Performance

VerTönt!

For the 30th edition of VerTönt! presented by the Müller & Schade publishing house in Bern (Switzerland) we have once again put together a very interesting program featuring pieces from the classical modernist era and works by composers represented by the publishing house. Stefan Werren’s Six Epigrams for Cello solo are wonderful short pieces that I have recently added to my repertoire. Another great discovery was the work “Circulo” by Joaquin Turina. The concert series is tr

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Jun 71 min read

Michel van der Aa - "Oog"

Soloperformance of "Oog" at the Choir Concert of BFS Musik Dinkelsbühl in February 2026. Under the title "Licht" the concert presented beautiful vocal and instumental "light themed" music combined with a unique modern laser light show. It was very special experience to play a whole concert in the darkness, surrounded by beams of light and beautiful vocal music rising from the dark. It reminded me, that the visual aspect of performance can change the experience of a concert so

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Jun 71 min read

Discovering Marie Jaëll's cello concerto

When I was asked to play a solo cello concerto with the Orchestra of the Berufsfachschule für Musik in Dinkelsbühl, I immediately thought that it would be a great opportunity for me to learn a new concerto and at the same time a chance to feature a piece that audiences cannot hear often in concert halls around the world. There is actually quite a lage number of cello concertos that hardly anyone plays - however, not every cello concerto ever written is really a great piece! I

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Apr 9, 20242 min read

Beethoven Triple Concerto

In November 2022 we were overjoyed to be finally able to play Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Ensemble ConFuoco - a concert that like many others was planned for 2020 and postponed twice. Lauren Basney (violin) and David Kim (piano) travelled to Germany from the US to join me and the orchestra in the soloist piano trio for this great Beethoven Concerto. Lauren and David are returning guest soloists to the Ensemble ConFuoco and I have worked and played with Florian Ganz,

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Jan 8, 20231 min read

OENM Salzburg: 100 Years International New Music Society (IGNM)

The OENM Salzburg presents two concerts celebrating 100 years of IGNM in 2022, putting together a program of contemporary pieces and pieces presented at the inaugural concert. It was an honor to play the famous Sonata for Violin and Cello by Maurice Ravel at the first concert of the series on April 21st, 2022 together with the wonderful violinist Market Janousková. Here is a short impression of us rehearsing for the concert: The "Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik" wa

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May 23, 20221 min read