Cellist, interpreter of a very broad repertoire reflecting her imaginative world, a designer of projects, and a musician sought after by many contemporary composers, Sonia Wieder-Atherton occupies a special place on today's musical scene.

 After graduation from the Paris Conservatory under Maurice Gendron and classes with Rostropovitch, she left for Moscow and two years of study with Natalia Chakhovskaia at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1986, shortly after her return, she was laureate of the Rostropovitch Competition.

She has played as soloist with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Liege Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon, the Luxemburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the orchestra of the NDR in Hanover....
Pascal Dusapin, Georges Aperghis and Wolfgang Rihm have written numerous works for her.

She regularly plays with pianists Imogen Cooper, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Laurent Cabasso, Georges Pludermacher, Bruno Fontaine and violinists Raphaël Oleg, Jan Talich and Sylvia Marcovici, the Accentus choir and percussionist Françoise Rivalland.

She has been invited to perform her projects, of which she has overseen both the conception and the staging, in numerous festivals and in venues such as the Cité de la Musique, the Théâtre de la Ville, Musica à Strasbourg (France), the Bath Music Festival and the Cheltenham festival (GB), the Houston Opera (USA), the Dortmund Opera (Germany), Crossing the Line Festival (USA), Printemps de Bourges (France), Spoleto and Caserta Festivals (Italy).

Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Exclusive Event at the Institut français

Prior to her residence at Kings Place on 17, 18 and 19 March 2011, the French cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton introduces three of her creations: Chants Juifs, Vita (Monteverdi's madrigals and Giacinto Scelsi’s Trilogy for cello solo) and D'Est in Music, with images taken from Chantal Akerman's film, D’Est. Sonia will discuss her upcoming programme, perform some extracts from her new CD Vita and talk around some images. This event is a unique occasion to discover the richness of this great musician and the links she creates between art forms and different worlds. There will be a Q&A and CD signing.

Tue 15 Mar 7.00pm | £10, conc. £8 | in English | Institut français

Sonia Wieder-Atherton concerts at Kings Place

Chants Juifs / Jewish Songs Thu 17 March

Monteverdi's Madrigals and Scelsi's Trilogia Fri 18 March

D'Est in Music Sat 19 March

Kings Place, 90 Work Way, London N1 9AG

www.kingsplace.co.uk