Ivan Karizna
© Lyodoh Kaneko
‘breathtaking and special’
‘A breathtaking and special musician... He modulates his sound enormously and can sing and saw, dance and attack, shimmering in the pianos and glowing in the fortes’
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jurowski
Ivan Karizna is a compelling musical storyteller whose performances combine poetic insight with communicative power. Rooted in the Russian cello tradition and shaped by a wide-ranging curiosity, he brings the same searching approach to the great concerto repertoire, chamber music and contemporary works.
‘Music only becomes art when you make a story – just like a painter or writer’
