• "Any more compellingly
    idiomatic or richly
    seasoned cello playing
    than this would be hard
    to contemplate"
    - International Record Review

  • "Has anyone recorded
    as much and always with
    such acumen and communicative
    success?"
    - MusicWeb International

Introducing Raphael Wallfisch

One of the greatest cellists of our time

With a discography of over 70 discs Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most recorded classical artists in the world. A BBC survey named Wallfisch’s recording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto the best recording of the work in the past 25 years. With concert appearances around the world, Wallfisch is at the height of his powers with a masterful technique and a soaring, singing sound that evokes a tradition continued from his teacher, Piatigorsky. Raphael Wallfisch has been at the forefront of playing and commissioning new works by contemporary composers, working with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Kenneth Leighton, James MacMillan, Rodion Schedrin, John Tavener and many others.

Upcoming Concerts

Full Concert Calendar

Monday 20 to Saturday 25 April 2026
Les Salines Royale, near Dijon, France
Recital and masterclass

Friday May 1 2026
Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge
Bach suites

Wednesday 6 May 2026
Dutch Centre, London EC2
Recital with Simon Callaghan

Friday 22 May 2026
Temple Church, London EC4
Bach suites

Sunday 24 May 2026
St John’s Waterloo, London SE1
Recital with Simon Callaghan

Monday 25 May 2026
English Music Festival, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon
Chamber music with Hiro Takenouchi and Rupert Marshall Luck

Saturday 13 June 2026
Dorchester Abbey, Oxforfshire
Elgar concerto with Orchestra of St John’s

Thursday 18 June 2026
St Stephen’s Walbrook, London EC4
Bach suites

Monday 29 June 2026
Handel Hendrix House, Mayfair, London W1
Recital with John Butt

Ernest Bloch, Schelomo, rhapsody for cello & orchestra (or piano) Lento moderato
Franz Danzi, Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s Don Giovanni for cello and orchestra Andante
Franz Danzi, Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s Don Giovanni for cello and orchestra Allegretto
Sir Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 1. Adagio – Moderato
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Much Ado About Nothing, suite from the incidental music for violin & piano, Op. 11 1. Mädchen im Brautgemach
Eugene Ysaye, Reve d’enfant for violin & piano, Op 14
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Nicht zu schnell