For 10 years Duo has performed classical music repertoire as well as contemporary music for cello and piano.
The Braslavsky-Findlay Duo was formed in 1994 when pianist Elena Braslavsky and cellist Jeremy Findlay met in Prague and started to play chamber music together. Since that time they have performed in numerous prestigious venues and festivals including the International Musicians Seminar in Cornwall England, the International Chopin festival in Duszniki Poland, the Rudolfinum in Prague, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Warsaw Philharmonic, Izumi Hall in Osaka, St. Lawrence Center in Toronto, Melba Hall Melbourne, the Coliseo Theatre in Buenos Aires, and Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York.
In addition to the standard repertoire for cello and piano, they take an active interest in contemporary music. The Czech composer Jiri Gemrot dedicated his Sonata for Cello and Piano to the Braslavsky-Findlay Duo and recently wrote them a Double Concerto for Cello, Piano, and Orchestra which they premiered at the Rudolfinum Hall in Prague with the Prague Philharmonia.
Jeremy Findlay
He has built his career primarily in Europe and Asia, playing and recording as a soloist with orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the Warsaw Radio Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia, the Kracow Philhamonic, the North Czech Philharmonic, and The National Orchestra of Malta. His recent recording of the Saint-Saëns Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 with the Poznan Philharmonic was released on the Dux label.
Jeremy Findlay began cello lessons with his father, William Findlay of the Toronto Symphony, and continued his studies as a scholarship student at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants provided the opportunity for further studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he met Elena Braslavsky. Jeremy Findlay studied chamber music at the European Mozart Academy and also participated in the masterclasses of Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, and Yo-Yo Ma. He makes his home in Salzburg with Elena and their baby daughter Alissa.
Elena Braslavsky
Elena Braslavsky began her studies in her native Moscow at the age of five. After emigrating with her family to the United States, she continued her studies at the Juilliard School with Leonard Eisner, Nadia Reisenberg, and Oxana Yablonskaya until receiving her Doctoral Degree in 1991. She also studied at the Staatlische Hochschule for Music in Cologne, Germany, as a Fulbright-DAAD scholar.
Braslavsky has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, the Prague Philharmonia, the North Czech Philharmonic, the Cracow Philharmonic, the Warsaw Camerata, the New Jersey Symphony and also appeared as a soloist in the German première of the composition "Alleluia" by Sofia Gubaidulina conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich. In addition to her active concert schedule Braslavsky has served on the faculties of the Juilliard School of Music and Mannes College in New York. She is currently on the faculty of the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
