Ivan Monighetti
President Cello Jury 2021
Biography
Ivan Monighetti was Mstislav Rostropovich's last student at the Moscow Conservatory. He was a top prize-winner in many international competitions including Moscow Tchaikovsky International Competition since then he has enjoyed a career which has taken him all over Europe, to America, Japan and Korea.
As a soloist he has performed with many of the world's great orchestras and conductors, including Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Christoph Eschenbach, Muhai Tang, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andrei Boreyko, Dmitri Kitaenko.
His sensational appearances at major contemporary music festivals and friendships with composers such as Gubaidulina,Penderecki, Meyer, Szimanski, Tan Dun,Xenakis, Schnittke, Knaifel, Silvestrov, Ali-Zadeh, Kelterborn have brought him a wide reputation in the field of modern music. Many works written especially for him are now part of the established cello repertoire.
Following his conductor's debut at the Haydn Festival in Great Britain, he has now a varied career as a cello soloist and a conductor of international repute. He conducted among others an English Haydn Festival Orchestra, Österreichisch-Slowakische Philharmonie, Moscow Sympnonie Orchestra, Sinfonia Juventus, Musica Viva Moscow, Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Algarve Symphonie, Viva Cello Festival Orchestra. In 2014-16 as a conductor and soloist he was an Artist-In-Residence at the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonie in Poland. In October 2016 followed his debut with Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at the Cello Biennale in Amsterdam where he gave a world premiere of the Cello Concerto by Rob Zuidam.
He is featured on Swiss TV in Ritratto a Monighetti and Monighetti: Storie di famiglia, and has recorded for Erato, Harmonia Mundi, Orfeo, Wergo, DUX. His new releases include Works by Alexander Knaifel (ECM), Haydn`s Cello Concertos and Menuets (DUX),on both CD`s he appears as cellist and conductor and also Beethoven`s Cello Sonatas with Pavel Gililov. He is professor of cello at the Academy of Music Basel, at the Escuela Superior Reina Sofia in Madrid, Doctor Honoris Causa of the Music Academy in Krakow.
His students include such renowned soloists as Sol Gabetta, Nicolas Altstaedt, Kian Soltani, Emil Rovner and Asier Polo.
Events

CELLO COMPETITION 2021
FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA
Thursday 28 Oct. | 7:00 PM, Victoria Hall, Geneva
PROGRAMME
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Jaemin Han, 15 years old, South Korea
E. Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
1. Adagio – moderato
2. Lento – Allegro molto
3. Adagio
4. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento -
Michaki Ueno, 25 years old, Japan
W. Lutoslawski, Cello Concerto
1. Introduction
2. Four Episodes
3. Cantilena
4. Finale -
Bryan Cheng, 24 years old, Canada
E. Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
1. Adagio – moderato
2. Lento – Allegro molto
3. Adagio
4. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento
With the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Georg Fritzsch

CELLO COMPETITION 2021: SEMI-FINAL ROUND (SESSIONS 3 & 4)
Sunday 24 Oct. | 4 PM / 7 PM, Salle Franz Liszt, Conservatoire de Genève
SESSION 3, 4PM
Ms Min Ji KIM, South Korea, 26 years old
Piano : Ivani VENTURIERI
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- L. Boccherini: Sonata in A Major G. 4
- I. Yun: Glissées
- D. Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
- G. Piatigorsky: Variations on a Paganini theme
Mr Michiaki UENO, Japan, 25
years old
Piano : Julien GERNAY
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- J.S. Bach: Sonata in D Major BWV 1028
- I. Xenakis: Kottos
- B. Britten: Cello SuiteN°2, Op. 80
- F. Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D. 895
SESSION 4, 7PM
Mr Bryan CHENG, Canada, 24 years old
Piano : Silvie CHENG
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- L. Boccherini: Sonata in C minor G. 2
- E. Carter: Figment
- F. Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143
- D. Shostakovich,Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (3rd, 4th movements)
- M. de Falla (arr. Gendron/Cheng): La vida breve
Mr Maxime QUENNESSON, France, 26 years old
Piano : Katsura MIZUMOTO
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- J.S. Bach: Sonata in D Major BWV 1028
- K. F. Abel: Arpeggiata, Wko 205
- E. Carter: Figment
- C.M. Widor:3 pièces, Op. 2 (n°1, 3, 2)
- L. Boellmann: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 40

CELLO COMPETITION 2021: SEMI-FINAL ROUND (SESSIONS 1 & 2)
Saturday 23 Oct. | 4 PM / 7 PM, Salle Franz Liszt, Conservatoire de Genève
SESSION 1, 4PM
Ms Maria ZAYTSEVA, Russian Federation, 20 years old
Piano : Maria ZAYTSEVA
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- J.S. Bach: Sonate in G minor BWV 1029
- E. Carter: Figment
- C. Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major
Mr Jaemin HAN, South Korea, 15
years old
Piano : Ivani VENTURIERI
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- J.S. Bach: Sonata G Major BWV 1027
- I. Yun: Glissées
- F. Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143
- M .Rostropovich: Humoresque, Op. 5
SESSION 2, 7 PM
Mr Samuel NIEDERHAUSER, Switzerland, 23 years old
Piano : Shih-Yu TANG
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- L. Boccherini: Sonata in C minor G. 2
- J. Klengel: Scherzo in D minor, Op. 6
- J. Harvey: Ricercare una melodia, for violoncello and electronics
- T. Demenga: EFEU
- S. Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
Mr En-Chun LIN, Taiwan, 20 years old
Piano : Julien GERNAY
Clavecin : Constance TAILLARD
- L. Boccherini: Sonata in C minor G. 2
- E. Carter: Figment
- R. Schumann: Five pieces in Folk style, Op. 102
- J. Brahms: Sonata N°2 in F major, Op. 99

CELLO COMPETITION 2021
ONLINE RECITAL: 13-19 SEPTEMBER 2021
37 cellists aged 15 to 30 years old from 19 nationalities have been selected to participate in the 75th Geneva International Music Competition, section Cello. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, the first part of the 2021 Competition is held online. Selected candidates had until August 15th to submit their video recordings of the Online Recital, which will be streamed virtually from 13-19 September 2021 on www.concoursgenve.ch, YouTube, Facebook and The Violin Channel. Results will be announced on Sunday 19 September, 1:00 PM (GMT+2).
> See online recital broadcast schedule
PROGRAMME
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J. S. Bach : one of the following Suites for violoncello solo
- Suite N° 2 in D min. BWV 1008
- Suite N° 3 in C Maj. BWV 1009
- Suite N° 4 in E flat Maj. BWV 1010
Candidates may perform the entire Suite or select movements they wish to perform (minimum 3). They are given the option to play the repeats.
- One piece from 20th century for cello solo from the following list :
- G. Crumb : Sonata for violoncello solo
- P. Hindemith : Sonata for violoncello solo
- Z. Kodaly : Sonata Op. 8 (movement 1)
- G. Ligeti : Sonata fpr violoncello solo
- H. Dutilleux : 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
- K. Penderecki : Per Slava
- A. Ginastera : Puñena 2
- B. Britten : Suite N° 2 (declamato, scherzo, ciaccona)
- L. v. Beethoven: Sonata for violoncello and piano in C Maj. Op. 102 N°1
- One piece at free choice (optional) : Candidates may add a free choice piece to their Online Recital, provided that it does not exceed the 45-minute limit.