Britten: Cello Suites Alexander Ramm

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72:
• 1 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: Canto primo 02:31
• 2 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: I. Fuga 04:14
• 3 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: II. Lamento 02:48
• 4 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: Canto secondo 01:05
• 5 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: III. Serenata 02:20
• 6 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: IV. Marcia 03:44
• 7 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: Canto terzo 02:24
• 8 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: V. Bordone 03:03
• 9 Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: VI. Moto perpetuo e canto quarto 03:44
• Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80:
• 10 Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: I. Declamato 04:39
• 11 Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: II. Fuga 04:28
• 12 Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: III. Scherzo 02:06
• 13 Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: IV. Andante lento 04:48
• 14 Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: V. Ciaccona 07:15
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87:
• 15 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: I. Introduzione 02:21
• 16 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: II. Marcia 01:46
• 17 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: III. Canto 01:13
• 18 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IV. Barcarola 01:21
• 19 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: V. Dialogo 01:28
• 20 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VI. Fuga 02:22
• 21 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VII. Recitativo 01:20
• 22 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VIII. Moto perpetuo 00:51
• 23 Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IX. Passacaglia 09:15
• Total Runtime 01:11:06

Info for Britten: Cello Suites

Alexander Ramm is the winner of the Silver Medal at the XV Tchaikovsky International Competition, and has garnered prizes at numerous other musical competitions including the Cambridge International Boston Competition, Beijing International Music Competition and the National Music Competition (Moscow). To this day, Mr. Ramm is the only Russian finalist and laureate of the most prestigious Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki.

Alexander Ramm, cello

Alexander Ramm
is the winner of the Silver Medal at the XV Tchaikovsky International Competition, and has garnered prizes at numerous other musical competitions including the Cambridge International Boston Competition, Beijing International Music Competition and the National Music Competition (Moscow). To this day, Mr. Ramm is the only Russian finalist and laureate of the most prestigious Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki.

Alexander Ramm was born May 9, 1988 in Vladivostok. He was educated at the Glière Children Music School in Kaliningrad (class of Svetlana Ivanova), then at the Moscow Chopin College of Performing Arts (class of Marina Zhuravlyova). In 2012 Alexander graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and was awarded the Postgraduate Diploma (class of Prof. Natalia Shakhovskaya, People’s Artist of the USSR). Currently he is honing his performance skills under Frans Helmerson at the Hanns Eisler College or Academy of Music (Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler) in Berlin. Mr. Ramm also trained at the Musical Academy of Courchevel (Académie Musicale de Courchevel) and the International Holland Music Sessions workshops where he studied under such professors as Philippe Mueller, Reinhard Latzko, Maria Kliegel and Uzi Wiesel. Alexander also participated in the Verbier Festival Academy (2011) where he was tutored by Gary Hoffmann, Frans Helmerson, Masaaki Suzuki, Lawrence Power and Ferenc Rados. He graduated from Verbier Festival Academy with a commendation award from Neva Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland).

Mr. Ramm is actively involved in all the major projects of the St. Petersburg House of Music and regularly takes part in projects promoting young talents presented by Moscow Philharmonic Society, including pthe rogram «The Stars of The 21st Century» both in Moscow and around Russia. Alexander also participates in the Moscow Easter Festival founded by Valery Gergiev.

Mr. Ramm has performed in numerous cities throughout Russia, Lithuania, Sweden, Austria, Finland, South Africa, Japan, France and Bulgaria. The world’s top concert venues are always eager to feature Mr. Ramm’s solo recitals: he has performed at Brucknerhaus (Linz), Nikkei Hall (Tokyo), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Mr. Ramm has collaborated extensively with world’s leading conductors including Constantine Orbelian, Vladimir Spivakov, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky and Valery Polyansky. Mr. Ramm has performed with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra “Evgeny Svetlanov”, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.

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