Watch cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand and pianist Pascal Amoyel perform the second movement Allegretto quasi Menuetto from Brahms Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor. Bertrand and Amoyel have recently recorded the work for a new album in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a duo, which was reviewed in The Strad October 2021 issue.

Bertrand is a former prizewinner at the Rostropovich and the Japanese Chamber Music Competition. She has taught chamber music at the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance since 2008 and this year was appointed cello professor at the Lyon National Conservatory of Music and Dance.

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