BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

Jeremy Findlay was recognized at an early age as being a gifted cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and has actively pursued and developed himself as a solo and chamber music performer. As a recitalist and chamber musician Findlay has appeared in many prestigious venues including the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Rudolfinum Hall in Prague, Warsaw Philharmonic, Izumi Hall in Osaka, St. Lawrence Center in Toronto, Coliseo in Buenos Aires, and Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York.

Featured as a soloist, Findlay has performed and recorded with orchestras including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Radio Orchestra, the Cracow Philharmonic, the Poznan Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Malta, the North Czech Philharmonic, and the Prague Philharmonia. His most recent CD of the Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 was praised by Sir Roger Norrington: “The whole recording breathes fire, accuracy and musicality”. He has also been a guest at festivals including the Beethoven Festival in Cracow, International Musicians Seminar in England, the International Chopin festival in Poland, and plays regularly with ensembles including the Okoun Ensemble, Flatiron Trio, Ensemble Salzburg, and the Salzburg Piano Quartet.

Findlay's cello lessons began with his father, William Findlay, as a scholarship student at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He continued his studies with Daniel Domb at the University of Toronto where he graduated in 1992. Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants provided the opportunity for further studies with Josef Chuchro at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and later with Christoph Richter in Germany. Findlay also studied chamber music at the European Mozart Academy, under the direction of Sándor Végh, and took part in the masterclasses of Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, and Yo-Yo Ma.

Ever since their meeting in Prague in 1994, Jeremy Findlay has played and recorded with pianist Elena Braslavsky. In addition to the standard repertoire for cello and piano, they take an active interest in contemporary music. The Czech composer Jiri Gemrot dedicated his Sonata for Cello and Piano to the Braslavsky-Findlay Duo and recently wrote them a Double Concerto for Cello, Piano, and Orchestra which they premiered at the Rudolfinum Hall in Prague with the Prague Philharmonia.

Elena Braslavsky and Jeremy Findlay form a dynamic duo and have performed together in North America, South America, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Australia. They make their home in Salzburg with their daughter Alyssa.