Pablo Ferrández

Cellist Pablo Ferrández, a prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and a Sony Classical exclusive artist, is one of the most in-demand instrumentalists of his generation. His debut album under Sony Classical, Reflections, was released in 2021 to critical acclaim and earned the Opus Klassik Award. In fall 2022, Ferrández released his second album, which comprised the Brahms Double Concerto, performed with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Czech Philharmonic under Manfred Honeck, and Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio, performed with Mutter and Lambert Orkis. Moonlight Variations, which includes Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, was released in May 2025 and is Ferrández’s latest recording on Sony Classical, this time with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Martin Fröst, and Julien Quentin as partners. In recent seasons, Ferrández has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Tonhalle Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, HR-Sinfonieorchester, Konzerthaus Berlin Orchestra, NDR Elbphiharmonie Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Orchestra National de France, Oslo Philharmonic, Macao Symphony, Taipei Symphony, and Seoul Philharmonic. He has also toured with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Antwerp Symphony, Borusan Philharmonic, and the Czech Philharmonic. Ferrández is frequently invited to international festivals such as Verbier, Salzburg, Dresden, Rheingau, Sion, Aix-en-Provence, Tsinandali, Tongyeong, Abu Dhabi, and Dvorak Prague Festival, among others. Highlights of the 2025-26 season include debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR Sinfonieorchester, NCPA Symphony Orchestra, and the Tsinandali Festival Symphony. He also returns to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Festival Strings Luzern, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana, and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI. Additionally, Ferrández is artist-in-residence at the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, performing various programs with the orchestras as well as in recital. The 2025-26 season includes a trio tour with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yefim Bronfman, with concerts in Munich, Hamburg, Geneva, Zurich, Paris, and Barcelona; he also embarks on European tours with the European Union Youth Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko and with the Spanish National Symphony under David Afkham. Ferrández plays the Stradivarius “Archinto” 1689, on a generous life-long loan from a member of the Stretton Society.