1. Matt Haimovitz is a cellist based in the United States and Canada.
12 Facts About Matt Haimovitz
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Matt Haimovitz plays mainly a cello made by Matteo Goffriller in 1710.
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Matt Haimovitz was born in the Israeli town of Bat Yam as son of Meir and Marlena Haimovitz, a Jewish couple who moved to Israel from Romania.
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When Matt Haimovitz was twelve years old, Itzhak Perlman, who was impressed by his performances at a music camp in Santa Barbara, introduced him to Leonard Rose.
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Matt Haimovitz attended high school at Collegiate School on the Upper West Side.
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In February 1985, Matt Haimovitz joined Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert which was filmed and broadcast.
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In 1987, at the age of 17, Matt Haimovitz signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, where several of his recordings of standard and non-standard repertoire won international awards.
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Matt Haimovitz began exploring non-standard classical and non-classical repertoire more intensively, and began a program of concerts in unusual venues.
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In 2000, Matt Haimovitz founded his own record label, Oxingale with composer Luna Pearl Woolf, which has released CD recordings of his own recital programs, as well as music performed by others.
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From 1999 to 2004, Matt Haimovitz was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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In June 2013, Matt Haimovitz went on an international tour to Italy performing with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra.
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In 2015, Matt Haimovitz released two recordings on PENTATONE using period instruments: the cello sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, with pianist Christopher O'Riley; and a second recording of Bach's cello suites.