VC YOUNG ARTIST | Harriet Krijgh, 21 - Princess Christina, Janigro, Fidelio Cello Prize Winner

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21 year old Dutch cellist Harriet Krijgh is quickly building an impressive reputation as one of Europe's most formidable and engaging young concert artists

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="SiwRdEW47mg" width="590" height="385" auto_thumb="1"]Harriet Klijgh | Elgar Cello Concerto | 3rd & 4th Mvts | Paul Watkins | Amsterdam Conservatory Symphony Orchestra 

A student of Schulz-Bayrova and Jontscho Bayrov, at the Vienna Conservatorium, Harriet is a former prize winner at the Princess Christina, Prima la Musica, Antonio Janigro and Fidelio International Cello Competitions - and was recently awarded 1st prize at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale

Her 2012/13 season highlights include highly prestigious solo recitals at the Concertgebouw and the Wiener Musikverein - and debut appearances at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Festival Sommets Musicaux Gstaad

She currently performs on a 1690 Hendrick Jacobs cello

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="Vzs9GgtiTEE" width="590" height="385" auto_thumb="1"]Harriet Klijgh & Sophiko Simisve | Brahms Cello Sonata in E Minor | 1st Mvt | 2011
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="CzaQGclVYls" width="590" height="385" auto_thumb="1"]Harriet Klijgh | Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C | 1st Mvt | Traunfellner | Wiener Kammerphilharmonie
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="d0-dISypLrs" width="590" height="385" auto_thumb="1"]Harriet Klijgh &  Kamilla Isanbaeva | Faure | Après un rêve | 2012