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Cel­list Asier Polo “had audi­ence at first note”

When Anne Man­son first heard cel­list Asier Polo per­form­ing in Galicia, Spain, mak­ing him part of an MCOsea­son became a pri­or­ity. The audience’s response to our 2012 con­cert was over the top, and now pop­u­lar demand brings him back!

In her Win­nipeg Free Press review of that first con­cert, Holly Har­ris wrote about his “… fierce artistry and utter sur­render to music-making.”

Get ready! The pas­sion that made that con­cert so mem­or­able will be in abund­ance as Polo will per­form not one, but two won­der­fully dif­fer­ent cello con­cer­tos this time around!

1689 Francesco Rug­gieri cello

Asier Polo will work his won­ders on a cello just about as old as, or even older than, the music he will be play­ing! Some things cer­tainly do seem to last …

Although Francesco Rug­gieri made viol­ins and violas, his import­ance stems from his devel­op­ment of a smal­ler ver­sion of the cello that is now the stand­ard. All instru­ments cre­ated by Rug­gieri are highly desir­able owing to their super­ior con­struc­tion and tone (Wikipedia).

Tick­ets are $28 for adults, $26 for seni­ors and $8 for stu­dents, includ­ing GST, atMcNally Robin­son, the West End Cul­tural Centre (586 Ellice at Sherbrook), Organic Planet (877 West­min­ster Ave) or MCO’s Tick­et­line (204.783.7377).