ROLANDO FERNANDEZ LARA

MEXICO

  • date of birth: December 12, 1990
  • currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Prof. Nicolas Altstaedt;
  • performed with the Weimar Staatskapelle, Haydn Philharmonie, Amati Ensemble, Limburgs Symfonie Orkest;
  • participated in masterclasses given by Sol Gabetta, Raphael Wallfisch, Ivan Monighetti, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Antonio Meneses, Nicolas Altstaedt, Enrico Bronzi, Leonid Gorokhov, Gustav Rivinius, Levon Mouradian, Uzi Wiesel, Sadao Harada, Wolfgang Laufer.

Prizes: laureate of the Rubinstein International Cello Competition

Program:

First Round

Piatti Caprice Op. 25 No. 3

Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob. VIIb/1

Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70

Second Round

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D. 821

Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello

Rostropovich Humoresque Op. 5

Semifinal

Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26

Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C major Op. 119

Final

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major Op. 107