Leonard Elschenbroich

cello BBT Fellowship Winner 2008

Leonard Elschenbroich has recently caught the attention of today’s greatest international conductors and performers. Subsequent invitations to orchestral debuts include: Semyon Bychkov with WDR Symphony, Valery Gergiev for the Basel Symphony, Manfred Honeck with the Swedish Radio Symphony and Christoph Eschenbach and Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, as well as personal invitations from Fabio Luisi, Howard Griffiths and Paavo Järvi. He has also been invited to perform chamber music by Gidon Kremer at the Lockenhaus Festival, Katia & Marielle Labéque at the Verbier Festival, Anne-Sophie Mutter in Weimar and Munich. As part of the concert series New Masters on Tour he has just returned from recitals in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Bratislava, Prague, Tallinn and Helsinki. His debut recording, featuring works by Alfred Schnittke, will be released by Naxos this year. Recently he appeared as a soloist with the Kremerata Baltica, the Bremen Philharmonic and the Belarus National Philharmonic in the Concertgebouw. As a recitalist he has performed in 18 European countries with pianists including Martin Helmchen, Pollina Leschenko and Anna Vinnitskaya. Leonard has received numerous honorary awards; from the Verbier Festival, the Pro Europa Society and the Kronberg Academy, and he receives intensive support from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation as their only cellist. Born 1985 in Frankfurt, Leonard Elschenbroich was invited to the Yehudi Menuhin School in London aged 10 and already performed as a soloist in the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Wigmore Hall. He plays the "Leonard Rose" Matteo Goffriller Cello on private loan.

Help towards purchasing a new bow
Creating a website
Assistance with a showcase concert
European PR
Showcase concert at 22 Mansfield Street

Read Leonard Elschenbroich's BBT Blog

Artist Website

www.leonard-elschenbroich.com

General Management

Mark Stephan Buhl at MS Buhl Artists Management
telephone: +43 1 524 7675
mark@msbuhl.com
www.msbuhl.com
Skype: markmsbuhl

Italy

Isabella Bertoni at International Music and Arts
telephone: +39 059 644688
isabella@international-music.it
www.international-music.it

Spain and South America

Enrique Muknik at Creatio 300
telephone: +34/94 41 58 064
emuknik@creatio300.com
www.creatio300.com

The Borletti-Buitoni Trust seemed too good to be true when I was told about it by other musicians and read about it on the internet. I was lucky to receive the BBT fellowship last year and have already made so much of it! I have spent a part of the grant on making a website, which was a very creative and ongoing process for which I am still receiving support and guidance by the BBT. The other main thing is that I have been able to contribute a part of the cost towards a great bow by Jean "Grand" Adam from 1850. I had a sponsor taking care of a large part of the cost but without the grant from the BB Trust I would not be playing it today! I am so honoured to be a part of this alumni of musicians and I know I always have someone to approach and to receive advice and guidance. With endless thanks to the incredible generosity of Ilaria and Franco Borletti-Buitoni, and the BBT-team.

Leonard Elschenbroich