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1 Schubert: Sonata In A Minor, D.821 'Arpeggione' / Allegro moderato  
2 Schubert: Sonata In A Minor, D.821 'Arpeggione' / Adagio  
3 Schubert: Sonata In A Minor, D.821 'Arpeggione' / Allegretto  
4 Schubert: Nacht und Traume, D 827  
5 Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op.73 / Zart und mit Ausdruck  
6 Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op.73 / Lebhaft, leicht  
7 Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op.73 / Rasch und mit Feuer  
8 Schumann: Adagio und Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 / Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck  
9 Schumann: Adagio und Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 / Rasch und feurig  
10 Schumann: Myrthen, Op.25 / Du bist wie eine Blume  
11 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / Longing  
12 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / In Memory Of A Lost Beloved  
13 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / The Girl From Shiraz  
14 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / Love Drunk (Mastom Mastom)  
15 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / In The Style Of An Armenian Folk Song  
16 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / Imaginary Folk Song  
17 Reza Vali: Persian Folk Songs / Folk Song From Khorasan  
18 Kian Soltani: Persian Fire Dance  
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A protegé of Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim, and hailed by The Times as a “remarkable cellist” and described by Gramophone as “sheer perfection”, Kian Soltani’s playing is characterised by a depth of expression, sense of individuality and technical mastery, alongside a charismatic stage presence and ability to create an immediate emotional connection with his audience. He is now invited by the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and recital promoters, propelling him from rising star to one of the most talked about cellists performing today.

In 23/24 season he is the Focus Artist of Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and will share stages with Wiener Symphoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and NHK Symphony Orchestra. Aside from orchestral and recital concerts, he will maintain busy schedule comprising of tours with Camerata Salzburg and Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

His recent orchestral highlights include Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. As a recitalist he continues to appear in prestigious halls and series including Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin; Wigmore Hall, London; Schubertiade; Musikverein, Vienna; Beethovenhaus, Bonn; and Konzerthaus Dortmund.

In 2017, Soltani signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon and his first disc ‘Home’, comprising works for cello and piano by Schubert, Schumann and Reza Vali, was released to international acclaim in 2018, with Gramophone describing the recording as “sublime”. Soltani has since recorded discs including the Dvorak and Tchaikovsky Piano Trios with Lahav Shani and Renaud Capucon, recorded live at Aix Easter Festival in 2018 released by Warner Classics and Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with the Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim in August 2020.

The 25-year-old cellist Kian Soltani releases his debut DG album performed with pianist Aaron Pilsan, Home. Reflecting his Austrian and Persian roots, Home features Schubert's Sonata in A Minor (Arpeggione) and Schumann's "Du bist wie eine Blume," as well as world premiere recordings of Iranian composer Reza Vali's Seven Persian Folk Songs, written for Soltani, and the young cellist's own composition, Persian Fire Dance. 

  • Kian Soltani joins faculty at Vienna's 'University of Music and Performing Arts' / THE VIOLIN CHANNEL
    Posted At: August 30, 2023
    Hailed by The Times as a “remarkable cellist” and described by Gramophone as “sheer perfection”, Kian Soltani’s playing is characterised by a depth of expression, sense of individuality and technical mastery, alongside a charismatic stage presence and ability to create an immediate emotional connection with his audience. He is now invited by the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and recital promoters, ...

  • Kian Soltani plays some terrific Dvorak / ClassicsToday
    Posted At: November 18, 2020

    There have been so many recordings of Dvořák's Cello Concerto that it's difficult to work up much enthusiasm for yet another one. However, as I always say, a great performance is its own justification, no doubt about it, this is a great performance. Kian Soltani plays the piece vigorously, first and foremost. Even the more lyrical passages, such as the second subject of the first movement, th...

  • What a tone Kian Soltani produces on his 'Dvorak Cello Concerto' with Staatskapelle Berlin under Barenboim / theWholeNote
    Posted At: October 2, 2020

    Kian Soltani is the soloist in the Dvořák Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin in a performance recorded live in concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in October 2018 (Deutsche Grammophon 00028948360901 kiansoltani.com/discography). Barenboim has been general music director of the orchestra since 1992, and the lengthy but lovely orchestral start to the con...

  • Kian Soltani - Dvorak Cello Concerto, Staat Berlin, Barenboim is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: August 17, 2020

    Praised by The Washington Post for playing with "an easy warmth, drawing the orchestra after him like a halo around a candle flame," cellist Kian Soltani follows his debut album, Home, with an album of works by Antonín Dvořák, centered on the famous Cello Concerto. Featuring conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle, the concerto is paired with five arrangements of belove...

  • Meet VC Artist - Kian Soltani
    Posted At: August 25, 2018

    VC Artist Kian Soltani has in recent years firmly established an international reputation as one of the new generation's most prodigious young concert artists. The 26 year old Persian-Austrian cello virtuoso has in recent years been praised for his technical mastery and profound, mature conviction. Soltani recently toured as the featured soloist with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, performing S...

  • Kian Soltani - Home is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: March 8, 2018

    A protegé of Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim, 25-year-old cellist Kian Soltani releases his debut DG album performed with pianist Aaron Pilsan, Home. Reflecting his Austrian and Persian roots, Home features Schubert's Sonata in A Minor (Arpeggione) and Schumann's "Du bist wie eine Blume," as well as world premiere recordings of Iranian composer Reza Vali's&n...
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