Natalia Gutman

Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman Russian Наталья Гутман B. 14 November 1942 Kazan Is A Russian Cellist. Distinguished At Important International Competitions She Has Carried Out Tours Around Europe America And Japan Being Invited As A Soloist By Great Conductors And Orchestras. At One Notable Recital She Was Accompanied By Sviatoslav Richter In The Chopin Cello Sonata. Always Attentive To Music From The 20th Century She Regularly Performs Works By Contemporary Composers. She Has Recorded Shostakovich's Cello Concerto For RCA Records And Dvořák's Cello Concerto With Wolfgang Sawallisch Conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra For EMI Records. Gutman Originally Began Studying The Cello At Moscow Music School With R. Sapozhnikov And Was Later Admitted To The Moscow Conservatory Where She Was Taught By Galina Kozolupova Amongst Others. She Later Studied With Mstislav Rostropovich A Fellow Notable Soviet Russian Cellist. A Great Supporter Of Chamber And Contemporary Music She Founded The Musikfest Kreuth With Her Husband Oleg Kagan In 1990. She Continued The Festival In Memory Of Kagan Who Died In 1990. read less