Matthias Ranft

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Matthias Ranft (* in Hamburg ) is a German classical cellist .

Career

Matthias Ranft began playing the cello at the age of seven. While still in high school, he had lessons at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Arthur Troester (1906–1997). He completed his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Christoph Henkel. He then studied with Janos Starker in Bloomington (USA) .

Musical activities

1981–1983 Ranft was principal cellist of the Hof Symphony Orchestra , and since 1985 he has played with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and is their principal cellist. Matthias Ranft performs as a chamber musician in a duo with his wife, the pianist Tomoko Ogasawara, in the (piano) trio Frankonia and in the ensemble "ABRAXAS". In addition, he regularly takes part in festivals such as B. “Affinis” in Japan. From 2001 to 2004 he was teaching at the University of Music Freiburg and at international master classes in Japan. Matthias Ranft can be heard on numerous radio and CD recordings.

CD recordings

  • Beethoven - Debussy - Chopin. Sonatas for violoncello and piano , Auris subtilis 2004, EAN 4260077710585
  • Romance! , Self-published. Instrument line-up Violin, Piano, Violoncello. Works by Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Awards

  • DAAD scholarship
  • 1984 Mendelssohn Competition Berlin

Web links

http://www.tomoko-ogasawara.com/klavierkammermusik/duo-violoncello-und-klavier#!prettyPhoto

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.cellist.nl/database/showcellist.asp?id=1273
  2. ↑ https://www.bamberger-symphoniker.de/orchester/musiker.html
  3. ↑ http://www.tomoko-ogasawara.com/klavierkammermusik/trio-franconia
  4. ↑ http://www.tomoko-ogasawara.com/klavierkammermusik
  5. ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 23, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tomoko-ogasawara.com
  6. ↑ http://www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de/wettbewerb/archiv/preistrager/preistrager-1963-2012/
personal data
SURNAME Ranft, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical cellist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg