Cello blow: Gautier Capucon is out for two months
mainStatement from the elegant French cellist:
Due to a shoulder injury and following my doctor’s advice, I have had to make the very difficult decision to take some time off from concert touring from now until mid-August to rest my shoulder.
I am very sad not to be able to perform the next planned concerts but I should be back soon.
The Israel Phiharmonic has replaced him in four concerts this week with the young Kian Soltani.
Gautier will also miss a two-week residency in Verbier.
The headline made me imagine something quite different – a fight whereby the instrument was handled as a weapon.
Something like this? . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNFZpehQNEU
Oh, a John Cage composition.
Quite!
No, this headline seems to suggest exactly the opposite – a cello attacking and maiming the cellist.
Seriously though, Gautier Capuçon is a fine musician and I hope that he recovers fully and soon.
You mean like this, only with a cello instead of a tea pot? . . . (go to the five minute mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds59DwbHbDw
This is the most impressive of all Cello related deaths (also a great series!):
Start at 0:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=iZEEx9FHNFI