J. S. Bach – Suites for Cello, BWV 1007-1012
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American cellist Steuart Pincombe quickly made a name for himself as an exquisite interpreter of early and contemporary music who was keen to experiment. Steuart is regularly featured as a soloist and chamber musician in leading venues across North America and Europe, including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Concertgebouw Brugge, RADIALSYSTEM V Berlin, Bozar Brussels, Tivoli Vredenburg, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the Kauffman Center, but he is equally at home playing in your local cafe or brewery. His playing has garnered wide acclaim from the public and critics alike: The Philadelphia Inquirer calls him “a gorgeous player with perfect intonation, imaginative phrasing,” The Strad Magazine refers to him as a “superb soloist,” virtuoso cellist Giovanni Sollima calls Steuart “a complete artist, true virtuoso and poet, totally at ease with all languages and musical styles,” and an audience member once said “You’da asked me a week ago if I’sa gonna be here, I’da said ‘hell no’. Well I’m here - and I love this stuff [Bach]”.
In addition to his numerous chamber engagements, Mr. Pincombe has appeared as soloist with ensembles such as Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop (Denmark), Holland Baroque (Netherlans), Wallfisch Band (United Kingdom), Symphonie Atlantique (NL), Apollo’s Fire (U.S.), and the Springfield, Missouri Symphony. His concert “Bach&Beer” was selected by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as one of the “Top 10 Classical Events of the Year” and a concert in which he appeared as soloist with Rene Schiffer and Apollo's Fire was numbered in London's “5 Best Classical Music Moments of 2014” according to The Telegraph (UK). If you can't hear him live, Steuart makes regular appearances on radio and has been featured on BBC, CBC, NPO, and NPR and has recently begun recording for 7 Mountain Records in Amsterdam.
With the aim of equipping other leading artists to engage with new audiences, Steuart and his wife Michelle started the Music in Familiar Spaces Artist Collective, which is made up of some of the leading performers of our time. Steuart and Michelle recently moved to Missouri to start a small, off-grid farm.