- Andrei Pricope
Andrei Pricope (born in
Bacău ,Romania , in1969 ) is a cellist ofRomania n descent.Early life and education
He grew up in
Bucharest , Romania, and started playing thecello andpiano at age ten, following in his father's footsteps (Eugen Pricope was a conductor and musicologist). Following studies at the Enescu Music High School inBucharest , he went toEngland , where he graduated with honors from theRoyal Northern College of Music in 1994.Musical activity in Illinois
Pricope received his Masters of Music and Performer Certificate from
Northern Illinois University (1996 and 1997, respectively) having studied withMarc Johnson of theVermeer Quartet . He appeared in masterclasses withJános Starker ,Ralph Kirshbaum , andIrene Sharp , among many others. Pricope was Principal Cello with theChicago Civic Orchestra (training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony), and has also served as guest principal cello for several American orchestras, including Green Bay Symphony, Rockford Symphony and Southwest Michigan Symphony. In these capacities, he performed under such conductors asDaniel Barenboim , SirGeorg Solti ,Zubin Mehta ,Christoph Eschenbach , andPierre Boulez . As achamber music performer, Pricope has performed extensively, including with members of the Chicago Symphony on Chicago'sWFMT radio.Pricope's cello transcriptions are published by Amati Music. They include
Johann Sebastian Bach 's "Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Cello" (orig. for violin) andJohannes Brahms ' "Violin and Viola Sonatas" (arr. for cello). Amati Music also publishes reference works in cello pedagogy under Pricope's editorship, including Duport's "Essai sur le doigté du violoncelle et la conduite de l'archet" (1809) andBernhard Romberg 's "Violoncell-Schule" (1840). Pricope has also written [http://www.cellobasics.com Cello Basics] , a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the techniques of cello playing, with hundreds of practice routines for warm-up, maintenance, teaching, and reference (2006).Pricope continues to teach strings (mostly
cello ) in theChicago area.External links
* [http://www.parkridgestrings.com Pricope's studio website]
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