Sonia Wieder-Atherton (born 1961) is a Franco-American classical cellist.[1]
Life
Born in San Francisco of a Romanian mother and an American father of Jewish origin, she grew up in New York and then in Paris where she entered the Conservatoire de Paris in Maurice Gendron's class. She is the sister of Claire Atherton.
She is also a composer and occasionally arranger, notably for her disc A Couch in New York (by Chantal Akerman). She composed the original music for the film L'Amour conjugal [fr] by Benoît Barbier).
On 1 July 2018, she performed pieces composed by Gabriel Fauré, David Zahavi, Max Bruch, Ludwig van Beethoven, Serguei Rachmaninov, Jean-Sébastien Bach at the entrance ceremony to the Panthéon of Simone Veil and her husband Antoine.
Premieres
In recent years, Wieder-Atherton has been at the origin of many projects that she designs and stages:
Chants juifs, a cycle for cello and piano where she is inspired by the art of the hazan.
Chants d’Est, for cello and instrumental ensemble, conceived as a journey from Russia Mitteleuropa.
Vita, for solo cello and three cellos, where she tells the story of Angioletta-Angel's life through two geniuses out of their time, Monteverdi and Scelsi.
Odyssée for cello and imaginary choir, a woman alone with her cello accompanied by a soundtrack, confronts the elements. Wind, waves, chaos, storms...
Little Girl Blue, by Nina Simone, with piano and percussions.
In addition, there are projects such as:
D'Est en musique, a show created with the images from the film D’Est by Chantal Akerman.
