As a soloist Mikhail Nemtsov has performed all over the world. Recent highlights include performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Porto Symphony Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, the RNCM Chamber Orchestra, Liverpool Mozart Orchestra and London Festival Orchestra. Previous musical collaborations include Vassily Petrenko, Nicholas Collon, The Nash Ensemble, Razumovky Ensemble, Alexandre Zemtsov, Maxym Rysanov, Anna Kandinskaya, Leon McCawley and Me Kyong Lee. Nemtsov has given recitals in the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room and the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester as well as participated in music festivals in Chichester, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Buxton, Chester and Salzburg.

Nemtsov was the recipient of the Pierre Fournier Award in 2011 and as well as this he has been a Silver Medal winner from the Rostropovich Memorial International Competition, the Muriel Taylor Scholarship, Silver Medal of The Worshipful Company of Musicians, Gold Medal of the Royal Northern College of Music and twice recipient of MBF Guilhermina Suggia Gift.

Mikhail and his sister Elena form the Nemtsov duo, who are winners of Salieri-Zinetti and, Swedish Duo International Competitions, Pinerolo International Chamber Music Contest and Lyon Int. Chamber Competition which are part of the World Federation of Int. Musical Competitions. They have performed at a number of venues including the Edinburgh International Festival and have played live on Radio 3. Nemtsov Duo have recently released a CD on the Italian Azurro Records and their new CD on CMF label is to be released in September featuring Maxwell-Davies and Shostakovich sonatas for Cello and Piano, as well as pieces by Shedrin, Grieg and Nemtsova.

Nemtsov grew up in St Petersburg and following his graduation from the Rimsky-Korsakov Special Music School, he moved to Manchester where he studied at Chetham’s School of Music and Royal Northern College of Music kindly supported by Dorothy Stone and Howarth Scholarships. He has studied with eminent professors including Nicolas Jones, Hannah Roberts, Ralph Kirshbaum and Gary Hoffman.

Nemtsov taught at the Birmingham Conservatoire, Royal Northern College of Music and at the Altensteiger Sommermusik Akademie in Germany. He has held masterclasses in the UK as well as in Russia. He is holder of an International Artist Diploma at the RNCM and was awarded the position as a CMF Artist in 2013, in the company’s inaugural year.

He’s played as principal cello in Bergen Symphony Orchestra and co-principal cello in BBC Philharmonic, Manchester and Mozarteumorchestra Salzburg.
Mikhail was recently appointed as Solo cellist in Frankfurt Opera and Museumsorchestra.