Paul Tortelier, the cellist, spontaneously decided to live in a kibbutz for a year with his family after a concert in Israel.
Performer Biography
Paul Tortelier's mother decided on his life's path as a cellist even before he was born, sending him to his first teacher at age six.
Performer Biography
Paul Tortelier's family became a musical dynasty, with all three of his children becoming musicians; his son Yan Pascal became a successful violinist and conductor, and his daughter Maria de la Pau, a pianist and conductor, was named in tribute to Pablo Casals.
Recording & Production
The recordings on this album were made during Paul Tortelier's visits to Berlin in 1949, 1962, and 1964, alongside concerts he gave in the RIAS studios.
Instruments
Paul Tortelier constructed the 'pique Tortelier', a specially customised, bent endpin for the cello, which he believed benefited the cellist's left hand and improved sound and bowing technique.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Paul Tortelier, the cellist, rejected atonal music, believing that musical modernism disregarded the 'vertical dimension' of harmonic structures, which he considered fundamental to meaningful musical flow.
Performer Biography
Paul Tortelier, the cellist, graduated from the Conservatoire National de Musique with a first prize in cello at age sixteen, and later a first prize in harmony, which he shared with composer Henri Dutilleux.
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