14 DVOŘÁK | CELLO CONCERTO Is it not intimidating to play as a soloist accompanied by musicians to whom you are so close? To be confronted with their judgement and to try to feel legitimate in their eyes can indeed give rise to apprehension. I had therefore prepared myself mentally before the recording. But what I felt was only kindness, all the more so as I had also developed a solid affinity with David Reiland, who had been accompanying me in my artistic approach for almost four years. It was in October 2021, after substituting in the orchestra that I knocked on his dressing room door to request a personal audition. That meeting, which turned out to be particularly warm, led to my two-year residency at the Arsenal and to this recording project. The trust he placed in me from the outset was very stimulating. After a number of working sessions with him, during which I discovered his remarkable capacity for listening, I was able to approach the first rehearsals with a certain degree of confidence. And the orchestra musicians were particularly committed, conveying a positive energy that was conducive to discussion.
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