“A cellist with something to say.” – Gramophone

Kicking off a banner season in 2022-23, Inbal Segev releases the fourth and last volume of her “20 for 2020” commissioning project on October 7, comprising world premiere works by Oscar Bettison, Camille El Bacha, Stewart Goodyear, Molly Joyce, and Immanuel Wilkins. All four volumes of the project, plus a bonus track by Segev herself, will be released as a physical 2-CD set on Avie Records on November 11. The cellist performs live this season in concerts around the world celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, each anchored by Anna Clyne’s DANCE, a cello concerto commissioned by Segev and recorded in 2020. She opens the Charlotte Symphony season, performing the Elgar concerto with conductor Andrew Grams; and performs multiple concerts with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, on tour in Bogotá, Colombia and at home in New York.  Segev is also pleased to announce her new partnership with Arabella Arts, which will now serve as her worldwide representation.

“20 for 2020” Vol IV release

Long known as an established driving force in the creation of new cello repertoire for the 21st century and galvanized by the unprecedented worldwide crises that characterized 2020, Segev launched her “20 for 2020” commissioning project in the fall of that year, hoping to capture something of that collective experience and encourage creative recovery from it. This season sees the triumphant culmination of the ambitious project, with not only the digital release of the fourth and final volume (Oct 7), but also the physical release of a 2-CD boxed set of all twenty commissioned compositions for cello from some of today’s most sought-after composers, as well as a bonus track composed by the cellist herself (Nov 11). A trailer for Volume IV can be found here, the album can be pre-ordered here, and the audio single can be streamed here. Further information about “20 for 2020” can be found in a profile of the project that ran in the July-August 2021 edition of Strings magazine.

Anna Clyne’s DANCE with TACF Global Concert Series and others

In 2020, Segev released a “hugely impressive” (The Guardian) recording of Grammy-nominated composer Anna Clyne’s DANCE on the Avie label, a recording that has subsequently been played more than eight million times on Spotify. She commissioned the work after being introduced to Clyne by MacArthur Award-winning conductor Marin Alsop, and this season she performs it across two continents in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF), which Alsop founded to help other women follow in her own pioneering footsteps. Nine TACF award winners conduct orchestral concerts in Chicago, Philadelphia, London, Madrid and six more cities around the world, with Segev performing Clyne’s concerto on each program. The cellist also performs the work in late September in the U.S., with Maine’s Portland Symphony Orchestra led by Eckart Preu (Sep 20).

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Segev joins Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) for three different events this season, first touring to Colombia in November for an all-Russian program in Bogotá, where she also plays a program of Strauss, Beethoven and Brahms (Nov 2 & 3). In December she joins pianist Juho Pohjonen and violinist Cho-Liang Lin for a CMS program at New York’s Alice Tully Hall comprising Bach’s sonatas for violin and viola da gamba with keyboard. Forerunners of the sonatas of Mozart and Beethoven, the works are some of the earliest that give the keyboard player an equal and independent role (Dec 11). In April Segev joins a program of strings and winds with piano featuring pianist Pedja Mužijević, violinist Stella Chen, flutist Adam Walker, clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois, also doubling on basset horn, and bassoonist Peter Kolkay. Repertoire is Ekah for cello and piano by James Lee III; On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square for flute by Shawn E. Okpebholo; Mysterium for flute, clarinet, bassoon, and electronics by Mario Diaz de Leon; and Ned Rorem’s Winter Pages for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and piano, a CMS commission from 1981 (April 6).

About Inbal Segev

Inbal Segev is “a cellist with something to say” (Gramophone). Combining rich tone and technical mastery with rare dedication and intelligence, she has appeared with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, St. Louis Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony, collaborating with such prominent conductors as Marin Alsop, Stéphane Denève, Lorin Maazel, Cristian Măcelaru and Zubin Mehta. Committed to reinvigorating the cello repertoire, she has commissioned new works from Timo Andres, Avner Dorman, Gity Razaz, Dan Visconti and Anna Clyne. Recorded with Alsop and the London Philharmonic for Avie Records, Segev’s 2020 premiere recording of Clyne’s new cello concerto, DANCE, was an instant success, topping the Amazon Classical Concertos chart; its opening movement was chosen as one of NPR Music’s “Favorite Songs of 2020,” receiving more than eight million listens on Spotify, and Segev has continued to tour extensively with the piece. At the start of the pandemic, Segev launched “20 for 2020,” a commissioning, recording and video project featuring 20 cutting-edge composers, including Molly Joyce, Viet Cuong and John Luther Adams. Her previous discography includes acclaimed recordings of the Elgar Cello Concerto, Romantic cello works and Bach’s Cello Suites, while her popular YouTube masterclass series, Musings with Inbal Segev, has thousands of international subscribers and over two million views to date.

A native of Israel, at 16 Segev was invited by Isaac Stern to continue her cello studies in the U.S., where she earned degrees from Yale University and the Juilliard School, before co-founding the Amerigo Trio with former New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow and violist Karen Dreyfus. Segev’s cello was made by Francesco Ruggieri in 1673.

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Inbal Segev: 20 for 2020 Vol. IV
Release date: Oct 7
Track List:
1. Molly Joyce: It has not taken long for cello and electronics
2. Camille El Bacha: Dance between the worlds for piano trio (with Camille El Bacha, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin)
3. Oscar Bettison: La hija del neon for cello, piano & electric guitar (with Conrad Tao, piano; Oren Fader, electric guitar)
4. Emmanuel Wilkins: Exhale for solo cello
5. Stewart Goodyear: The Kapok for cello and piano (with Stewart Goodyear, piano)

Inbal Segev: 2022-23 season engagements

Sep 10 & 11
Walnut Creek, CA
California Symphony
Donato Cabrera, conductor
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Sep 14
Madrid, Spain
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Fundación Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid
Marzena Diakun, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Sep 20
Portland, Maine
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Eckart Preu, conductor
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Oct 7 & 8
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Symphony
Andrew Grams, conductor
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor

Oct 13
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Symphony Nova Scotia
Holly Mathieson, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Nov 2
Bogotá, Colombia
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center x Teatro Mayor
Lin, Boyd, Ridout, Lipman, Atapine, Segev, Wu Han
RACHMANINOV: Trio élégiaque in G minor for piano, violin, and cello
TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 for solo cello and strings
PROKOFIEV: Sonata for violin and piano in D
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sextet for two violins, two violas, and two cellos, Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence”

Nov 3
Bogotá, Colombia
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center x Teatro Mayor
Lin, Boyd, Ridout, Lipman, Atapine, Segev, Wu Han
STRAUSS: Sextet for Strings from Capriccio, Op. 85
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C minor for violin and piano, Op. 30, No. 2
BRAHMS: Scherzo, WoO 2, from “F-A-E” Sonata for violin and piano
BRAHMS: Sextet for two violins, two violas, and two cellos No. 2 in G, Op. 36

Nov 18
London, England
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Arch Sinfonia
Chloé van Soeterstède, conductor
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Nov 21
Graz, Austria
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Recreation – Das Orchester
Mei-Ann Chen, Chief Conductor
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Dec 11
New York, NY
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
BACH: Sonata in G for viola da gamba and keyboard, BWV 1027 (transcribed for cello)
BACH: Sonata in E for violin and keyboard, BWV 1016
BACH: Sonata in D for viola da gamba and keyboard, BWV 1028 (transcribed for cello)
BACH: Sonata in C minor for violin and keyboard, BWV 1017
BACH: Sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and keyboard, BWV 1029 (transcribed for cello)
BACH: Sonata in G for violin and keyboard, BWV 1019

Jan 28
Richmond, VA
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Richmond Symphony Orchestra
Valentina Peleggi, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

Feb 18 & 19
Greenwich, CT
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Malina, Music Director
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor

March 3
Philadelphia, PA
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra
Jeri Lynne Johnson, Founder and Artistic Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

March 10-12
Hartford, CT
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Kuan, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

March 19
Rye, NY
Westchester Chamber Music Society
Amerigo Trio
BACH: Goldberg Variations (selected movements arranged for string trio)
CRAS: String Trio for violin, viola, and violoncello
BEETHOVEN: String Trio in G, Op. 9, No. 1

March 25 & 26
Reno, NV
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Reno Philharmonic Orchestra
Laura Jackson, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

April 6
New York, NY
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Pedja Mužijević, piano
Stella Chen, violin
Adam Walker, flute
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet, basset horn
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
Shawn E. OKPEBHOLO: On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square for flute (2013)
Mario DIAZ DE LEON: Mysterium for flute, clarinet, bassoon, and electronics (2016)
James LEE III: Ekah for cello and piano (2020) (world premiere)
Ned ROREM: Winter Pages for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, and piano (1981) (CMS commission)

April 14
Katowice, Poland
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice
Marta Gardolińska, Guest Conductor
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

April 16
Beacon, NY
Howland Chamber Music Circle
Juho Pohjonen, pianist
BACH: Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1019
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 5 for cello and piano, Op. 102, No. 2
GRIEG: Ballade in the form of variations on a Norwegian folk song in G minor, Op. 24 for solo piano
GRIEG: Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36

May 6
Chicago, IL
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Chicago Sinfonietta
Wentz Concert Hall
Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

May 8
Chicago, IL
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Global Concert Series
Chicago Sinfonietta
Symphony Hall
Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director
ANNA CLYNE: DANCE

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