Steuart Pincombe

press release: Cellist Steuart Pincombe can regularly be found playing in some of the world’s more prestigious concert halls, premiering new compositions and soloing in major festivals. On Thursday, September 20, at 7:30pm, Steuart will share music in a more intimate setting: the Chocolaterian Cafe in Middleton. The concert is part of an international movement called Music in Familiar Spaces, which is bringing the classical music experience at its highest level into homes, cafes, breweries, bookstores, or any place where people feel comfortable. Name-your-own-ticket-price (at the door, suggested $15-30), plus the cost of food and drink.

One of the aims of the Music in Familiar Spaces is to make classical music accessible to a wide and varied audience. This is accomplished not only by performing in familiar, comfortable and untraditional spaces, but by designing programs that invite the audience to experience the music in a new and engaging way. The program at the Chocolaterian is titled “Sweet Sorrow” and features music of some of the Baroque period’s most beloved composers: Abel, Biber and Bach plus an original composition by Steuart. Steuart will be joined by local violinist and concertmaster of the Madison Bach Musicians Kangwon Kim in a selection from Biber’s Rosary Sonata.

In order to make the concert accessible to anyone, the audience is asked to name-their-own-ticket-price for the concert, paying what they can afford and what they deem the concert is worth. Suggested ticket prices is $15-30 per person, plus the cost of whatever food and drink they wish to purchase from the cafe.

About Steuart

Steuart Pincombe's career as a cellist has brought him to leading halls and festivals across North America and Europe and he has been named by the Strad Magazine as a “superb solo cellist” and a “gorgeous player [with] perfect intonation, imaginative phrasing” by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Highlights of Steuart's recent concert seasons include being a featured soloist with Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop (DE), festival appearances with Asko | Schönberg (NL), Cello8ctet Amsterdam (NL), Ensemble Ausonia (BE), Oerknal! (NL), performing with Holland Baroque Society (NL) for King Willem Alexander of The Netherlands, appearing as soloist at the Amsterdam Cello Bienalle (NL), and recording Bach’s 2nd Cello Suite in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw for All of Bach. His concert 'Bach&Beer' was selected by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as one of the 'Top 10 Classical Events of the Year' and a concert in which he appeared as soloist with Rene Schiffer and Apollo's Fire was numbered in London's '5 Best Classical Music Moments of 2014' according to The Telegraph (UK). In 2015-2016, Steuart toured North America for one year bringing classical music to new spaces and audiences in a project he started called Music in Familiar Spaces. He is currently visiting Teacher of Historical Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.