Steven Isserlis (born December 19 1958, London) is one of the most prominent living cellists. He is notable for his diverse repertoire, distinctive sound and total command of phrasing. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and was also highly influneced by the great iconoclast of Russian cello playing, Daniil Shafran. Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Alternate meaning: Cello web browser A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) is a stringed instrument and part of the violin family. ... Musician entering the Oberlin Conservatory The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the nations oldest continuously operating conservatory. ... Daniil Shafran (January 13, 1923, Saint Petersburg – February 7, 1997, Russia) was one of the finest Russian cellists but is still rather unknown by the large public. ...

Isserlis plays both as soloist and chamber musician and has rediscovered many previously neglected works. He has also organized a number of festivals with long-term collaborators such as Joshua Bell and Tabea Zimmermann. Joshua Bell (born 9 December 1967) is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist. ... Tabea Zimmermann, born on October 8, 1966 in Lahr, (Germany), is a German violist. ...

He was awarded a CBE in 1998 and the Schumann Prize 2000 by the city of Zwickau. He plays the Feuermann Stradivarius, on loan from The Nippon Music Foundation. He also part-owns a Montagnana cello from 1740 and a Guadagnini cello of 1745, which he played exclusively from 1979 to 1998 and part-owns with David Waterman, cellist of the Endellion Quartet. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. ... The De Munck cello was made in 1730, when Stradivari was 86 years old. ... Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero One of the violins in the Stradivarius collection of the Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain A Stradivarius (or Strad) is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, especially by Antonio Stradivari. ... Montagnana is a commune in the province of Padova, in Veneto. ... See also: 1739 in music, other events of 1740, 1741 in music, list of years in music. ... Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (G. B. Guadagnini) (b. ... See also: 1744 in music, other events of 1745, 1746 in music, list of years in music. ... The Endellion String Quartet was formed in 1979 and its members have been togather for over 25 years. ...

He is also the author of two books for children on the lives of famous composers: the first is Why Beethoven Threw the Stew (Faber & Faber, 2001), and the second Why Handel Waggled His Wig (Faber & Faber, 2006).

Isserlis is Artistic Director of the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove in West Cornwall, where he both performs and teaches.

In 2007, Isserlis recorded and released the Bach cello suites for the first time. In music, the BACH motif is the sequence of notes B flat, A, C, B natural. ... The first page from the manuscript by Anna Magdalena Bach of Suite No. ...

Steven is the Brother of Violinist Rachel Isserlis and has one a son, Gabriel.

External links

• http://www.stevenisserlis.com/ - personal website