Rafael Popper-Keizer
cello
Hailed by the major Boston and New York press as "imaginative
and eloquent"; praised for his "dazzling dispatch
of every bravura challenge" and his "melodic phrasing
of melting tenderness," cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer
maintains an active and diverse career as chamber musician,
soloist, and orchestral section leader. Imprimis, Mr. Popper-Keizer
has appeared nationwide in various capacities, including performances
in the Rockport Chamber Music Festival in Massachussetts,
John Harbison's Token Creek Festival in Wisconsin, and the
Monadnock Chamber Music Festival in New Hampshire. Locally,
Mr. Popper-Keizer has enjoyed guest affiliations with the
Fromm Players at Harvard, Winsor Chamber Players, Boston Musica
Viva, and the Walden Chamber Players, as well as long-term
relationships with Boston's Emmanuel Music and Firebird New
Music Ensemble. Mr. Popper-Keizer has concertized with many
of New England's most esteemed chamber musicians, including
members of the Borromeo and Muir String Quartets, the Museum
of Fine Arts Trio, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra; as well
as recent appearances with the Boston Trio, violinist Curtis
Macomber, and flautist Eugenia Zuckerman. Mr. Popper-Keizer
has toured extensively with the CORE Ensemble, a nationally
acclaimed percussion trio with over twenty commissions to
its name, through which he was invited to appear as both soloist
and chamber musician in the contemporary music festival "Contrasts"
in Lviv, Ukraine. In 1998 and 1999, Mr. Popper-Keizer was
invited to the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he acted as
Yo-Yo Ma's understudy for Richard Strauss' Don Quixote under
the direction of Seiji Ozawa. Mr. Popper-Keizer has been featured
as a soloist throughout the United States, including recitals
in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall; the Phillips Collection
in Washington, D.C.; and as a guest artist on the faculty
concert series at Grinnell College. Recent engagements include
the Saint-Saëns Concerto in a minor, with the Boston
Philharmonic; the Beethoven Triple Concerto, with the Indian
Hill Symphony; and the Dvorak Concerto, with the University
of Santa Cruz Orchestra. Mr. Popper-Keizer is the principal
cellist of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and co-principal
of the New Hampshire Symphony, and has made principal appearances
with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Monadnock
Festival Orchestra, among others. Labels for which he has
recorded include Albany, Arsis, Helicon, Musical Heritage
Society, Intrada, and Zimbel.
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