Drakos Margo Tatgenhorst

cancellation

Year of birth
1976

Home country
USA

Studies

The San Diego Symphony: Principal Cellist 2006–
The Manhattan School of Music: Cello Faculty 2002–
The Curtis Institute of Music 1995–1999 (David Soyer)

Repertoire

First round
L. van Beethoven (1770–1827): Sonata for Cello and Piano in C No 4, Op. 102, No 1 (1815)
Andante – Allegro vivace
Adagio – Tempo d’andante – Allegro vivace

J. Corigliano (1938–): Fancy on a Bach Air for Solo Cello (1996)

P. Hindemith (1895–1963): Sonata for Solo Cello Op. 25 No.3 (1922)
Lebhaft, sehr markiert
Mäßig schnell, gemächlich
Lebhafte Viertel

R. Schumann (1810–1856): Fünf Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 (1849)
Zart und mit Ausdruck
Lebhaft, leicht
Nicht zu schnell

M. De Falla (1876–1946): Suite Populaire Espagnole (1914)
Nana
Asturiana
Polo

D. Popper (1843–1913): Tarantella Op. 33

Piano: Naoko Ichihashi

Second round
A. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Finals
J. Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Hob VII B/2
S. Barber: Cello Concerto Op. 22

Tipi´s comments

Drakos’s – some may say reckless (due mainly to its diversity) – first round repertoire may make listeners overlook the fine individual items in this “hotchpotch”.
Again it’s great that an American musician has chosen American composers (Corigliano and Barber). I’m a bit surprised at Popper’s Tarantella op. 33 – a music school piece.
A musician with an interesting chamber music background and another pupil of the Guarneri Quartet’s David Soyer. Definitely one of the most experienced contestants.