Governing Board

Board of Directors WCO
Founding WCO 2003
Photo: Lutz Sternstein

Members of the Governing board who have signed the Mission Statement in order to show their commitment to the founding of a World Cello Organisation:

• Marta Casals Istomin* - USA • Bernard Greenhouse* - USA • Mstislav Rostropovich* - Russia † • Janos Starker* - USA • Julius Berger - Germany • Anner Bylsma - Holland • Lluís Claret - Spain • Young-Chang Cho - Korea • David Geringas - Lithuania/Germany • Natalia Gutman - Russia • Lynn Harrell - USA • Frans Helmerson - Sweden • Gary Hoffman - Canada • Steven Isserlis - Great Britain • Maria Kliegel - Germany • Mischa Maisky - Israel • Antonio Meneses - Brazil • Philippe Muller - France • Arto Noras - Finland • Siegfried Palm - Germany † • Miklós Perényi - Hungary • Boris Pergamenschikow - Russia † • Heinrich Schiff - Austria • Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi - Japan
* honorary founding member