Christoph Croisé

Christoph Croisé during a CD recording, Oberstrass Church , Zurich, November 2017

Christoph Croisé (born December 3, 1993 in Filderstadt ) is a German-French-Swiss cellist .

Life

Christoph Croisé received his first cello lessons from Katharina Kühne at the age of seven. Since 2007 he has been tutored by Alexander Neustroev. Since 2013, Croisé has been studying with Wolfgang-Emanuel Schmidt at the Berlin University of the Arts .

He also received significant artistic impulses from Steven Isserlis , Michael Sanderling , David Geringas , Walter Grimmer and Frans Helmerson .

At the age of 17 he made his debut at Carnegie Hall New York , where he has since performed regularly. Further appearances have taken him to the Tonhalle Zurich , the Berlin Philharmonic , the Wigmore Hall London, the Konzerthaus Vienna , the Munich Residence , the Capella St. Petersburg, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic and the Baku Philharmonic .

As a soloist he has performed with the Musikkollegium Winterthur , the Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg / Russia, the Bern Symphony Orchestra , the State Symphony Orchestra Baku / Azerbaijan, the Camerata Zurich , the Munich Radio Orchestra , the Camerata Switzerland , the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra , the Southwest German Philharmonic Konstanz , the Symphony Orchestra of the Staatskapelle St. Petersburg / Russia, the Collegium Musicum Basel , the Chamber Orchestra of the Bayrische Philharmonie, the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra , the Orquesta Sinfonie de Michoacan, the Radio Symphony Orchestra RTSH Tirana, the Harbin Symphony Orchestra, the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestra Budejovice on, u. a. under the direction of M. Sanderling , M. Venzago , D. Boyd , L. Gendre, K. Griffiths , A. Guliyev, and D. Botinis.

Several live broadcasts were broadcast by radio and television, including the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Munich Radio Orchestra in March 2013 by Bayerischer Rundfunk . Christoph Croisé a. a. with Dmitri Sitkovetsky , Mayuko Kamio , Alexander Zemtsov, Bartłomiej Nizioł , Oliver Schnyder Oxana Shevchenko, Nikita Mndoyants, Lorenzo Soulès and Alexander Panfilov.

Christoph Croisé was a guest at the “Musical Olympus” festival in St. Petersburg, New York and Baku, the Lucerne Festival , the Davos “Young Artists in Concert” festival , the Menuhin Festival Gstaad , the Salzkammergut Festwochen Gmunden , the Black Forest Music Festival, the festival de Sully, the Belfast International Arts Festival , the Emilia-Romagna Festival and the Festival de musique de Wissembourg.

In May 2015 his debut CD with Oxana Shevchenko was released on the Quartz Classics label. His second CD (Summer Night, with Othmar Schoeck's Cello Concerto) was released in February 2018 on the GENUIN classics label. His third CD (Haydn, Vivaldi Cello Concertos) was released in March 2019 on the AVIE Records label. and received the Supersonic Award from Pizzicato Magazine and the "Clef D'Or" for the best concert album of 2019 from ResMusica . On November 1st, 2019 his fourth CD "The Russian Album" was released on the label AVIE Records.

Christoph Croisé plays a Goffriller violoncello, which was built in Venice in 1712 .

Awards

• 2009: 1st prize in the “Petar Konjovic” international competition, Belgrade
• 2010: 1st Prize International Competition IBLA International Competition, Italy
• 2015: 1st prize in the International Johannes Brahms Competition
• 2015: Study award winner of the Migros Culture Percentage
• 2016: 3rd Prize International Competition "Debut at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall "
• 2016: 1st Prize Manhattan International Competition
• 2016: 3rd Prize Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition
• 2016: 1st prize Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin / China
• 2016: 1st prize in the international “Salieri-Zinetti” competition, Verona / Italy
• 2016: Study award winner of the Migros Culture Percentage and acceptance into the Migros Culture Percentage concert mediation
• 2017: Gold Medal "1st Berlin International Music Competition"
• 2017: Swiss Ambassadors Award
• 2018: First Grand Prize "2nd International Berlin Music Competition"
• 2018: "Prix Jeune Soliste des Médias Francophones Publics 2019"

Web links

• Christoph Croisé website
• Thomas Schacher: Convincing debut , NZZ, October 3, 2013
• Michelle Ziegler: Voices of the Future , NZZ, November 12, 2015
• Interview with Christoph Croisé In: The Strad Magazine, August 1, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Visions" by Christoph Croisé & Oxana Shevchenko. May 10, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2018 (Swiss Standard German). 
2. ^ "Schoeck: Summer Night" by Christoph Croisé, Gevorg Gharabekyan & I Tempi. February 2, 2018, accessed on October 10, 2018 (Swiss Standard German). 
3. ^ Haydn, Vivaldi Cello Concertos by Christoph Croisé, Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra & Sherniyaz Mussakhan. Retrieved March 30, 2019 (American English). 
4. ↑ Fresh and definitely worth listening to: Haydn's cello concertos with Christoph Croisé. April 15, 2019, accessed on December 7, 2019 (Fri-FR). 
5. ↑ Les Clefs d'Or ResMusica 2019. Accessed December 7, 2019 . 
6. ↑ The Russian Album. In: Avie Records. Retrieved November 14, 2019 (American English). 
7. ^ THE VIOLIN CHANNEL: Prizes Awarded at Mexico's Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition . In: The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. August 14, 2016 ( theviolinchannel.com [accessed December 15, 2016]).
8. ↑ Christoph Croisé wins Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition cello section - The Strad. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 19, 2016 ; Retrieved September 19, 2016 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Heifetz: Prizes Awarded at Italian's Salieri-Zinetti Chamber Music Competition. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016 (American English). 
10. ↑ 172,800 francs for young Swiss instrumental musicians | Migros culture percentage . ( migros-kulturprozent.ch [accessed December 15, 2016]). 172,800 francs for young Swiss instrumental musicians | Migros Culture Percentage ( Memento of the original dated December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Berlin Music Competition: piano competition, violin, cello, voice. Retrieved June 6, 2017 . 
12. ↑ News. Retrieved May 15, 2017 . 
13. ^ Prior winners of the Manhattan Music Competition, Carnegie Hall. Retrieved October 10, 2018 (Spanish). 
14. ↑ Le violoncelliste Christoph Croisé remporte le Prix Jeune soliste 2019 des Médias francophones publics . In: France Musique . October 10, 2018 ( francemusique.fr [accessed October 10, 2018]).