Clive Greensmith, violoncello

Boris Berman, piano

Sunday, February 3, 2008, at 3:00 p.m.

’Cellist Clive Greensmith and pianist Boris Berman are both familiar to New Haven audiences, but they will appear at the Collection for the first time on February 3 in a performance of Beethoven’s last three sonatas for violoncello and piano.  

Mr. Greensmith is well known as the ’cellist in the Tokyo Quartet.
He has held the position of principal ’cellist of London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist, he has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, and the RAI Orchestra of Rome. 

An alumnus of the Moscow Conservatory, Boris Berman has appeared before audiences audiences in over forty countries on six continents. He has appeared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, The Philharmonia (London), the Toronto Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, and the Royal Scottish Orchestra. A frequent performer on major recital series, he has also appeared in important festivals, such as Marlboro, Waterloo, Bergen, Ravinia and Israel Festival, to name a few. 

Both artists have long and impressive discographies including their collaboration in a recording of the Brahms Sonatas for ’cello and piano on the

Biddulph label.