A cello concerto for Christmas

Zoë Westwood, SCO Marketing & Communications Manager, writes:

The snow is melting, the roads have cleared, and the postman’s back! Now, with the office tree sparkling with baubles, we can look forward to our Christmas in Paris concerts in which cellist Jian Wang joins us for a for one of his signature pieces, Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No 1.

One glance at his story and I am intrigued by Jian Wang. Taught by his father in China, discovered aged 10 by American violinist Isaac Stern whilst filming a documentary, sponsored to study in the US by a business man after seeing the documentary, then asked to leave Juilliard for performing too much instead of coming to class - it’s been quite a ride for the cellist!

I’m hoping to meet him while on concert duty in St Andrews tomorrow, but in the meantime, I’ll just listen to him play...