Rebecca Rust
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Rebecca Rust is an American cellist.
She studied with Margaret Rowell in San Francisco, Bernard Greenhouse
from the Beaux Arts Trio
in New York, Paul Szabo
from the Végh Quartet
in Cologne, Germany, and took masterclasses with Mstislav Rostropovitch in Basel, Switzerland and Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
She has recorded 13 CDs, among which are premiere recordings of compositions by Georges Enesco: "Sonata for cello and piano op. 26, No. 1". She played the U.S. premiere performance of this rediscovered composition in 1987 in Washington D.C. Heitor Villa-Lobos
: "O trenzinho do caipira" and others, Donald Francis Tovey
: "Sonata for cello and piano op. 4", "Elegiac Variations, op. 25", Robert Kahn
: "Sonata op. 37 for cello and piano", "3 Pieces op. 25" Hans Gál
: "Suite op. 6", "Two Scottish Rhapsodies"(reviews in Fanfare Magazine), Karl Michael Komma.
Compositions were written for her and dedicated to her and her husband, German bassoonist Friedrich Edelmann by Karl Michael Komma;Jan Koetsier
: "Fantasie" for cello, bassoon and piano, op. 87 (1981) published by Donemus Amsterdam; Harald Genzmer
: Divertimento for violoncello and bassoon(1981), published by Peters; Jan Novák
, "Sonata Phantasia":
Otmar Mácha::"Apollon & Marsyas"; Max Stern::"Songs of Ascents"; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Stern_(composer)
The main publisher of Rust's CDs is Naxos Records
(Marco Polo): Heitor Villa-Lobos, Georges Enesco, Donald Francis Tovey, Frank Bridge.
Some of her work has also been published by Bayer Records and Cavalli Records.
Biography
Rust was born in Oakland, California, U.S.A., March 17, 1954.She studied with Margaret Rowell in San Francisco, Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
from the Beaux Arts Trio
Beaux Arts Trio
The Beaux Arts Trio was a noted piano trio. They made their debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center. Their final American concert was held at Tanglewood on August 21, 2008. It was webcast live and archived on NPR Music...
in New York, Paul Szabo
Paul Szabo
Paul John Mark Szabo is a Canadian politician. He is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Mississauga South for the Liberal Party.-Early life and education:...
from the Végh Quartet
Végh Quartet
The Végh Quartet was a Hungarian string quartet founded in 1940 and led by its first violinist Sándor Végh for 40 years. The quartet was based in Budapest until it departed Hungary in 1946. It is particularly known for its recordings of the Beethoven and Bartók cycles...
in Cologne, Germany, and took masterclasses with Mstislav Rostropovitch in Basel, Switzerland and Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
She has recorded 13 CDs, among which are premiere recordings of compositions by Georges Enesco: "Sonata for cello and piano op. 26, No. 1". She played the U.S. premiere performance of this rediscovered composition in 1987 in Washington D.C. Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
: "O trenzinho do caipira" and others, Donald Francis Tovey
Donald Francis Tovey
Sir Donald Francis Tovey was a British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist...
: "Sonata for cello and piano op. 4", "Elegiac Variations, op. 25", Robert Kahn
Robert Kahn
Robert Kahn may refer to:* Robert Kahn , composer and music teacher* Bob Kahn , Internet pioneer* Robert Kahn, more famous as Bob Kane, the creator of the comic book superhero Batman...
: "Sonata op. 37 for cello and piano", "3 Pieces op. 25" Hans Gál
Hans Gál
Hans Gál was a composer, teacher and pianist.Gál was born to a Jewish family in the small village of Brunn am Gebirge, Niederösterreich, just outside Vienna. He was trained in that city at the New Vienna Conservatory where later he taught for some time. While a student he won the K. und K...
: "Suite op. 6", "Two Scottish Rhapsodies"(reviews in Fanfare Magazine), Karl Michael Komma.
Compositions were written for her and dedicated to her and her husband, German bassoonist Friedrich Edelmann by Karl Michael Komma;Jan Koetsier
Jan Koetsier
Jan Koetsier was a Dutch composer and conductor.In 1950, Koetsier became the first Kapellmeister of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, he wrote chamber music, and orchestral and choral works, as well as the opera Frans Hals...
: "Fantasie" for cello, bassoon and piano, op. 87 (1981) published by Donemus Amsterdam; Harald Genzmer
Harald Genzmer
Harald Genzmer was a German composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Music beginning in 1928.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln...
: Divertimento for violoncello and bassoon(1981), published by Peters; Jan Novák
Jan Novák
Jan Novák was a popular Czech composer of classical music. Novák was primarily active in the 1960s and composed the music for several films of Karel Kachyňa...
, "Sonata Phantasia":
Otmar Mácha::"Apollon & Marsyas"; Max Stern::"Songs of Ascents"; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Stern_(composer)
The main publisher of Rust's CDs is Naxos Records
Naxos Records
Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...
(Marco Polo): Heitor Villa-Lobos, Georges Enesco, Donald Francis Tovey, Frank Bridge.
Some of her work has also been published by Bayer Records and Cavalli Records.