* 1983 in Baden-Baden; cellist; studied at the UdK Berlin with David Geringas; he grew up in a family of musicians, began in 1996 initially as a junior student with Martin Ostertag and moved in 2004 to the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, where he took the Konzertexamen with David Geringas and subsequently with Peter Bruns; masterclasses with Janos Starker, Wolfgang Boettcher and Lynn Harrell. In 2007 he received the prize of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb; he won first prize at the Internationaler Johannes-Brahms-Wettbewerb in Pörtschach and at the Internationaler David-Popper-Wettbewerb in Varpalota. For the 2007/2008 season the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin appointed him to the position of principal cellist. He is a member of the Fontane Quartett and plays a cello by Robert König from 2012. On the album Simon Laks: Works for Cello, released by Cybele Records in 2022, he plays cello.
Mischa Meyer
Cello
