The International Cello Festival of Canada launched June 18 here in Winnipeg. Artistic Director and cellist Paul Marleyn was Claudia Garcia de la Huerta's guest live in studio on Musica Clasica. Watch the interview here!

Raised in London, England, Paul Marleyn is a cellist with a broad and eclectic repertoire that ranges from the Baroque period to the twenty-first century. He tours regularly across Canada and frequently performs in the United States, Europe and Asia.

He has appeared as soloist the Belgrade Philharmonic, European Chamber, Winnipeg Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony and Manitoba Chamber orchestras. Engagements have included London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Chicago’s Cultural Centre and Geneva’s Victoria Saal.

From 2005-2012, he was a member of the Trio Hochelaga, one of Canada’s leading chamber ensembles, with which he recorded a series of five discs of French music on the ATMA Classique label.

Paul Marleyn has made several compact disc recordings as soloist and chamber musician. His first CD, released by United Records, contains cello sonatas by Shostakovitch, Prokofief and Schnittke, and was described as “emotionally intense, physically big-boned” (Gramophone Magazine), and ”over-flowing with health, the joy of playing, and flamboyant brilliance” (Répértoire, France.) His recording of the complete works of Ernest Bloch for Signum Classics has also received favorable reviews; “an excellent recording, this release deserves enthusiastic recommendation” (BBC Music Magazine) and “a fine cellist with astute command of style and formidable technique” (Strad magazine.) Other releases include Swirl for solo cello by Jim Hiscott on the CBC Records label, as well as chamber music recordings for RCA Victor and CBC Records. Mr.Marleyn’s concerts and recordings are frequently heard on CBC radio, BBC radio, NPR affiliate stations in the United States and around the world.

 Paul plays on a 1770 Pietro Landolfi cello made in Milan, Italy.

Watch his interview on Classic 107 below!

 

 

Paul Marleyn performs Friday night June 20th at Westminster United Church as part of a concert called Inspired by Bach: The Complete Suits for Solo Cello along side Denise Djokic, Matt Haimovitz, Miklos Perenyi, Alexander Rudin and Colin Carr. His next performance is Saturday night at Crescent Fort Rouge Church as part of  Beethoven, the Revolutionary: The complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano (7:00 PM), Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM for a show called Images of the 20th Century and finally Sunday night at the Gala Festival Finale at Pantages Playhouse Theatre. (7:30 PM)