Daniel Müller-Schott

Daniel Müller-Schott (born November 2, 1976 in Munich ) is a German cellist .

Life

Müller-Schott started playing the cello at the age of six. In 1992, at the age of 15, he won first prize among cellists at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow. He studied with Walter Nothas in Munich, Steven Isserlis in Great Britain and Heinrich Schiff in Salzburg and Vienna.

Müller-Schott was the first to receive a scholarship from the Anne Sophie Mutter Foundation with an excellent modern cello. Today he plays Matteo Goffriller's "Ex Shapiro" cello , made in Venice in 1727.

He plays with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy , Charles Dutoit , Christoph Eschenbach , Yakov Kreizberg , Kurt Masur , Sakari Oramo and Sir André Previn .

In 2008 he was a prizewinner in residence at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival .

Recordings

• 2018 Trip to Russia : Tschaikowski , Glasunow , Rimski-Korsakow ; Daniel Müller-Schott, cello, German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Aziz Shokhakimov
• 2017: #CelloReimagined. Cello concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach , Haydn and Mozart - Daniel Müller-Schott, L'arte del mondo, Werner Erhardt
• 2016: Duo Sessions. Ravel , Erwin Schulhoff , Kodály and Halvorsen (Orfeo). Daniel Müller-Schott and Julia Fischer
• 2015: Benjamin Britten , Prokofiev , Shostakovich : The Cello Sonatas. (Orfeo), Daniel Müller-Schott, violoncello, Francesco Piemontesi, piano
• 2014: Antonín Dvořák : The Cello Works. (Orfeo), Daniel Müller-Schott, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Michael Sanderling
• 2012: Sergei Prokofjew , Benjamin Britten: The Cello Symphonies. Daniel Müller-Schott, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Orfeo) - Pizzicato | Supersonic Award.
• 2011: Benjamin Britten: The Solo Suites. (Orfeo) Diapason d'or , The Strad Selection, Scherzo Award.
• 2010: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Works for violoncello and piano. Daniel Müller-Schott, Jonathan Gilad (Orfeo). Diapason d'or , Pizzicato | Supersonic Award.
• 2010: Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonatas Vol. I and II. Daniel Müller-Schott, Angela Hewitt (Hyperion). Editor's Choice , The Strad Selection, Instrumental Chamber | Disc of the Month.
• 2009: Robert Schumann , Richard Strauss , Robert Volkmann , Max Bruch ; Daniel Müller-Schott, Christoph Eschenbach, NDR Symphony Orchestra (Orfeo) - Scherzo | Excepcional.
• 2008: Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Concerts for violoncello and orchestra No. 1 and 2. Daniel Müller-Schott, Yakov Kreizberg, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. (Orfeo). German Record Critics' Prize 3/2008 / BBC Music Magazine | Disc of the Month - BBC Music Choice.
• 2007: Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : Viola Sonatas No. 1–3 BWV 1027–1029 and H 559. Daniel Müller-Schott and Angela Hewitt (Orfeo) - Editor's Choice .
• 2007: Johannes Brahms - Double Concerto for Violin and Violoncello in A minor, op.102, Violin Concerto in D, op.77.Julia Fischer, Daniel Müller-Schott, Yakov Kreizberg , Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam (Pentatone) - German Record Critics' Prize 3/2007.
• 2006: Edward Elgar and William Walton : Cello Concerts. Daniel Müller-Schott, André Previn , Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. (Orfeo). Prize of the German Record Critics 3/2006 / The Strad Selection.
• 2006 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Trios 1 & 2. Julia Fischer, Daniel Müller-Schott, Jonathan Gilad. (Pentatone). Editor's Choice , Diapason d'or , Pizzicato | Supersonic Award.
• 2006: Franz Schubert : String quintet D 956, string quartet D 87; Vogler Quartet , Daniel Müller-Schott (profile).
• 2006: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trios. Anne-Sophie Mutter , André Previn , Daniel Müller-Schott. (Deutsche Grammophon) - Also released on DVD.
• 2005: Robert Schumann: Works for violoncello and piano. Daniel Müller-Schott, Robert Kulek (Orfeo) - Pizzicato | Supersonic Award.
• 2004 Joseph Joachim Raff : Concerts for violoncello and orchestra No. 1 & 2., "Encounter" - Duo op. 59 for violoncello and piano. Daniel Müller-Schott, Hans Stadlmair, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Robert Kulek (Tudor).
• 2004: Aram Khachaturian : Concerto for violoncello and orchestra. Daniel Müller-Schott; Concerto for violin and orchestra: Arabella Steinbacher , City of Birmingham, Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo. (Orfeo).
• 2003: Joseph Haydn: Concerts No. 1 & No. 2; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romances No. 1 & No. 2. Daniel Müller-Schott, Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra. (Orfeo) Luister (Netherlands) 10 points: best of all Haydn concert recordings in comparison.
• 2002: Music for Cello and Piano. Claude Debussy , Francis Poulenc and César Franck : Sonatas; Maurice Ravel : Habanera. Daniel Müller-Schott, Robert Kulek. (EMI) - BBC Music Magazin | Disc of the Month - The Strad Selection.
• 2000: Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 suites for solo violoncello; Daniel Müller-Schott. (Glissando).

literature

• Harald Eggebrecht : Great Cellists. Piper, Munich / Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-04669-5 , pp. 63-67.

Web links

• Works by and about Daniel Müller-Schott in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage Daniel Müller-Schott
• Facebook Daniel Müller-Schott
• Soundcloud Daniel Müller-Schott
• Interview on classicpoint.net (2013)
• Portrait on zeit.de (2003)