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| Leonard Elschenbroich |
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| "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 Winner of this year’s Borletti-Buitoni-Trust, 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 the WDR Symphony, Manfred Honeck with the Swedish Radio Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach and Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, as well as personal invitations from Fabio Luisi, Howard Griffiths and Paavo Järvi. 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 has just returned form Recitals in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Bratislava, Prague, Tallinn and Helsinki. Upcoming recitals include the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and Beethoven Saal Bonn, as well as the Festivals of Davos, Montreux and Schleswig-Holstein, where he will be playing a recital with Christoph Eschenbach. Other orchestral concerts include the City Hall and Symphony Hall of Hong Kong, the Herkulessaal with the Munich Symphony, the Staatsorchester Frankfurt and the Stavanger Symphony in Norway. Leonard has just made his Debut recording for Naxos, to be released this year, 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, the WDR Symphony and the Belarus National Philharmonic in the Concertgebouw. As a recitalist Leonard has performed with pianists such as Marc-André Hamelin, Martin Helmchen in 18 European countries and will be giving recitals with Anna Vinnistkaya and Leschenko this Summer. 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. For the last three years Leonard has received intensive support by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. Born 1985 in Frankfurt, Leonard was invited to the Yehudi Menuhin School in London at the age of 10 and gave over a hundred concerts in England 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. | |
