Kian Soltani

Kian Soltani
Born June 3, 1992
Bregenz, Austria
Citizenship Austrian
Occupation Cellist
Website www.kiansoltani.com

Kian Soltani (born 1992) is an Austrian cellist, born in Bregenz to a family of Persian musicians.[1] He has held the post of principal cellist in Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra[2], where he came to prominence performing Beethoven's Triple Concerto on the orchestra's 2015 tour.[3]

He began playing the cello at the age of four and, at age 12 he began his studies with Ivan Monighetti at Basel Music Academy[1]. He completed his studies as a member of the Young Soloist Programme at the Kronberg Academy in Taunus[1], Germany, and the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein.

Awards and Competitions

Soltani was awarded the Lucerne Festival's 2017 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award[2] and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival’s 2017 Bernstein Award[2]. He received the Luitpold Prize (German: Luitpoldpreis) of the Festival Kissinger Sommer in 2014. In 2013, he won the first prize at the Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki, Finland. He has also won the first prize in the Karl Davidoff International Cello Competition in Latvia and the International Cello Competition 'Antonio Janigro' in Croatia, [4] and became a member of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 2014[5].

Performances

Soltani has performed as a soloist with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Orchestre de Paris, Oslo Philharmonic and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and at the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Aix en Provence Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the BBC Proms.

Recordings

Kian Soltani signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2017[3]. His debut album Home was released in February 2018, and pairs works by Schubert and Schumann with folk song settings by Reza Vali and Soltani himself.[6]


References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alumni Page on Kronberg Academy Website". Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kian Soltani wins $75,000 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award". The Strad. 13 December 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Cellist Kian Soltani signs with Deutsche Grammophon". The Strad. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kian Soltani triumphs at the International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland". April 27, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Cellist Kian Soltani wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2017". February 6, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kian Soltani: Home". June 1, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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