The cello is an extraordinary instrument. It expresses its profound nature in a continuous bass passage, ‘sings’ like a human voice and remains a wide-ranging and multifaceted source of expression for today's composers. The cello repertoire, which over the centuries has inspired Bach and Berio, Beethoven and Sciarrino, is unrivalled in its versatility and possesses a unique ability to embody the most remote roles and needs. There is a very rigorous and refined grammar, syntax and logic in the cello's musical discourse, but there is also a creative and transcendent dimension that makes this instrument a privileged witness to Western artistic production over the last three centuries.

With Claudio Pasceri (cello, lecture-concert). 
One of the most acclaimed Italian cellists of his generation, Claudio Pasceri leads an intense musical career.
His repertoire with orchestra includes concertos by Vivaldi and works by Schnittke. He plays with renowned orchestras, including the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, the Camerata Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the Arpeggione Kammerorchester. A performance of Schumann's concerto was recorded by Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich.
In chamber music, he collaborates with musicians such as Salvatore Accardo, Pavel Gililov, Ilya Grubert, Dora Schwarzberg, Bruno Giuranna, Rohan De Saram, Rocco Filippini, Irvine Arditti and Gilles Apap.
Claudio Pasceri regularly gives masterclasses for renowned European institutions such as the Leopold Mozart Universität Augsburg, Musicalta Rouffach, Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu de Barcellona. He has taught cello at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo in Italy.
Claudio Pasceri is artistic director of the EstOvest contemporary music festival. 

The presentation will be followed by a discussion with Martin Loridan (composer) and Jean-Paul Dessy (conductor and cellist).

In partnership with the Institut Culturel Italien, the Erasmus programme and the Mosaïques festival.
This invitation will give rise to a concert as part of the brand new Mosaïques festival.

Institut Culturel Italien
Rue de Livourne 38, 1000 Bruxelles

Free entrance, with reservation