Timora Rosler – Violoncello
The Israeli/Dutch cellist Timora Rosler is an award-winning soloist and chamber musician. In 1996 she won the first prize at the “Stuttgart International Cello Competition”, in 1997 the “Vriendenkrans of the Royal Concertgebouw” in Amsterdam, and in 1998 a special prize at the “International Bach Competition” in Leipzig. She also received the first prize at the Italian “Caltanisetta International Duo Chamber Music Competition” in 1996 with her duo- partner, the pianist Klára Würtz.
Timora holds degrees from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where she studied with Dmitri Ferschtman, and from Yale University where she was a pupil of Aldo Parisot.
She has participated in numerous music festivals including Ravinia, Aspen, Banff Center for the Arts, the Manchester Cello Festival, the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove (England), Holland Music Sessions, Pro Festival in Rolandseck (Germany), and the Maurice Ravel Summer Academy in France.
Timora has appeared in concert in Europe, the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Israel. As a soloist she has performed with orchestras such as the Flemish Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia of the Nations, Janácek Philharmonic, Slovak Sinfonietta, Donetsk Philharmonic, National Symphony of Ukraine, Israel Sinfonietta Beer-Sheva, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra.
She toured extensively throughout the Netherlands and Argentina with the Orquesta de Cámara Mayo of Buenos Aires performing music by Astor Piazzolla. Both a television and a CD recording were made of this collaboration. She has also made recordings for the Israeli, Hungarian, German, Dutch, and American Radio.
Timora is a cello teacher at the Utrecht Conservatory of Music.