Rohan de Saram

Rohan de Saram is one of the leading cellists of the last 50 years, particularly in the field of contemporary music. At the age of eleven, he studied with Gaspar Cassadó and at the age of 16, he was given the Suggia Award which enabled him to study with Pablo Casals and with John Barbirolli in London. Casals said of him: ‘There are few of his generation that have such gifts.’ In ensemble or as a soloist, he has premiered works by many leading composers including Berio, Britten, Cage, Glass, Hindemith, Kagel Xenakis etc. His discography is vast, ranging from solo, chamber, concerto from baroque to contemporary.
For many years, de Saram was the cellist with the renowned Arditti Quartet, who made many recordings and won prizes including the Siemens prize for their services to music and a Grammy Award for their recording of works by Elliott Carter.