Matt Haimovitz

Matt Haimovitz has evolved from a prodigy to one of the most dynamic cellists on the classical music scene. He has performed the standard repertoire but has also ventured into the non-standard while taking his performances beyond the concert hall to audiences in nightclubs and restaurants. In 2024, Haimovitz was heard performing Thomas de Hartmann's Cello Concerto, Op. 57 on the album Thomas de Hartmann: Rediscovered. Haimovitz was born in Bat Yam, Israel, on December 3, 1970. His family moved to California when he was five, and he took up the cello at age seven, studying wit...