Julian Steckel cello

Fellowship Winner 2007

Julian Steckel was a pupil of Ulrich Voss, Gustav Rivinius and Boris Pergamenschikow and is currently studying with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. Julian Steckel is a prizewinner of the International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Kronberg in August 2004, the International Rostropovich Competition in Paris in November 2005 and the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann 2006 in Berlin. He has appeared with ensembles such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Berlin, Saarbrücken, Frankfurt, Warsaw and Copenhagen, the Kremerata Baltica, the chamber orchestras of Zürich and Stuttgart, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Budapest and the Solistes Européens de Luxembourg under conductors including Andrey Boreyko, Christian Arming, Michael Sanderling and John Storgards. He has performed in festivals including Lars Vogt’s Spannungen Festival Heimbach, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, the Kronberg Cello Festival, the Oleg-Kagan-Festival, the Beethoven-Festspiele Bonn, and at the Philharmonie Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie Munich, Musikhalle Hamburg, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris and the Seoul Arts Center. Julian Steckel has appeared in chamber groups with Sarah Chang, Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust, Yuri Bashmet, Gustav Rivinius, Alexander Lonquich, Lars Vogt, the Guarneri and Vogler Quartet. This season includes a special project in Tehran, Iran, including performances of Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra. Later this season he will tour France with the Orchestre National d’Ile de France, with Yoel Levi conducting the Schumann Cello Concerto, including a concert at Salle Pleyel, Paris in January 2008. In May next year he will perform the Schumann Concerto again, with Heinrich Schiff conducting the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded the Lutoslawski Cello Concerto with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Warsaw, and in 2007 his Debut Recital CD will be released. Recent releases are two Live recordings of works by Brahms and Mozart from the Spannungen-Festival Heimbach (AVI-Music).