Ivan Sendetsky
 
CELLO 2026 : Laureate
Presently studying with Josephine Knight at London’s Royal Academy of Music and Danjulo Ishizaka at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, Ivan Sendetsky is a graduate of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the New England Conservatory. He won top prizes at the Grunewald Competition in 2024, Vienna Music Competition (2024), Schoenfeld Competition (Harbin, 2023) and Tchaikovsky Competition (2023). As a chamber musician, he performs in the SenS Duo with accordionist Vladimir Stupnikov. Besides appearing at the Verbier, Schlern, Vivacello and Avilés festivals, his concert engagements have taken him to major Russian concert halls, Vienna Musikverein, Philharmonie Berlin and Tonhalle Zürich. Having collaborated with conductors such as David Geringas, Teodor Currentzis and Pablo Heras-Casado, he has performed with artists like Aylen Pritchin and Konstantin Emelyanov.

Instrument: "Veteran" (anonymous)
Russian Federation
Year of birth: 1996

Teachers

2025 - : Josephine Knight
2022 - : Danjulo Ishizaka
2019 - 2022 : Laurence Lesser
2017 - 2019 : Troels Svane

Degrees

2019 - 2022 : Graduate diploma, New England conservatory

Concerts

2024 : Vienna Musikverein, Soli recital
2023 : Philharmonie Berlin, David Geringas chamber orchestra.

Competitions

2024 : 1, Grunewald competition
2023 : 4, Tchaikovsky competition
2023 : 3 and special prize for Beethoven sonata, Schoenfeld competition in Harbin
2022 : 3 and 3 special prizes, Khachaturian competition
Video
Final 2026: Ivan Sendetsky - Fang
Final 2026: Ivan Sendetsky - Shostakovich
Semi-final 2026 : Ivan Sendetsky - recital
Semi-final 2026: Ivan Sendetsky - concerto
First round 2026: Ivan Sendetsky
Photo
Program
Final (26/05/2026)
Fang Man Four Odes to the Tidings of Flowers
Dmitry Shostakovich Concerto n. 1 in E flat major op. 107
Ivan Sendetsky, cello
Belgian National Orchestra, dir. Antony Hermus
Semi-final

Récital (15/05/2026)

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata n. 4 in C major op. 102/1
Harold Noben Caffeine
Antonín Dvořák Klid (Silent Woods) op. 68/5 B 173
György Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello
Ivan Sendetsky, cello
Thomas Hoppe, pianist accompanist

Concerto (12/05/2026)

Anton Kraft Concerto in C major op. 4
Ivan Sendetsky, cello
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, dir. Vahan Mardirossian
First round (05/05/2026)
Kaija Saariaho Lullaby
Josef Suk Ballade op. 3
Luigi Boccherini Sonata in G major G. 15
Ivan Sendetsky, cello
Thomas Hoppe, pianist accompanist
Katharina Litschig, cellist accompanist
Relive the performances of Cello 2026
H.M. Queen Mathilde
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