ANDREW BYUN
Cello – Canadian – 25
Programme:
PENDERECKI Suite for Solo Cello: Preludio
BACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: Prélude and Sarabande
DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135
BRAHMS Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 99 No. 2
Semi-final performance: Wednesday 13th March, 8pm
Andrew Byun is a Canadian cellist studying with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory. Byun has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts and collaborated with artists as Paul Huang, Hagai Shaham, Rainer Schmidt, and Paul Neubauer. A passionate chamber musician, he has appeared at festivals including: Music@Menlo, Verbier Festival Academy, La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Taos School of Music, I-M-S Prussia Cove.
Andrew graduated from Northwestern University (BM/BA) studying Philosophy/Cello Performance and The Juilliard School (MM). He has studied with Natasha Brofsky, Hans Jorgen Jensen, Myung-wha Chung.