Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff (born April 29, 1966 in Hamburg ) is a German violinist .
He studied at the University of Music Lübeck with Uwe-Martin Haiberg and in the United States at the College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati . His repertoire as a soloist includes works from Johann Sebastian Bach to György Ligeti . Christian Tetzlaff has worked with almost all known orchestras in Europe, such as the Berlin Philharmonic , the Concertgebouw Orchestra , the Vienna Philharmonic and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich . In 2014/15 he appeared as Artist in Residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker as a soloist and conductor of chamber music works and played Brahms' violin concerto as a soloist with the conductor Simon Rattle . Since 1992 he has been a member of the Free Academy of the Arts Hamburg .
Tetzlaff plays a violin made by Stefan-Peter Greiner . He works with his sister, the cellist Tanja Tetzlaff , from time to time.
He emerged u. a. through his rendering of the violin works by Jean Sibelius .
Prizes and awards
In 2000 Tetzlaff was awarded the Brahms Prize of the Brahms Society Schleswig-Holstein based in Heide .
Musical America named him Instrumentalist of the Year 2005 .
Web links
- Homepage
- Biography, portrait photos and discography on the website of the artist agency KD Schmid
- A thousand deaths from fear and beauty : Interview by Hartmut Welscher in VAN magazine (December 23, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Self-disclosure in the Berliner Morgenpost from June 20, 2015, p. 17
- ^ Winner of the Brahms Prize brahms-sh.de
- ↑ Dennis D. Rooney: INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR 2005. musical america worldwide, accessed on June 30, 2015 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tetzlaff, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |