Cello Recital with Denis Severin

Denis Severin is a professor of cello at the Geneva-Neuchâtel University of Music and at the Bern University of the Arts. He serves as artistic director of the Langenthal International String Academy (LISA) and also directs the ArtCello Festival and the Klangwelten concert series in Rheinfelden.

He is also president of the “Art Without Borders” association. His awards include the 2015 Echo Klassik Prize, a Grammy Award nomination in 2007, and a nomination at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2018; he has also received several international competition prizes.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Severin performs at the world’s most prestigious concert venues and collaborates with leading ensembles and outstanding musicians. He is a regular guest soloist and lecturer at festivals such as the Lucerne Festival, the Cello Academy Rutesheim, the Cello Biennale Amsterdam, and the CellEast Festival, to name just a few.

He also serves as a jury member for a number of music competitions.

Severin completed his studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Dmitri Miller. He continued his training at the Geneva University of Music (under Daniel Grossgurin), the Basel Music Academy (Thomas Demenga), the École Normale de Musique de Paris (Gary Hoffman), and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Christophe Coin).

He has also participated in master classes with renowned teachers such as Janos Starker, Anner Bylsma, Natalia Gutman, Antonio Meneses, Truls Mørk, and Reinhard Latzko. His recordings include releases on Naxos Records featuring Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos (2007, Grammy nomination, Swiss Baroque Soloists), on Sony Classical featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff – Romances for Cello and Piano (with Tatiana Korsunskaya, 2009), on Panclassics with Giuseppe Maria Cambini – String Quartets (Ensemble Entr’acte, 2010), and on Musikproduktion Dabringhaus & Grimm with Luise Adolpha Le Beau – Chamber Music (Bartek Niziol, Denis Severin, Tatiana Korsunskaya, 2014; ECHO KLASSIK 2015) and MDG Musikhaus Dabringhaus & Grimm – trios by Eduard Napravnik. A solo recording was released in 2020 on Solo Musica: Camerata Franconia featuring works by Schumann, Cassado, Rachmaninoff, and Fauré.

In all his activities, Denis Severin combines exceptional musical versatility with dedicated teaching, involvement in festivals, and an active commitment to promoting young talent.