Johannes Moser
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Johannes Moser is a German
cellist.
He has been hailed as “greatly gifted” by the Chicago Tribune
, and the Los Angeles Times
described him as an “imaginative soloist . . . finding internal conversations, lyrical insights and even humor in the solo part.”
Moser has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic and Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin. He works regularly with conductors of the highest level including Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Jurowski, Franz Welser-Möst, Christian Thielemann, Pierre Boulez, Krzysztof Penderecki, Neeme Jarvi and Paavo Jarvi.
His North American schedule for 2008-2009 included a return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt and debuts with the Toronto Symphony with Gunther Herbig, St. Louis Symphony with Ed Gardner, Cincinnati Symphony with Alan Gilbert, and Seattle Symphony with Gerard Schwarz. He returned to New York and Chicago for recital appearances at Lincoln Center and the University of Chicago. This season also sees his third tour of Japan and engagements with the Israel Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Scottish, RTÉ National Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Essen Philharmoniker. In Fall 2009, Moser made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and Bucharest under the baton of Mariss Jansons.
Last season, in addition to return performances with the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Moser made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst at the Blossom Festival, where the Cleveland Plain Dealer said he “played with agile brilliance and vast expressive character.“ In Spring 2008, he played chamber concerts with Midori and friends at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, and in summer 2008, he joined Midori and Jonathan Biss on a tour of trio concerts in Europe.
Other highlights of previous seasons include appearances with the Vancouver Symphony, Colorado Symphony, SWR Stuttgart, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Saarbrücken, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Malmo Symphony Orchestra and a tour of Italy with Riccardo Muti and the Cherubini Orchestra. Moser has performed at many festivals including the Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
, Gstaad Festival, Kissinger Summer Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival
, as well as the Colorado Music Festival
and Brevard Music Festival.
Born in Munich in 1979 as a dual citizen of Germany and Canada, Johannes began studying the cello at the age of eight and became a student of Professor David Geringas in 1997. He won first prize in the 2000 Davidoff Competition in Riga, the 2001 Mendelssohn competition in Berlin and was the top prize winner at the 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition, in addition to being awarded the Special Prize for his interpretation of the Rococo Variations
.
Moser has received two ECHO Klassik awards for his recordings on Hänssler Classics. Released in 2006, his first disc of sonatas by Shostakovich, Weinberg and Boris Tchaikovsky won an ECHO Klassik 2007 award for Young Artist. He received his second ECHO Klassik award in 2008 as Instrumentalist of the Year for his Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. I album of sonatas by Brahms, Fuchs and Zemlinsky. That recording was followed by Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. II, an album of Strauss, Herzogenberg and more Brahms. Johannes’ much-anticipated concerto debut disc, which features the complete works of Saint-Saëns for cello and orchestra with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, was released in Fall 2008.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
cellist.
He has been hailed as “greatly gifted” by the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, and the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
described him as an “imaginative soloist . . . finding internal conversations, lyrical insights and even humor in the solo part.”
Moser has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic and Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin. He works regularly with conductors of the highest level including Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Jurowski, Franz Welser-Möst, Christian Thielemann, Pierre Boulez, Krzysztof Penderecki, Neeme Jarvi and Paavo Jarvi.
His North American schedule for 2008-2009 included a return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt and debuts with the Toronto Symphony with Gunther Herbig, St. Louis Symphony with Ed Gardner, Cincinnati Symphony with Alan Gilbert, and Seattle Symphony with Gerard Schwarz. He returned to New York and Chicago for recital appearances at Lincoln Center and the University of Chicago. This season also sees his third tour of Japan and engagements with the Israel Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Scottish, RTÉ National Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Essen Philharmoniker. In Fall 2009, Moser made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and Bucharest under the baton of Mariss Jansons.
Last season, in addition to return performances with the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Moser made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst at the Blossom Festival, where the Cleveland Plain Dealer said he “played with agile brilliance and vast expressive character.“ In Spring 2008, he played chamber concerts with Midori and friends at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, and in summer 2008, he joined Midori and Jonathan Biss on a tour of trio concerts in Europe.
Other highlights of previous seasons include appearances with the Vancouver Symphony, Colorado Symphony, SWR Stuttgart, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Saarbrücken, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Malmo Symphony Orchestra and a tour of Italy with Riccardo Muti and the Cherubini Orchestra. Moser has performed at many festivals including the Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....
, Gstaad Festival, Kissinger Summer Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival
Rheingau Musik Festival
The Rheingau Musik Festival is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres...
, as well as the Colorado Music Festival
Colorado Music Festival
The Colorado Music Festival is a classical music festival in Boulder, Colorado. It was founded in 1976 by the Vienna-born conductor and violinist, Giora Bernstein and presents an annual summer season of concerts in Boulder's Chautauqua Auditorium performed by the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra...
and Brevard Music Festival.
Born in Munich in 1979 as a dual citizen of Germany and Canada, Johannes began studying the cello at the age of eight and became a student of Professor David Geringas in 1997. He won first prize in the 2000 Davidoff Competition in Riga, the 2001 Mendelssohn competition in Berlin and was the top prize winner at the 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition, in addition to being awarded the Special Prize for his interpretation of the Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations may refer to:*Variations on a Rococo Theme by Tchaikovsky*Rococo Variations by Christopher Wheeldon made to the Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme...
.
Moser has received two ECHO Klassik awards for his recordings on Hänssler Classics. Released in 2006, his first disc of sonatas by Shostakovich, Weinberg and Boris Tchaikovsky won an ECHO Klassik 2007 award for Young Artist. He received his second ECHO Klassik award in 2008 as Instrumentalist of the Year for his Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. I album of sonatas by Brahms, Fuchs and Zemlinsky. That recording was followed by Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. II, an album of Strauss, Herzogenberg and more Brahms. Johannes’ much-anticipated concerto debut disc, which features the complete works of Saint-Saëns for cello and orchestra with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, was released in Fall 2008.