Christoph Theinert, born in 1959, is a German cellist and composer. Having studied with Antonio Janigro

Antonio Janigro

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, Antonio Meneses

Antonio Meneses

Antônio Meneses Neto is a Brazilian cellist.He won the VI Tchaikovsky competition. A member of the Beaux Arts Trio, Meneses combines an intense soloist concert career with chamber music performances. He is a teacher at Bern's Hochschule der Künste.- References :* *...

, Anner Bylsma

Anner Bylsma

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 and Hidemi Suzuki, he developed special interest in early music interpretation on period instruments. Founder of the group German Baroque, he performed with Taka Kitazato, Hidemi Suzuki, Corrado Bolsi, Linde Brunmayr.
The composer Christoph Theinert was influenced by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos

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, Lukas Foss

Lukas Foss

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, Steve Reich

Steve Reich

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, Egberto Gismonti

Egberto Gismonti

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, Giovanni Sollima

Giovanni Sollima

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, Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

 and Philip Glass

Philip Glass

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He records for the label Ancient Music Edition. As a soloist he regularly works with his brother, the conductor Markus Theinert.

External links

His official websites informs about the artists activities:

• http://www.violoncellomusic.de/
• http://www.violoncellomusic.com/
• http://www.myspace.com/christophtheinert