Bryan Cheng
cello
Following recent prize-winning successes at some of the world’s most prestigious international competitions, including Queen Elisabeth, Concours de Genève, and Paulo, Canadian-born, Berlin-based cellist Bryan Cheng has established himself as one of the most compelling young artists on the classical music scene.
He made his sold-out Carnegie Hall recital debut at age 14, his Elbphilharmonie debut aged 20 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Joshua Weilerstein), and in 2022, he was the first cellist to be awarded the coveted Prix Yves Paternot in recognition of the Verbier Festival Academy’s most promising and accomplished musician.
Recent highlights include his debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berliner Philharmonie in the „Debüt im Deutschlandfunk Kultur“ series (other noted artists who performed in this series at the beginning of their career include Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline Du Pré, Cecilia Bartoli, Isabelle Faust, Evgeny Kissin, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Daniel Hope, Renaud Capuçon, etc.), returns to the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, among others.
Upcoming debuts include the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Slovak Philharmonic, the Calgary Philharmonic and the Cape Town Philharmonic, as well as returns to the Johannesburg Philharmonic and I Musici de Montréal chamber orchestra, premiering a brand-new double concerto by Denis Gougeon.
Bryan plays the “Dubois” Antonio Stradivarius cello, Cremona, 1699 graciously provided to him by Canimex Inc. from Drummondville (Québec).
