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Sundays at Icicle Creek: Bach Cello Suites Concert II
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Cello

Sunday, January 17 at 1:00 PM PST
Streamed from Canyon Wren Recital Hall

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A Conversation with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir and Oksana Ejokina

Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009                                                                                                                  J.S. Bach (1865-1750)

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I / II
Gigue

Suite No. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 1010                                                                                                             J.S. Bach (1865-1750)

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I / II
Gigue

Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir

Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

Icelandic-American cellist, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, enjoys a varied career as a performer, collaborator and teaching artist. She has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Iceland Symphony, among others, and her recital and chamber music performances have taken her across the US, Europe and Asia. Sæunn has performed in many of the world’s prestigious halls including Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Elbphilharmonie, Barbican Center and Disney Hall and the press have described her as “charismatic” and “riveting” (NYTimes) and praised her performances for their “emotional intensity” (LATimes). An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated in performance with Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode and members of the Emerson, Guarneri, St. Lawrence and Cavani Quartets and has performed in numerous chamber music festivals, including Santa Fe, Seattle, Stellenbosch, Orcas Island, Bay Chamber, Prussia Cove and Marlboro, with whom she has toured. She is cellist of the Seattle-based group, Frequency, and cellist and co-Artistic Director of Decoda, The Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall.