GERMANY
- date of birth: January 22, 1991
- studied with Prof. Orfeo Mandozzi and Julian Steckel;
- performed as a soloist with the Romanian Philharmonic Orchestra in Iaşi, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, the Würzburg Philharmonic Orchestra;
- performed at festivals such as the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Mozartfest Würzburg, the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, Stiftelsen International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger;
- plays on a 1844 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello.
Program:
First Round
Popper Etude Op. 73 No. 20
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb/2
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70
Second Round
Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99 or Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
Kodály Sonata in B minor for Solo Cello Op. 8, first movement
Popper Elfentanz Op. 39
Semifinal
Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26
Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor L. 135
Final
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104
