Historical Events of March 18
18 March
** 1791 - the cellist Menel performed in a concertante by Haydn at the Hannover Rooms (London).
** 1832 - birth of Jules-Joseph} Ernest Vieuxtemps (Brussels) d.1896
cellist, orchestra & opera principal cello {based England}
** 1834 - birth of Otto Kitzler (Germany) d.1915
cellist, conductor and orchestration teacher (of Bruckner!) {based in Austria}
** 1866 – David Popper was soloist in his own Cello Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.8, with the Löwenberg Orchestra. Music of Mendelssohn, Chopin, Weber, Liszt and Beethoven also was heard in this concert.
** 1870 - Friedrich Grützmacher performed as soloist in the Schumann Cello Concerto probably for the first time in his life at a Frankfurt Museum Concert on March 18, 1870, and probably still one of the first ever performances world-wide of this work.
** 1904 - Richard Strauss accompanied cellist Leo Schulz, in a performance of his Cello Sonata in F Major, Op.6
(New York)
** 1924 - cellist Gerard Hekking performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No.1, Op.33. Five concerts, in Amsterdam (18th and 20th March, and 9th October(^^)), in Den Haag (11th October(^^)) and Rotterdam (15th October(^^)), conducted by Karl Muck and Pierre Monteux(^^)
** 1927 - at the Teatro Nazionale, Piazza S. Agostino, Genova (Italy). special guest was Enrico Mainardi (cello) in the ‘Concerto della Commemorazione del Centenario Beethoveniano’
** 1954 - birth of Jan Diesselhorst (Marburg, Germany) d.2009
cellist, orchestra musician (Berlin Philharmonic), chamber musician and orchestral academy teacher - member of ‘The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic’
** 1958 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Bloch – Schelomo. Three concerts, in Amsterdam (5th and 6th March) and Rotterdam (18th March), conducted by Bernard Haitink
** 1977 – on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 22nd of this month, cellist Lorne Monroe performed as invited soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Leinsdorf), in the Avery Fisher Hall (New York)
** 1981 - birth of Alberto Martos Lozano (Granada, Spain)
cellist and composer
** 1985 – birth of Lukas Lauermann (Austria)
Austrian cellist and sound designer (plays cello onb electric sound and writes his string arrangements). His field of activity also includes recordings and compositions for theater, radio drama and film music.
** 1994 - cellist Heinrich Schiff performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Strauss – Don Quixote, Op.35. Three concerts in Amsterdam (16th, 17th and 18th March), conducted by Mariss Jansons
** 1984 – birth of Cristine Rauh (Osnabruck, Germany)
German female cellist educated in England and Germany. Prolific scholarship and prizewinner. Duo performances with Johannes Nies within the framework of the Villa Musica foundation.
