Organisation
On 22nd October 2003, the WCO with its first acting governing artistic board was formally initiated as a non-profit organisation in Kronberg/Germany.
Raimund Trenkler has agreed to undertake the position of Coordinator to facilitate the establishment of the WCO and its governing board.
In addition there will be chosen a temporary directors board:
- a volunteering contact person of each country,
- no specific number, but not more than one from each country
- a specific number of young cellists will be considered
- Board will rotate in the forth coming years to allow representatives of all generations
Board members will help to support the network with information about cello activities in their respective countries
The Board will support host gatherings of the WCO which shall take place in different countries
As so many cello-related activities have originated from Kronberg, the initial planning of the organisation would best be situated in that city.
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 Lluνs 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 Miklσs Perιnyi - Hungary Boris Pergamenschikow - Russia Heinrich Schiff - Austria Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi - Japan
* honorary founding member