Vashti Hunter

Larsen Strings for Cello

About Vashti

Vashti Hunter is based in Vienna where she is professor of cello at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.

She has performed in prestigious halls throughout Europe, including the Wigmore Hall in London, the Liszt Academy Grand Hall in Budapest, Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, Rudolfinum Prague, the Philharmonie and the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.

Vashti has played as a soloist with orchestras such as the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Kodaly Philharmonic Debrecen, Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, Mantua Chamber Orchestra, Pilsen Philharmonic and CHAARTS under the batons of conductors such as Gabor Tákács- Nagy, Alexander Lonquich and Kirill Karabits.

She has been invited to important festivals such as Lockenhaus, Ernen, Heidelberger Frühling, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Boswiler Sommer and Shanghai chamber music festivals and has collaborated with artists Steven Isserlis, Martha Argerich, Pekka Kuusisto, Nicolas Altstaedt and Vilde Frang.

Vashti performs regularly around the world with her piano trio, Trio Gaspard. The Ensemble was formed in 2010 alongside violinist Jonian Ilias Kadesha and Pianist Nicholas Rimmer and studied with Hatto Beyerle at the European Chamber Music Academy. Vashti is also a member of the Kelemen String Quartet and will record all 6 Bartok quartets for the record label ‘Alpha’.

Vashti has won top prizes in international competitions in Vienna, Prague and Weimar. She is currently on trial for principal cello of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Vashti plays on a Testore cello built in 1742, on generous loan by a private sponsor. Vashti Hunter Images Credit: Andrej Grilc.