interpretation apart from others and that's a very good thing, because it gives the work a soul instead of being a machine. I even always played the chords at the end as arpeggios similar to the first prelude in G. Only unofficially of course 😉 Also, great recording technique. Thank you so much for sharing! 👏
Je viens de tester les 4 interprétations de RU-vid, c'est celle ci que je préfère pour la simplicité et ton juste des 2 artistes. L'accompagnement orchestre de Yo Yo Ma est sophistiqué et Yo-yo fait trop de grimaces.
Excellent beautiful music legendary anybody watching Tintin in 2024 I never skip this music when watching Tintin cartoons I'm watching Tintin on utube this very moment
you remind a little o how milstein played violen, with warmth, singing, and playing the music not his ego...you know heifetz told all his students to listen to milstein, not heifetz....this is really wonderful, really you are singing more than playing....
my! i just listened to 3 other professional cellists of repute, and for me, this is the best....i love the warmth, sensuous tone , but especially the slower pace, and that the pianist plays with such great reserve, no banging at the beginning. Bravo!!
