Yves Savary, Cello (Solo)

As a child, Yves Savary preferred to play Lego than the cello. He built houses every day and wanted to become an architect. Today, he is still inspired by old buildings that are creatively redesigned. His favorite thing to eat is anything his wife cooks. And thank God, she loved to cook a lot. For him, there have always been beautiful opera moments, but there is one he would not want to miss: July 1997 at the Prinzregententheater: L’incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi. The moment lasted from beginning to end, wonderful to the eyes, divine to the ears. His colleague at the podium said in such moments of happiness, “And we even get paid for it!”

Photo credit: Wilfried Hösl