Dilshod Narzillaev
 
CELLO 2026 : Laureate
Dilshod Narzillaev is currently artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under Gary Hoffman. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the International Centre for Music at Park University with Daniel Veis and a master’s degree at the New England Conservatory under Laurence Lesser. Fourth Prize at the Antonio Janigro Competition in 2020, he won First Prize at the Tufts/NEC Competition in 2022. Recent solo performances include the Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he has performed at such festivals as Prussia Cove, Fontainebleau and the Perlman Music Program. He has also appeared alongside Itzhak Perlman, Gil Kalish, Kim Kashkashian and members of the Borromeo String Quartet. A keen teacher, he has given masterclasses in Uzbekistan.

Instrument: unkown (1756)
Uzbekistan
Year of birth: 1997

Teachers

2025 - : Garry Hofman
2020 - 2023 : Laurence Lesser
2015 - 2020 : Daniel Veis
2007 - 2015 : Djakhongir Ibragimov

Degrees

2025 - : Artist in Residence, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
2020 - 2022 : Master's Degree, New England Conservatory
2015 - 2020 : Bachelor, International Center for Music at Park University
2007 - 2015 : High School, Glier Music School in Tashkent

Concerts

2025 : Seventeenth Church of Christ, Science, Chicago, Classical Music Chicago, Victor Acunsion
2023 : Grand Hall of Tashkent State Conservatory, Uzbekistan State Orchestra, Uzbekistan State Orchestra, Ulugbek Makhmudov
2022 : Symphony Hall, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart

Competitions

2022 : 1st Prize, Tufts/NEC
2020 : 4th, Antonio Janigro
Video
Final 2026: Dilshod Narzillaev - Fang
Final 2026: Dilshod Narzillaev - Shostakovich
Semi-final 2026 : Dilshod Narzillaev - recital
Semi-final 2026: Dilshod Narzillaev - concerto
First round 2026: Dilshod Narzillaev
Photo
Program
Final (28/05/2026)
Fang Man Four Odes to the Tidings of Flowers
Dmitry Shostakovich Concerto n. 1 in E flat major op. 107
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Belgian National Orchestra, dir. Antony Hermus
Semi-final

Récital (16/05/2026)

Harold Noben Caffeine
György Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello
Johannes Brahms Sonata n. 1 in E minor op. 38
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Dana Protopopescu, pianist accompanist

Concerto (13/05/2026)

Leopold Hofmann Concerto in D major Badley D3
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, dir. Vahan Mardirossian
First round (06/05/2026)
Luigi Boccherini Sonata in G major G. 15
Kaija Saariaho Lullaby
Josef Suk Ballade op. 3
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Dana Protopopescu, pianist accompanist
Kristína Chalmovská, cellist accompanist
Relive the performances of Cello 2026
H.M. Queen Mathilde
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