BIOGRAPHY

Named “Canada’s next big cello star” by CBC Music and selected 2019-20 Classical Révélation artist of ICI-Musique Radio-Canada, cellist Cameron Crozman is making a name for himself both at home and internationally. Performing recitals and chamber music across Canada and the USA as well as over in Europe, engagements have taken him to such world-renowned venues as the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Berliner Philharmonie, Paris Philharmonie, Philadelphia's Mann Centre, and Canada's National Arts Centre. He has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras across Canada including the Montreal, Winnipeg, Quebec, Hamilton, and Vancouver Island Symphonies under the direction of conductors including Gemma New, Fabien Gabel, and Edwin Outwater. As the recipient of the Canada Council Michael Measure’s prize, he was the featured soloist with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and conductor Alain Trudel during their 2012 tour of Canada and the USA. Current season highlights include appearances with I Musici, the Niagara Symphony, a tour of the Canadian Prairies, and a performance at America’s National Museum of Music.

 

An avid collaborator and chamber musician, Mr. Crozman regularly shares the stage with world-renowned artists including James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Boris Giltburg, Martin Beaver, Inon Barnatan, James Campbell, Hue Watkins, Gerard Caussé, and members of the Ébène, New Zealand, and Penderecki String Quartets. He regularly appears at festivals around the world such as the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa Chamberfest, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Helsinki Musica Nova, Birmingham Frontiers Festival, and Musique et Vin festival at Clos Vougeot in Burgundy. His performances have been broadcast on CBC/Radio-Canada, Radio France, Radio Classique, and Medici.tv.

 

Mr. Crozman ’s debut album, Cavatine, recorded on the ca. 1696 “Bonjour” Stradivarius cello, was released to critical acclaim in 2019 and described by the France’s publication Classica Magazine as displaying “technical perfection with a personal style that leaves us wanting to hear more.” His most recent solo recording of the Britten Cello Suites, debuted in Monaco in the presence of Princess Caroline of Hannover, is already garnering similar praise, receiving highest marks from Diapason Magazine, one of the world’s leading classical music publications.

 

Mr. Crozman was one of six cellists from around the world chosen to take part in Gautier Capuçon's 2016-17 Classe d'Excellence at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. After studies with Paul Pulford in Canada, he spent six years aboard at the Paris Conservatoire. There he received his 2e Cycle Supérieur Conférant le Grade de Master (master's level) in cello with highest honours in the class of Michel Strauss and Guillaume Paoletti, while concurrently completing his master's level in Chamber music in the class of Claire Désert and Ami Flammer and an Artist Diploma in contemporary repertoire and creation. He has played in master class for leading cellists, including Janos Starker, Anner Bylsma, Lawrence Lesser, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Gary Hoffman, Richard Aaron, and Colin Carr. Passionate about teaching the next generation, he has been invited to give master classes at the Académie Rainier III in Monaco, Mount Royal Conservatory in Calgary, and the Victoria Conservatory, among others.

 

Deeply committed to innovation in classical music, Mr. Crozman constantly imagines new ways to share his art with the world. He enjoys performing in unconventional locations, from breweries and wineries to public markets, and makes a point of visiting smaller communities in Canada. He is fascinated by historical performance practice and exploring lesser known works while also being engaged in contemporary music and collaborating with world renowned composers including Kaija Saariaho and Peteris Vasks. He has premiered a number of new works dedicated to him from solos to concertos and is active in commissioning new music from Canadian composers such as Alexina Louie and Kelly-Marie Murphy. He has worked with a number of contemporary music ensembles and institutions including the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the IRCAM, and the Ensemble Court-Circuit.

 

Mr. Crozman has been selected to participate in various international competitions, and is 2nd prize laureate of both the OSM Standard Life and the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competitions. He was one of 12 cellists chosen to compete at Kronberg Academy's 2014 Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann. He is extremely grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Sylva Gelber Foundation, and CBC/Radio-Canada in his projects. He currently plays the Spanish cello “El Tiburon” attributed to Juan Guillami of Barcelona ca. 1769 generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank.

 

January 2023

PHOTOS

Photography

Nikolaj Lund

 

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PREFERRED CONCERTO LIST
2020–23

Bloch

Schelomo

 

Brahms

Double Concerto, Op. 102

 

Dutilleux

Tout un monde lointain…

 

Dvořák

Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

 

Elgar

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85

 

Haydn

Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1

Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2

 

Kabalevsky

Concerto No. 1 in G Minor

 

Saint-Saëns

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33

Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 119

 

Schumann

Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129

 

Shostakovich

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107

 

Tchaikovsky

Rococo Variations, Op. 33

 

WITH STRING ORCHESTRA

Françaix

Variations de Concert

 

Lutoslawski

Grave

 

Schumann (arr. Karttunen)

Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129

 

Vivaldi

Cello Concerto in E-flat Major, RV 408

Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV 532

 

Recital repertoire available upon request

Master classes and workshops available

Other concerti available upon request