Seb van Kuijk

Principal cellist of the Aurora Orchestra, Seb is a prize winner of the Prague Spring, Rostropovich and Casals competitions. He has performed around the world in venues including the Rudolfinum in Prague, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Teatro Real de Madrid, Tokyo’s Bunka-Kaykan Hall, the Concertgebow in Amsterdam and London’s Wigmore Hall. He has worked with composers such as Nicolas Bacri, Henri Dutilleux, György Kurtág and Thierry Escaich, and artists including Gary Hoffman, the Ebène Quartet, Augustin Dumay, Cédric Tiberghien, Renaud Capuçon and Daishin Hashimoto. As a soloist, he has appeared with Orchestre lamoureux, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recordings include Mendelssohn’s works for cello and piano and Nicolas Bacri’s ‘Four Seasons’ concertos with François Leleux, Valeryi Sokolov, Adrien Lamarca and Besançon Orchestra.