Cécile Grüebler

* 1986 in Switzerland; cellist, speaker and actor; she received her first cello lessons at the age of four, studied cello with Thomas Grossenbacher at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste and with Truls Mork at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and completed the Master of Performance at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste with distinction; masterclasses with David Geringas, Frans Helmerson and Ivan Monighetti. As a soloist she has appeared with the Jiangsu Symphony Orchestra, the Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra and the Camerata Kammerorchester München; concerts have taken her to South America, Asia, Mexico and across Europe, including to Carnegie Hall and the Beijing Concert Hall. In 2018 she took on her first leading role in a film, for which she also wrote the music; in 2019 she deepened her acting work at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, in 2020 there followed the diploma in film acting from the European Film Actor School, and in 2020/21 training as a speaker at the Speech Academy Switzerland. In 2014, with the pianist Tamara Chitadze, she founded the Duo Grüebler / Chitadze, which recorded the album Hindemith. Heiden. Skolnik – Works for Cello and Piano for Cybele Records in 2019.