Dutch cellist (born 1994)
Ella van Poucke
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Born
| 1994 (age 29–30)
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Education
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Occupations
| - Classical cellist
- Festival director
- Academic teacher
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Website
| Official website
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Ella van Poucke
(born 1994) is a Dutch classical cellist. She has performed internationally as a soloist and
chamber musician
. From 2010, she has directed a chamber music festival in Amsterdam. Poucke has lectured at the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
from September 2022.
Career
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Poucke was born in
Amsterdam
in 1994 to a family of musicians.
[1]
She received cello lessons from age six, and studied at the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague
from age ten. She studied at the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
with
Godfried Hoogeveen
[
de
]
,
[2]
taking masterclasses with
Steven Isserlis
,
Menahem Pressler
and
Andras Schiff
, among others.
[1]
She studied at the
Kronberg Academy
with
Frans Helmerson
from 2009 to 2016,
[2]
supported by an Opel/Schaefer Scholarship. She then became artist in residence at the
Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
in Brussels,
[1]
studying with
Gary Hoffman
until 2019.
[2]
Poucke played at the
Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam first at age ten. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras such
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
,
Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Strings, Varsovia Chamber Orchestra, the
Camerata Wrocław
, Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, working with conductors including
Michael Sanderling
and
Christoph Eschenbach
.
[1]
Poucke is a member of the Amsterdam Chamber Music Society. Her chamber music partners have included violinists
Vilde Frang
,
Gidon Kremer
and
Christian Tetzlaff
, and violist
Tabea Zimmermann
, among others.
[1]
In 2010, she founded with her brother, the pianist
Nicolas van Poucke
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, the Chamber Music Festival Amsterdam, serving as its artistic director. She was chosen “Rising Star” in Amsterdam, giving her the chance to perform two programs of her choice at the
Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam in the 2013/14 season.
[1]
In November 2012, she was the soloist in the world premiere of a
cello concerto
composed for her by
Uljas Pulkkis
[
fi
]
. She played it at the International Cello Biennale in Amsterdam, and repeated it at the 2013
Kronberg Festival
with members of the
hr-Sinfonieorchester
.
[1]
When the Kronberg Academy's new concert hall, the
Casals Forum
, opened in 2022, she appeared as a soloist, playing Haydn's
Cello Concerto No.
1
with the
Kremerata Baltica
.
[3]
For her first recording, she chose the complete works for cello by
Robert Schumann
, the
Cello Concerto
, with the Phion Orchestra conducted by
Gunter Neuhold
, and works for cello and piano, with pianist
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
[
nl
]
. A reviewer from
Gramophone
credited her with "a strong feel for Schumann's Romantic sensibility",
[4]
and noted that her playing in the concerto was "distinguished by its spontaneity and delicacy".
[4]
Poucke has lectured at the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
.
[5]
from 1 September 2022.
[6]
She played a cello built by
Pieter Rombouts
(1667?1740),
[1]
and turned to an instrument built in 1620 by
Giovanni Paolo Maggini
,
[5]
both on loan from an anonymous sponsor.
[1]
[5]
Her awards include being named Dutch Musician of the Year in 2012, the special prize for an outstanding performance at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in 2014, and the first prize at the 2015
Isang Yun cello competition
2015.
[2]
[5]
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