Michael Sanderling
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Michael Sanderling is a German violoncellist and conductor.
, Yo-Yo Ma
, Gary Hoffmann and Lynn Harrell
. In 1987 he won a 1st prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition. The same year, after his debut as a soloist, he was engaged as solo cellist of Kurt Masur's
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
where he stayed until 1992. From 1994 to 2006 he was guest solo cellist at the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
. From 1994 to 1998 he was academic at Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". In 1998 he started teaching at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
. Between 2000 and 2003 he was also professor at Hochschule der Künste Bern.
Sanderling lives with his wife in Berlin.
, the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
, the Orchestre de Paris
, the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
, the Vienna Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
. His chamber music partners have included Elisabeth Leonskaja
, Julia Fischer
, Martin Helmchen and Veronika Eberle
. He was member of the Trio Ex Aequo from 1988 to 1996. Michael Sanderling ended his career as a cello soloist in 2010. He now devotes his time to teaching and his conducting career.
. In 2003 he became principal conductor of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie and has appeared in many concerts with the ensemble at such venues as the Kölner Philharmonie, Philharmonie Berlin
,
Konzerthaus Berlin
, Frankfurt's Alte Oper
, the Essener Philharmonie, Leipzig's Gewandhaus
, and at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Dresden Music Festivals. From 2006 to 2010 Sanderling was principal conductor and artistic director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam. During these seasons he conducted the opera The Fall of the House of Usher by Philip Glass
, led a concert tour of Spain
in 2009 and of Germany in 2007 with Julia Fischer
and Daniel Müller-Schott
as well as conducting performances at the Rheingau Musik Festival
. In 2009 Sony released a CD of works for small orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich
recorded with the Kammerakademie Potsdam and Michael Sanderling as conductor.
Michael Sanderling has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous orchestras, including the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Nederlands Filharmonisch Orkest, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
, the MDR Symphony Orchestra
, the Strasbourg Philharmonic
, the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
.
Biography
Michael Sanderling, son of the contrabassist Barbara Sanderling and the conductor Kurt Sanderling, got his first cello lessons at the age of five in Berlin. At the age of eleven, he became student of Matthias Pfaender at the Spezialschule für Musik Berlin. The 17-year-old Sanderling was accepted at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" and studied with Josef Schwab. He took further lessons with William PleethWilliam Pleeth
William Pleeth OBE was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré.- Early years :...
, Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...
, Gary Hoffmann and Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell is an American classical cellist.-Biography:Harrell was born in New York City of musician parents; his father was the baritone Mack Harrell and his mother, Marjorie Fulton, was a violinist. At the age of eight he decided to learn to play the cello. When Lynn was 12, his family moved...
. In 1987 he won a 1st prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition. The same year, after his debut as a soloist, he was engaged as solo cellist of Kurt Masur's
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur is a German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music.- Biography :Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur has been married three times...
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the the oldest symphony orchestras in the world...
where he stayed until 1992. From 1994 to 2006 he was guest solo cellist at the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at theKonzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie...
. From 1994 to 1998 he was academic at Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". In 1998 he started teaching at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a state Hochschule for Music, Theater and Dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938....
. Between 2000 and 2003 he was also professor at Hochschule der Künste Bern.
Sanderling lives with his wife in Berlin.
Artistic career as a violoncellist
Orchestras which have invited Sanderling to perform as cello soloist include the Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
, the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1946 by American occupation forces as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester . It was also known as the American Sector Symphony Orchestra...
, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at theKonzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie...
, the Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs most of its concerts at the Salle Pleyel.-History:In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture,...
, the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich is a symphony orchestra founded in 1868 in Zürich Switzerland, where it established its residence in the neue Tonhalle in 1895....
, the Vienna Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...
and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
. His chamber music partners have included Elisabeth Leonskaja
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Elisabeth Leonskaja is a noted Georgian pianist and teacher. She was born on November 23, 1945 to a Russian family living in Tbilisi, then the capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....
, Julia Fischer
Julia Fischer
Julia Fischer is a German classical violinist and pianist.-Biography:Julia Fischer, born in Munich, Germany, is of German-Slovakian parentage. Her mother, Viera Fischer , came from the German minority in Slovakia and immigrated from Košice, Slovakia to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972...
, Martin Helmchen and Veronika Eberle
Veronika Eberle
Veronika Eberle is a German violinist.Veronika Eberle has established a reputation as one of the most promising violin talents to emerge from Germany in recent years....
. He was member of the Trio Ex Aequo from 1988 to 1996. Michael Sanderling ended his career as a cello soloist in 2010. He now devotes his time to teaching and his conducting career.
Artistic career as a conductor
Michael Sanderling made his debut as a conductor leading the Kammerorchester Berlin in a concert on November 22, 2001 at the Berliner PhilharmonieBerliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture....
. In 2003 he became principal conductor of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie and has appeared in many concerts with the ensemble at such venues as the Kölner Philharmonie, Philharmonie Berlin
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture....
,
Konzerthaus Berlin
Konzerthaus Berlin
The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin housing the German orchestra Konzerthausorchester Berlin...
, Frankfurt's Alte Oper
Alte Oper
The Alte Oper is a major concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Many important works have been premiered at the Alte Oper, including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937....
, the Essener Philharmonie, Leipzig's Gewandhaus
Gewandhaus
Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, Germany. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. The first Gewandhaus was built in 1781 by architect Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe. The second opened on 11 December 1884, and was destroyed in the...
, and at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Dresden Music Festivals. From 2006 to 2010 Sanderling was principal conductor and artistic director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam. During these seasons he conducted the opera The Fall of the House of Usher by Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...
, led a concert tour of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
in 2009 and of Germany in 2007 with Julia Fischer
Julia Fischer
Julia Fischer is a German classical violinist and pianist.-Biography:Julia Fischer, born in Munich, Germany, is of German-Slovakian parentage. Her mother, Viera Fischer , came from the German minority in Slovakia and immigrated from Košice, Slovakia to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972...
and Daniel Müller-Schott
Daniel Müller-Schott
Daniel Müller-Schott is a German cellist. He has worked with world-renowned conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Kurt Masur, Sakari Oramo and André Previn. He recorded and released the Mozart Piano Trios in 2006 with Anne-Sophie Mutter and André Previn...
as well as conducting performances at the Rheingau Musik Festival
Rheingau Musik Festival
The Rheingau Musik Festival is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres...
. In 2009 Sony released a CD of works for small orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
recorded with the Kammerakademie Potsdam and Michael Sanderling as conductor.
Michael Sanderling has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous orchestras, including the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany. The ensemble was founded in 1945 by American occupation authorities as the orchestra for Radio Stuttgart, under the name Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart...
, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden is an orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548 by Kurfürst Moritz of Saxony. It is one of the world's oldest orchestras...
, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Nederlands Filharmonisch Orkest, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at theKonzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie...
, the MDR Symphony Orchestra
MDR Symphony Orchestra
The MDR Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest Radio orchestras in the world and the oldest in Germany. It was founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1923 and therefore 9 months earlier than the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra...
, the Strasbourg Philharmonic
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg is a French orchestra based in Strasbourg. It is one of the two permanent orchestras of the Opéra national du Rhin. The orchestra's current principal venue is the Palais de la musique et des congrès « Pierre Pflimlin » .The orchestra was founded in 1855...
, the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra
Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra
-History:Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1985 by a group of enthusiastic musicians. It has come a long way under the direction of late American conductor Henry Mazer, who came from Chicago Symphony Orchestra and stayed with TPO for over 18 years....
and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia is a Spanish orchestra, created in 1992 and based in A Coruña, where it is the main orchestra in the city's Mozart Festival. Its conductor is Victor Pablo Pérez.-External links:* - OSG's web page....
.
CD-Releases as a conductor
- BIS (2011, Daniel Schnyder, Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at theKonzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie...
) - GENUIN classics (2010, TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
/BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
, Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie) - Sony (2008, ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
, Kammerakademie Potsdam) - CPO, BERLIN CLASSICS, NAXOS