Described by The Times as ‘mesmerising’ and ‘soaringly passionate’, British cellist Natalie Clein has built a distinguished career, regularly performing at major venues and with orchestras worldwide.She has recorded regularly for Hyperion, including the two cello concertos by Camille Saint-Saëns, Bloch’s Schelomo and Bruch’s Kol Nidrei with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as three discs for EMI. Her recordings have won such awards as a Classical Brit, Gramophone and BBC Record of the Month and a Diapason d’Or.She has regularly been invited to work with major orchestras worldwide, including the Philharmonia, Hallé, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, New Zealand Symphony, Opole Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony and Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, and has performed with conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Sir Roger Norrington, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Leonard Slatkin, Heinrich Schiff and José Serebrier.Born in the United Kingdom, Natalie came to widespread attention after winning both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians in Warsaw. She studied at the Royal College of Music in London and with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. In 2021, Natalie was awarded an OBE for her services to music.She plays the ‘Simpson’ Guadagnini cello of 1777.