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| Leonard Elschenbroich |
| GEN |
| Born | |
| Frankfurt | |
| Studies | |
| London | |
| Highlights | |
| Concertgebouw Amsterdam | Wigmore Hall | Queen Elisabeth Hall | Royal Festival Hall |Lockenhaus Festival | Concerts with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Gidon Kremer | |
| Prizes | |
| 1st Prize "Concertino Praga" | Pablo-Casals-Cello-Competition:
Eugène-Istomin-Preis for the „most promising young artist“ | "Top Cellist Prize"
Verbier | "Pro Europa" Prize | Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship | |
| Recordings | |
| Naxos | RAI Trade | |
| Short Biography | |
| "Leonard has an extraordinary and unique gift: His musical sensitivity, combined with courageous virtuosity is truly impressive. Further than that his knowledge and range of styles are very elaborate and his radiant expressive personality is deeply convincing." - Anne-Sophie Mutter The 22 year-old cellist Leonard Elschenbroich has recently caught the attention of today’s greatest international conductors. Subsequent invitations to orchestral Debuts include: Valery Gergiev and Basel Symphony, Semyon Bychkov with WDR Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach and Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, as well as personal invitations from Fabio Luisi, Paavo Järvi and Manfred Honeck. He has also been invited to perform chamber music by Gidon Kremer at the Lockenhaus Festival, Katia&Marielle Labéque at the Verbier Festival, and Anne-Sophie Mutter in Weimar and Munich. As part of the concert series “Masters on Tour” he will be giving Recitals in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Bratislava, Prague, Tallinn and Helsinki. He has just made his Debut recording for Naxos, to be released this summer, featuring works by Alfred Schnittke, which will include an homage composition by Leonard Elschenbroich. Recently he appeared as a Soloist with the Kremerata Baltica, the Bremen Philharmonic and the Belarus National Philharmonic in the Concertgebouw. Leonard has given recitals with renowned pianists such as Marc-André Hamelin, Martin Helmchen, Kirill Gerstein and Anna Vinnitskaya in 16 European countries. At the last Kronberg Cello Festival he was awarded the “Landgraf-v.-Hessen-Prize”, previous awards include: „Best New Coming Artist“ by the “Pro Europa” Society 2005, Eugene-Istomin Prize for “Most Promising Young Artist” 2004 and Verbier Academy „Top Cellist Prize“ 2003. Leonard also receives intensive support by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation as their only cellist. 2008 he was awarded with a fellowship of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. Born 1985 in Frankfurt, he was invited to the Yehudi Menuhin School in London at the age of 10 and gave over a hundred concerts in England as a Soloist in the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Wigmore Hall. He currently holds a Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He plays a cello by Matteo Goffriller “Leonard Rose”, Venice 1693, on private loan. 2007/2008 If you wish to revise this biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management. Please use material of the current season only. | |
