Artist Guide » Classical » Contemporary » TESS REMY-SCHUMACHER: Solo Works for Cello by Lutoslawski, Henze, Stahlke, Magrill
Tess Remy-Schumacher was born in Cologne and studied with Boris Pergamenschikow, Maria Kliegel, Siegfried Palm, Jacqueline du Pre, and William Pleeth. As a Fulbright Scholar she studied with Lynn Harrell in his Piatigorsky Class at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles and was awarded her Master of Music. As "most outstanding graduate of the year for performance, academic excellence and leadership" she received her doctorate under the supervision of Eleonore Schoenfeld. Tess Remy-Schumacher has won first prizes in Germany's Jugend musiziert,New York's International Artist Competition(string division)"and Rome'sCarlo-Zecchi Competition". She has been a world wide concert soloist for several years, performing in Asia, Australia, Europe, the United States, including the Wigmore Hall, London, Jubilee Hall, Singapore and her Carnegie Debut Recital in New York and Bradley Hall in Chicago. She has performed at the Brisbane Biennial Festival, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and the Contempofest (Australia), the Weatherfield Music Festival (USA) and the Internationaler Klaviersommer (Germany). She has recorded for WDR, NDR, and MDR (Germany), WNYC New York, K-USC Los Angeles, ABC National, Australia, MBS-FM Melbourne, Australia, and Swiss and Italian television. CDs include transcriptions (Tess Remy-Schumacher) of Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe with Marcus Reissenweber and Christoph von Sicherer, works by In Sun Cho for the contemporary music society, Seoul, Villa Lobos with guitarist Stefan Grasse, the Ibert Cello Concerto-recorded 1999 at Radio Hilversum-with solo cello works by Henze, Lutoslawski, Stahlke, Magrill, and the Rachmaninow Sonata in g-minor with pianist Michael Staudt. At the moment she is undertaking a 6 CD project "Bach plus" including the 6-Suites for cello solo. Following her appointment at James Cook University from 1992-1998, she has been professor for cello and chamber music at the University of Central Oklahoma, USA. This summer she will teach at the Phillips Academy summer festival in Boston, and the Encore Festival.Check out the artist's website:
http://www.tessremy-schumacher.com
Track List:
1. Samuel Magrill TESS VARIATIONS FOR CELLO SOLO
2. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Adagio Rubato
3. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Poco Allegretto
4. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Pastorale
5. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Andante con moto rub
6. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Vivace
7. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Tango
8. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Allegro marciale
9. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Allegretto
10. Hans Werner Henze SERENADE FOR CELLO SOLO: Menuet
11. Witold Lutoslawski: SACHER VARIATIONS FOR CELLO SOLO
12. Jonathan Stahlke: DEDICATION #2
13. Jacques Ibert: CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND WINDS: Pastorale
14. Jacques Ibert: CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND WINDS: Romance
15. Jacques Ibert: CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND WINDS: Gigue
Suggested CDs:
- tess remy-schumacher and michael staudt
- Tess Remy-schumacher, Marcus Reissenweber, Christoph V Sicherer