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Robert Cohen
12+ albums
celloClassical
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Robert Cohen was born on 15 June 1959 in London to violinist Raymond Cohen and pianist Anthya Rael.Having begun playing the cello at age 5, at age 10 he entered the Purcell School for Young Musicians. He also began studies with William Pleeth. At age 12 he made his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall, where he performed the Boccherini Concerto in B flat. His Wigmore Hall recital debut followed at age 17. In 1975 he began studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he graduated with a postgraduate Diploma of Advanced Solo in 1977. During this period he also studied with Jacqueline du Pré, André Navarra and Mstislav Rostropovich. Career In 1976 he made his recording debut with the Elgar Cello Concerto and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which went on to receive a Silver Disc for recording sales. In 1984 he bought a Stradivarius cello, the Bonjour, which he kept to the 1990s. From 2000 to 2012 Cohen was Professor of Advanced Solo Studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano. In 2010 he became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music.He gives masterclasses internationally and lectures on music preparation and performance techniques. In 1989 he became artistic director of the Charleston Manor Festival. The final festival took place in the summer of 2012. Cohen was the cellist of the Fine Arts Quartet from October 2011 until January 2018. Composer Sally Beamish has dedicated two works to Cohen, the cello concertos 'River' (1997), inspired by t
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
2,1482Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
1,0973Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
9684Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
8945Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Minuet
7376Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude
6547Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
6548Franck, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in A major: Recitativo - Fantasia Ben moderato - molto lento
5349Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
52810Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
511albums
Grieg, Franck, Dvořák: Cello Works
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J.S. Bach: Cello Suites
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Night Time Classics for Sleep
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J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites
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Orchestral Works & Chamber Mus
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100 Best Film Classics
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90 Bach Playlist
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, 3 & 5
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The Greatest Composers of All Time - Mozart, Chopin and Bach
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Classical Study Music with Beethoven, Chopin & Bach
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50 Bach Playlist
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir De Florence / String Quartet In E Flat Minor / Trio And quartet Fragmanets