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Gustav Rivinius
Cello Germany Professor of the Hochschule für Musik Saarbrücken |
Born in 1965, Gustav Rivinius grew up in a musical family. He began studying cello with Hermann Dirr in Munich at the age of six. During many years, he continued his studies with
Ulrich Voss in Saarbrücken, rounded them off with Claus Kanngiesser, David Geringas and Zara Nelsova at the Juilliard School in New York, finishing with Heinrich Schiff. Since the beginning of his musical career, Gustav Rivinius won numerous national and international awards. A milestone for his musical life was being honoured with the First Prize and the gold medal at the IX. International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1990; this was the first time a German musician was awarded. Since then, Gustav Rivinius was invited to play with many leading orchestras and performed at numerous important music centres all over the world. Gustav Rivinius works together with orchestras such as Radio Orchestra Leipzig, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra Lissabon, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestras of Saarbrücken, Munich, Berlin and Stuttgart, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Washington and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich as well as with the Dresdner Philharmonie. Chamber music constitutes another important part in his artistic work. He plays with many distinguished colleagues such as Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas and Sharon Kam. Furthermore, he appears at many renowned festivals and is a regular guest at the wellknown Heimbach Festivals of Lars Vogt. For Harmonia Mundi, Gustav Rivinius recorded sonatas by Brahms, Boccherini and Zimmermann as well as all of Beethoven’s cello sonatas for the Radio Cologne. Besides his commitments to the standard repertoire, Gustav Rivinius dedicates a part of his activities to contemporary music: for instance, he premiered the cello concerto “Bardo” by Hans Zender with the Musikkollegium Winterthur under the baton of the composer himself. In 1997 Gustav Rivinius founded the Trio da Salò (first famous master of violin manufacturer) together with Ani Kavafian (violin) and Barbara Westphal (viola). Gustav Rivinius holds a professorship for cello at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken. |
