DIRECTORY / LIBRARY OF FAMOUS HISTORICAL CELLISTS

Surname letter starting with N

 

 

** Andre Navarra
1911 – 1988
France
Important Activity:
Kretly String Quartet (succeeding Fournier). B.B.N. Trio (with Benvenutti and Benedetti).  Principal cello of the Grand Opera Orchestra (Paris).  (Military service).  Professor Paris Conservatoire,  North West German Music Academy (Hochschule für Musik, Detmold), also taught in Siena (Accademia Musicale Chigiana), London, Vienna, and autumn courses in St. Jean-de-Luz (France).
Premieres:
 Jolivet – Cello concerto (1962),
Tomasi – Cello Concerto (1970).
Pascal – Cello concertó (1960).
Jolivet – Cello concertó No. 1 (1962).
Tisné – Cello Concerto (1969).
Lajtha – Cello Sonata (1961).
Schmitt – Intoit, recitative et conge (1951).
Most of these works were probably  also dedicated to him.
Friendships:
Jacques Ibert, Florent Schmitt,Arthur Honegger,  Pau Casals.
Anecdotes:
* As a youngster was a promising boxer !
* pupil of J.L. Loeb (Paris conservatoire – first cello prize 1927).
* taught at Paris Conservatoire 1949-79.

 

** Siegfried Nebelong
1857 – ????
Denmark
Important Activity:
Member Royal Orchestra of Dresden
Anecdotes:
* Born Copenhagen.
* Pupil of Grutzmacher.
* (information was given as still living in an encyclopedia of   1895 …)

 

** Jean Nelland
1895 – 1965
France, later Canada
Important Activity:
Professor Constantinople Music Conservatoire. Principal cello Association des concerts ‘Spirituals’ of the Sorbonne. Cellist Pelletier String Quartet. Professor McGill University, Montreal. Cellist of 1st McGill Quartet (c.1930) and 2nd quartet (1939-42). Principal cello Montreal orchestra (1930-41), the CSM (1936-40), and the Little Symphony of Montreal (1939-46). Professor at the CMM (1946-69).
Anecdotes:
* pupil at Conservatoire du Mans, Paris Conservatoire (with Louis R. Feuillard)
* amongst his pupils were his son Ary, Jean Charbonneau, Raymonde Martin, André Mignault, Suzanne Perrault and Brahm Sand.
INFORMATION  BY  THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

 

** Franstilek Xaver Neruda
1843 – 1915
Denmark (of Moravian origin; later Austria, Germany, Russia, Sweden)
Important Activity:
Neruda Quartet, Member Royal Chapel Copenhagen, Royal chamber musician Copenhagen. Professor cello St. Petersburg Conservatory. Conductor Stockholm Music Society. Professor cello Copenhagen Conservatoire.
Dedications:
Popper – Elfintanz, Op.39 (1881)
Music/Publications:
Own original pieces, including 5 cello concertos;  the most famous was the D Minor concerto …

 

** Holocaust Victim – Marian Neuteich – Master cellist, player in a string quartet, conductor and composer, born in Lodz 29/05/1903, died in Poniatowa (Trawniki Camp) 1943

 

** Oscar Nicastro
1894 – 1971
Uruguay
Important Activity:
Soloist. Founder Gorin-Nicastro Conservatoire, Buenos Aires.
Anecdotes:
* lived in Naples as a boy, giving first concert as concerto soloist at age 10.
* Passed to Berlin, at only  12 entering the Berlin Hochschule, studying with Hausmann and Becker.
* once based back in Uruguay, he made many professional tours as soloist to the USA and Europe. Possessed a solid technique.
* his most important students were Oliver Ibani, Addiego, and Lyllian del Puerto.
INFORMATION  BY  ADRIAN BORGARELLI (URUGUAY)

 

** Jean-Jacques Nochez
1725 – 1800
France
Important Activity:
Member Comic Opera Orchestra (Paris). Member Grand Opera Orchestra (Paris). Royal Chamber musician. Professor Paris Conservatoire.
Music/Publications:
Author of cello articles.
Anecdotes:
* Pupil of Cervetto and Abaco.

 

** Emile Norblin
1821 – 1880
France
Important Activity:
Bonawitz/Telesinski/Norblin Trio.
Anecdotes:
* height of his trio were the years 1867 to 1879.

 

** Louis Pierre Norblin
1781 — 1854
Born Poland, lived France
Important Activity:
Professor Paris Conservatoire. Baillot String Quartet. Principal cello Paris Opera Orchestra. Founding-member of ‘Concerts du Conservatoire’ (Paris).
Anecdotes:
* Pupil of Baudiot and Lavasseur.
* Assisted Baudiot in writing his Cello methods.