Program

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
     Allemande
Jo-Yun Lee, cello

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38
     I. Allegro non troppo
Maclean Pachkowski, cello
Miles Graber, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
     Allemande
     Courante
Chloé Mendola*, cello
*the cello and bow played by Chloé are generously lent by CANIMEX INC. Québec, Canada.

About the Artist

Yovan Markovitch was born in France and studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Maurice Gendron and Michel Strauss. He also studied Yale University (USA) with Aldo Parisot.

Always fascinated by the string quartet, Yovan Markovitch went on to found the Castagneri Quartet. The Quartet won several prizes in international competitions and performed with each other for 10 years.

In 2005, he joined the Ysaÿe Quartet with whom he made an important international career and performed all over the world for 9 years. From 2014, he’s been the cellist of the Danel Quartet.

Yovan Markovitch is a chamber music teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de musique de Lyon. He has also been in residence with the Danel Quartet at Manchester University (UK) since 2005.

Yovan Markovitch plays a cello by Petrus Guarnerius (Venezia) from 1739.