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Lеonard Elschenbroich, cello
Cellist Leonard Elschenbroich, hailed by the New York Times as a musician of extraordinary technical skill, intellectual curiosity and expressive depth, performs as a soloist with leading orchestras around the world. He made his debut at Vienna's Musikverein during the Staatskapelle - Dresden European tour, his US debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, his Asian debut at Tokyo's Suntory Hall and 5 BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
A dedicated performer of contemporary music, he commissioned a number of works by composers Mark-Anthony Turnidge, Luca Lombardi, Arlene Sierra and Suzanne Farin. At the Bridgewater Hall, together with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, he gives the world premiere of Mark Simpson's First Cello Concerto, written especially for him, and during the BBC Promenade Concerts he also plays the Brian Elias Cello Concerto for the first time. In 2021 he was one of the founders of the Philharmonic in Bolivia, which performed a Mahler symphony for the first time in the country's history.
Elschenbroich regularly travels to Bolivia to lead educational projects and help develop the orchestra. This also led to his conducting research in Latin America and the UK. His conducting debut in London prompted The Telegraph to write "In his performance of Brahms“ First Symphony, Elschenbroich repeatedly reached heights".
Elschenbroich has performed with a number of notable conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Mark Elder, Charles Dutoit, Manfred Honeck, Kiril Karabitz, Dmitri Kitaenko, Andrew Lytton, Juanjo Mena, Jan-Pascal Tortellier, Vassili Sinasiki, as well as Edo De Waart. He has soloed with the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Cologne Radio Orchestra, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Staatskapelle – Dresden, the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Stavanger, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Residentie Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Symphony Orchestra, Pacific, Minnesota and Chicago Symphony Orchestras.
The first three albums recorded for Onyx Classics focused on 20th century Russian repertoire, with works from Rachmaninoff to Schnittke. 2016 saw the release of Siécle, featuring works from Saint-Saëns to Dutillo, recorded with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, which received 5-star reviews from The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times and Gramophone's Editor's Choice. Аfter numerous concerts performed by Elschenbroich with Alexei Hryniuk around the world over a period of ten years, Onyx Classics released an album recording all of Beethoven's cello sonatas. The album received widespread critical acclaim, a Gramophone Editor's Choice Award, BBC Music Magazine's Album of the Month, and is available on vinyl.
Elschenbroich is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Leonard Bernstein Award, the Förderpreis and the Borletti Buitoni Trust Award. In 2012 he was nominated by BBC Radio 3 for New Generation Artist, in the 2014-2015 season he was resident artist of Deutschlandfunk, and in 2013-2016 he was resident artist of the Bremen Philharmonic Society. He was born in 1985. When he was ten years old, he received a scholarship to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in London. He later continued his education with Frans Helmerson at the Academy of Music in Cologne. Plays an 'Ex-Leonard Rose-Ex-Alfredo Piatti' instrument, hired by a private individual. His violoncello was made by Matteo Gofriler in Venice in 1693.
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