Artist description I am a cellist performing in the classical field as a soloist together with orchestra or piano.The tracks on this page are played with 2 different Stradivari cellos. All tracks with blue/white colour are played with the "EX Boccherini - EX Cassado" from 1709, tracks with brown colour with "The Pawle" from 1739. Many thanks to the Chi-Mei Culture Foundation, Tainan, Taiwan

Music Style Classical Cello Music. My repertory is naturally mostly based on the classical and romatic style. But I have also included some songs of the baroque and selected works of the late 20th century.

Musical Influences My famous teachers were Janos Starker and Paul Tortelier. From Tortelier I was musically mostly influenced. When I became his student in 1972 I was deeply impressed by his way of expression in the music. From Starker I learned the most substancial technical way of "surviving". Whith his instruction I could achieve my efficiency in playing which makes cello playing much easier.

Similar Artists Janos Starker, Paul Tortelier

Artist History I started in 1980 playing concerts all around Europe after winning several international competition. I became Guest Professor in Taipeh/Taiwan were I was teaching cello for 3 years. A first debut in the Royal Philharmonic Hall, London, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was in 1975. Tortelier was conducting an I played the Boccerini concerto in B. Although the chance to enter the concert business was pretty good at this time I decided to continue my studies with Janos Starker for some more years. In 1985 I decided to get some better financial circumstances and founded my first computer company (HMC). Since then I was free to decide what to play and where to play. In 1997 I had a bad accident while diving on the Maledive Islands. A big fish almost eat my thumb at the left hand. It took me three operations and more than one year to recover. When I was asked to perform the Dvorak Concerto in 1998 I had to decide whether to do it or give up whith the playing. I did it and also made my next recordings. Almost all recordings here are made after this accident.

Group Members My chamber music partner is the Taiwanese pianist,Tsai Chai Hsio

Instruments Cello

Albums 10 CDs released plus 5 LPs (already history)

Press Reviews too many good and bad to mention.

Additional Info My website contains the detailed biography and discography of me and my pianist Tsai Chai Hsio

Location Essen, NRW - Germany

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