William Pleeth

William Pleeth ( born January 12, 1916 in London, † 6 April 1999) was a British cellist and significant cello teacher. The best way to know him as a teacher of Jacqueline du Pré.

Life

Pleeth was born in London, the son of a Jewish immigrant family from Poland. He showed his talent as a cellist at the age of 7 years. Even when he was 15 years old, he already had all Bach suites, all Capricci by Alfredo Piatti and 32 solo concerts learned, of which he could play 24 memory. He first studied at the London Cello School and then in Leipzig with Julius Klengel, who also taught Emanuel Fire and Gregor Piatigorsky man.

Pleeth appeared as a soloist with orchestra, but preferred chamber music. In 1952 he founded the " Allegri Quartet".

In 1977 he started at the Yehudi Menuhin School to teach. His students include Kristin von der Goltz, Sebastian Hamann, Sebastian Hess, Jacqueline du Pré, Shauna Rolston, Martin Rummel and Michael Sanderling.

His son is the cellist Anthony Pleeth.

Discography

  • A Life In Music Vol 4 - Beethoven, Sonata for Cello and Piano No.. 4 in C major, Op. No. 102. 1
  • A Life In Music Vol 7 - Beethoven, Sonata for Cello and Piano No.. 3 in A major, Op. 69
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 ( 320d )
  • Franz Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163 / D 956

Works

  • William Pleeth: Cello ( Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides ); Kahn & Averill Publishers; ISBN 978-1-871082-38-8

Swell

  • Http://www.cello.org/cnc/pleeth.htm
  • Classical cellist
  • British Musician
  • Briton
  • Born 1916
  • Died in 1999
  • Man
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