Benedict Kloeckner
Benedict Kloeckner (* 1989 in Neuwied ) is a German cellist.
Career
Benedict Kloeckner began his professional training at the age of 14 with Martin Ostertag at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe. He has received multiple scholarships and studied cello from 2009 to 2016 at Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson and Gary Hoffman. Mentors were Gidon Kremer , Steven Isserlis , David Geringas , Michael Sanderling and András Schiff .
Benedict Kloeckner has played as a soloist in Europe, the USA and Korea with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the German Radiophilharmonie, the radio symphony orchestras of the MDR and NDR, the German State Philharmonic, the Russian and Polish State Orchestras, the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the Kremerata Baltica , the Oslo Camerata , the chamber orchestras of Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam and the Arcos Chamber Orchestra New York.
The cellist has made guest appearances at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw , the Berlin Philharmonic , Carnegie Hall in New York, the Seoul Arts Center , the Leipzig Gewandhaus , the Rudolfinum in Prague and the Wigmore Hall in London up to the Tonhalle in Zurich . Further invitations took him to Munich, Bucharest, Vienna and Washington.
Kloeckner worked with the conductors Ingo Metzmacher , Michael Sanderling , Jan Söderblom, Simon Gaudenz , Howard Griffiths and Heinrich Schiff , as well as contemporary composers such as Éric Tanguy , Wolfgang Rihm and Howard Blake .
Chamber music partners are Emanuel Ax , Danae Dörken , Christoph Eschenbach , Anna Fedorova , José Gallardo , Gidon Kremer , Anne-Sophie Mutter and András Schiff.
In 2014 Benedict Kloeckner founded the Koblenz International Music Festival, of which he is also the artistic director.
Prices
- 2006: Culture Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2008: 1st prize in the International Soloist Competition of the Animato Foundation Zurich
- 2008: European Culture Prize from the Pro Europa Foundation
- 2009: Winner of the 17th instrument competition of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben
- 2010: Winner of the international broadcasting competition of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- 2010: Special prize for the best interpretation of the competition composition by Thomas Demenga at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann competition
- 2012: Nicolas Firmenich Prize of the Verbier Festival s
- 2016: Special Prize: 1st Prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition, New York
Recordings
- Howard Blake wrote a sonata for him, which the cellist recorded alongside the composer's complete works.
- Howard Blake: Diversions: Works By Howard Blake with Howard Blake, piano
- Various composers: Impresiones Espanolas with Niklas Liepe , violin / Nils Liepe , piano / José Gallardo, piano
- Strauss / Poulence / Rihm : Works for cello & piano with José Gallardo, piano (nominated for the German Record Critics' Prize)
- Molinelli : Focus Cello with the Kremerata Baltica under Heinrich Schiff
- Chopin / Franck: Cello Sonatas with Anna Fedorova , piano
Scholarships
- Several Gerd Bucerius scholarships from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben
- Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
- Angela Winkler Scholarship
- Sigrid Henschen scholarship from the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation
- Scholarship from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation
Web links
- Literature by and about Benedict Kloeckner in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Personal homepage
- Website of the Koblenz International Music Festival
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kloeckner, Benedict |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwied |