Truls Mørk’s compelling performances, combining fierce intensity, integrity and grace, have established him as one of the pre-eminent cellists of our time.
Truls Mørk
Cello
Truls Mørk performs with the most distinguished orchestras including Orchestre de Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouworkest, Münchner Philharmoniker, and London Philharmonic orchestras, and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. In North America he has appeared with New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia and The Cleveland orchestras, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor collaborations include Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo Jarvi, Klaus Makela, Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, and Christoph Eschenbach, amongst others.
A great champion of contemporary music, Truls Mørk has given in excess of 30 premieres. He has also given highly successful performances of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto, conducted by the composer.
With an impressive recording output, Truls Mørk has recorded many of the great cello concertos for labels such as Virgin Classics, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, Ondine, Arte Nova and Chandos many of which have won international awards.
Truls Mørk makes his debut with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, performing Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto . Mørk has previously performed with the Netherlands Philharmonic, including Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto in 2019.