Steven Isserlis, CBE

• Joseph Haydn: Symphony in D major, no. 6 'Le Matin', Steven Isserlis, cello, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, January 15, 2013.
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Allegro from Cello Concerto in A major, Steven Isserlis, cello, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Mar 1, 2013.
• Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, Steven Isserlis, cello, Emmanuel Krivine & La Chambre Philharmonique, May 10, 2020.

Steven Isserlis CBE (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. He is distinguished for his diverse repertoire, distinctive sound deployed with his use of gut strings and command of phrasing.

Steven Isserlis’s honours include:

• a CBE in recognition of his services to music.
• the Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau.
• the Piatigorsky Prize in the USA.
• He is also one of only two living cellists featured in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame.
• the Glashütte Original Music Festival Award in Dresden (2017).
• the Wigmore Hall Gold Medal.
• the Walter Willson Cobbett Medal for Services to Chamber Music.

He gives most of his concerts on the Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova) Stradivarius of 1726, kindly loaned to him by the Royal Academy of Music.