Jens Peter Maintz
Jens Peter Maintz (* 1967 in Hamburg ) is a German cellist .
Maintz studied with David Geringas and attended master classes with Heinrich Schiff , Boris Pergamenschikow and Siegfried Palm . In 1994 he won first prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. From 1995 to 2004 he was the first solo cellist of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , and since 2004 he has been Professor of Violoncello at the Berlin University of the Arts, succeeding Wolfgang Boettcher .
Maintz has been a member of the Trio Fontenay since 1998 and is now a member of the Kandinsky String Trio and the Berlin Soloist Octet . Since 2006 he has been principal cellist of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Maintz plays a Vincenzo Ruggeri violoncello from 1696.
Prices
- 1994 ARD international music competition
- 1997 ECHO-Klassikpreis for a CD with works by Johann Sebastian Bach , Henri Dutilleux and Zoltán Kodály
Web links
- Works by and about Jens Peter Maintz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography on the Kandinsky String Trio website
- Short biography on www.ndrkultur.de
- Official website of Jens Peter Maintz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maintz, Jens Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |