Walham Forest Festival

Dear friends and colleagues,

We hope you are keeping safe and well. You are invited to the 3rd WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST 2021 in London.

As in previous years there will be WFCF Cello Concerts, Underground Lunchtime Recitals (in the historic Victoria Line carriage), Cello Weekend, Make Music Day and Cello Academy (all ages and abilities are welcome!). Events will be held mainly online in June 2021.

Book your tickets now via Eventbrite here: https://WalthamForestCelloFest.eventbrite.com .

The WFCF 2021 features cellists and young promising cello talents from Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, the UK and the USA.

Including cellists Anna Brikciusová, FrantišekBrikcius, Yiqi Chen, Mira Kardan, StijnKuppens, Anna Shuttleworth (1927-2021) and George Wolfe-McGuire. Together with cellist, Cello Museum founder and curator Brenda Neece, cellist, researcher and guest curator Erica Lessie, conductor and composer Peter Askim, percussionist Brecht Claesen, violinist and philosopher Hugh Desmond, organist and composer Irena Kosíková, violinist and conductor Jan Talich, Talich Chamber Orchestra, soprano NofarYacobi and narrator Jan Židlický.

WCFC begins with a CELLO WEEKEND (Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th June): INDIVIDUAL MASTER CLASSES, two CELLO WEBINARS, CELLO RECITAL – INNER CELLO, interactive online INTERPRETATION MASTERCLASS, three CELLO LAUREATES, introduction to THE CELLO MUSEUM – ONLINE EXHIBITION INNOVATIONS IN CELLO-MAKING MATERIALS, REMEMBERING ANNA SHUTTLEWORTH and music documentary film MAKANNA.

Other events will include virtual poetry reading SAVE THE QUEEN (Saturday 12th June), CELLO RECITALS (Sunday 13th and Sunday 20th June), MUSICAL SOLIDARITY PROJECT (Saturday 19th June), MAKE MUSIC DAY (Monday 21st June) and ORGAN RECITAL (Saturday 26th June).

WFCF is following in the tradition of previous UNDERGROUND LUNCHTIME RECITALS (Sunday 27th June) in the WalthamstowPumphouse Museum’s historic Victoria Line Carriage.

For the second time Waltham Forest Cello Fest will hold a CELLO ACADEMY (26th July – 1st August) of online summer cello master classes.

Most online events are followed by a Q&A. Please put your questions in the comments or an email.

WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST was created in 2019 as a cello celebration of the communities in Waltham Forest the first ever Mayor’s London Borough of Culture. The WFCF is supported by Make It Happen – London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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For more updates and details about the 3rd WALTHAM CELLO FOREST FEST 2021 in London subscribe to WFCF Newsletter and visit https://www.Brikcius.com/WalthamForestCelloFest .

Waltham Forest Cello Fest

P.S. Many cello events are free of charge. Please consider supporting WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST (or our Cello Scholarships) by making a donation through our PayPal donation page https://www.paypal.me/WFCelloFest or pledge here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/WalthamForestCelloFest .