{"id":1814,"date":"2026-05-06T20:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/?page_id=1814"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:46:07","slug":"xavier-phillips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/en\/xavier-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1814\" class=\"elementor elementor-1814\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f21a88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f21a88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c55553 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c55553\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7455723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7455723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xavier-Phillips-pagina-854x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1817\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xavier-Phillips-pagina-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xavier-Phillips-pagina-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xavier-Phillips-pagina-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xavier-Phillips-pagina-100x120.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.humansfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xavier-Phillips-pagina.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e9f2ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e9f2ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f929976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f929976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Xavier Phillips<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4b06d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6a4b06d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574f045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"574f045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cello | France<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53211b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53211b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Xavier Phillips began studying the cello at the age of 6. He won several international prizes, and his encounter with Mstislav Rostropovich was decisive since marked the beginning of a long\ncollaboration.<\/p><p>Xavier Phillips was soon invited to perform on the world's greatest stages with prestigious orchestras: New-York Philharmonic, Washington National Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Berliner Symphoniker, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Seattle Symphony Orchestra etc. He has been conducted by such illustrious conductors as his mentor Mstislav Rostropovitch, as well as Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, Christoph Eschenbach, James Conlon, Marek Janowski, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Ion Marin, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Vladimir Spivakov, Kurt Masur...<\/p><p>He also reserves a special place for chamber music, which he enjoys sharing with artists such as Schlomo Mintz, Tedi Papavrami, Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjab\u00e9dian, Fran\u00e7ois-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Guy, C\u00e9dric Tiberghien and Igor Tchetuev. He has been a guest at the Wigmore Hall, Arsenal de Metz, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Mariinsky, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es, Philharmonie de Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, and renowned festivals such as the Kings Place Cello Festival in London, Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo, and the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence.<\/p><p>His many recordings have received critical acclaim, including Diapason d'or, Gramophone \"Editors Choice\" and The Strad \"Recommends\". His recording of Henri Dutilleux's Cello Concerto \"Tout un monde lointain\" with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (dir. Ludovic Morlot) was nominated three times for the 2015 Grammy Awards, for which Xavier Phillips was\nnominated for \"Best Instrumental Solo\u201d.<\/p><p>Xavier Phillips has held a professorship at Hemu Vaud-Valais-Wallis in Sion since 2013.<\/p><p>He plays a 1710 cello by Matteo Gofriller.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xavier Phillips Violoncel | Fran\u021ba Xavier Phillips a \u00eenceput studiul violoncelului la v\u00e2rsta de 6 ani. 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