The Augsburg-born cellist Julius Berger has been a permanent feature of the music scene for more than 25 years. That is not just because he is a wonderful musical interpreter, dubbed the “prophet of the cello” by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung following his second recording of Bach’s cello suites. He is also in worldwide demand as a soloist and chamber musician, has released a large number of CDs and trains leading musicians of the next generation. He initially taught at Würzburg and Saarbrücken but has now been teaching at the Augsburg University of Music since 2000, as well as giving international masterclasses – for example, at the international Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg since 1992. He is Artistic Director of the Eckelshauser Musiktage and the Asiago Festival in Italy, is in charge of the international Leopold Mozart Competition in Augsburg and is a jury member at various international competitions. His research interests focus on cello works by Boccherini, some of which are still unknown. However, Julius Berger is also well known for his great commitment to contemporary music by John Cage, Toshio Hosokawa and Sofia Gubaidulina, some of whose works – along with those of other contemporary composers – he has premièred and recorded. Julius Berger plays one of the oldest celli in the world, the 1566 King Charles IX made by Andrea Amati.

You can hear Julius Berger on Friday, 2 October at 7pm and on Saturday, 3 October at 8.30pm at Johanniskirche Kronberg.

He will held his workshop Friday, 2 October, from 9.30  to 11am at Streitkirche Kronberg.

Schlagworte: Cello-Festival, Julius Berger, Tutors

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