![]() ![]() (Popper was the great etude writer of the last century).Īaron - I'm very happy with David Popper too, but don't you think, after a hundred years, it might be time for something new?įortunately, his next call was to Oxford University Press, which had the foresight to see the influence that this book would have! OUP has now published over a dozen books by Aaron Minsky and other publishers have come on board. Well, we're very happy with David Popper, thank you. If you look at our catalog, you will notice that we haven't published a cello etude in over a hundred years.Īaron - Yes, I did notice. I've just completed a set of cello etudes combining American popular music with classical technique. He entered into a conversation with their representative which went as follows:Īaron - Hello. ![]() His first call was to a well known commercial classical music publisher. Having completed his first book, "Ten American Cello Etudes", he began looking for a publisher. Each piece was based on a different popular style and incorporated different techniques, but there was one thing that they all had in common: Aaron would not include a piece in his book unless it made him smile! He only hoped that others would feel the same joy. ![]() But how? There was no method book available for learning popular styles of cello playing, so Aaron created a set of pieces to teach himself. Finally, Aaron was ready to go back to his original goal of inventing a new cello style. He graduated with a Masters Degree from Manhattan School of Music and spent several years performing as a classical cellist. He knew though, that in order to be taken seriously in the classical world, he had to first become a professional classical cellist. At the age of fifteen he got the inspiration to transfer his guitar knowledge to the cello, and blaze a path as the first rock cellist. Toke plays a David Tecchler cello from 1697 (on loan from the Augustinus Foundation).Aaron began his musical life as a rock guitarist yet he was fascinated with classical composition. Toke Møldrup was solo cellist in the Copenhagen Phil from 2010-2020 – a position he left in order to devote himself to his many soloist tasks and his teaching and research at RDAM, where he himself trained as a soloist under professors Morten Zeuthen and Tim Frederiksen. Møldrup also continues to develop the cello repertoire through collaborations with many contemporary composers, including the European premiere of John Williams’ Cello Concerto, Svend David Sandström’s Nordic Mass, Geoffrey Gordon’s Cello Concerto and Christian Winther Christensen’s Concerto for Cello and Accordion. His discography includes the critically-acclaimed recording of Bach’s suites for solo cello (2018), the release Cello Libris, Geoffrey Gordon’s works for cello (2020) and Beethoven’s sonatas and variations with pianist Yaron Kohlberg (2020). Toke has performed as a soloist with Danish and international symphony orchestras under conductors such as Aldo Ceccato, Sanntu Rouvali, Lan Shui and Joshua Weilerstein, and has been a frequent guest in Danish and foreign music associations and festivals such as the Bergen International Festival, Lincoln International Chamber Music Festival, Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival and Oberstdorf Musiksommer, as a member of the ensembles Nordlys, Paizo Kvartetten, Den Danske Klavertrio, Copenhagen Cello Quartet, and with other prominent musicians. Semi-finalist, International Tchaikovsky Competition 2019 Cello Competition 2018įirst prize, Young Concert Artists’ International Competition 2017 Second prize, Svirel International Music Competition 2014įirst prize, the Danish String Players’ Competition 2017įirst prize, Aram Khatchaturian Int.
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