Michael Sanderling

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Michael Sanderling (born 21 February 1967) is a German conductor and violoncellist.

Biography

Born in East Berlin, Michael Sanderling is the son of the contrabassist Barbara Wagner and the conductor Kurt Sanderling. He received his first cello lessons at age five in Berlin. At age eleven, he became a student of Matthias Pfaender at the Spezialschule für Musik Berlin. The 17-year-old Sanderling was accepted at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and studied with Josef Schwab. He took further lessons with William Pleeth, Yo-Yo Ma, Gary Hoffmann and Lynn Harrell. In 1987, he won a 1st prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition. The same year, after his debut as a soloist, he was engaged as solo cellist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra where he stayed until 1992. From 1994 to 2006, he was guest solo cellist at the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin). From 1994 to 1998, he was an academic at his alma mater in Berlin. In 1998, he started teaching at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Between 2000 and 2003, he was also a professor at Hochschule der Künste Bern. He was a member of the Trio Ex Aequo from 1988 to 1996. Sanderling ended his career as a cello soloist in 2010, to focus on teaching and conducting.Süße-Krause, Uta and Eggebrecht, Harald (2009). Cellisten Cellists, p. 189. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg. {{ISBN|978-3-86568-540-7}}.

Sanderling made his debut as a conductor with the Kammerorchester Berlin on 25 November 2000. In 2003, he became principal conductor of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, and held the post through 2013. From 2006 to 2010, Sanderling was principal conductor and artistic director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam.Roessler, Antje, "Michael Sanderling sagt Potsdam Ade". Maerkische Allgemeine, Potsdam, 17 May 2010. In 2009, Sony released a CD of works by Dmitri Shostakovich with the Kammerakademie Potsdam and Sanderling.

In 2010, the Dresden Philharmonic appointed Sanderling as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2011–2012 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite news | url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/musik/article10532110/Michael-Sanderling-wird-neuer-Chef-der-Philharmonie.html | title=Michael Sanderling wird neuer Chef der Philharmonie | work=Welt | date=25 October 2010 | accessdate=25 May 2020}} In October 2013, the orchestra announced the extension of Sanderling's contract as principal conductor through the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | title=Sanderling bis 2019 Chefdirigent der Dresdner Philharmonie | url=http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/sanderling-bis-2019-chefdirigent-der-dresdner-philharmonie-2682211.html | work=Sächsische Zeitung | date=10 October 2013 | accessdate=25 May 2020}} In November 2016, Sanderling announced, via a letter to the mayor of Dresden, his intention to stand down as chief conductor of the orchestra after the end of his contract in 2019, in protest at learning of proposed culture budget reductions via media reports instead of being informed directly from the civic authorities.{{cite news | author=Thomas Baumann-Hartwig | title=Chefdirigent der Dresdner Philharmonie schmeißt hin | url=http://www.dnn.de/Kultur/Kultur-News/Chefdirigent-der-Dresdner-Philharmonie-schmeisst-hin | work=Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten | date=27 November 2016 | accessdate=25 May 2020}}

In 2010, Sanderling first guest-conducted the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. In November 2019, the orchestra announced the appointment of Sanderling as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season.{{cite news | title=Michael Sanderling wird Chefdirigent des Luzerner Sinfonieorchesters | url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/michael-sanderling-wird-chefdirigent-des-luzerner-sinfonieorchesters-ld.1523581 | work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | date=21 November 2019 | accessdate=25 May 2020}}

Selected discography

Balada: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 "New Orleans" - Colman Pearce, Barcelona Symphony & Catalonia National Orchestra (2003, Naxos)
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies – Kammerakademie Potsdam (2008, Sony Music Entertainment)
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons / Bartók: Transylvanian Dances & Romanian Folk Dances – Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie (2010, Genuine Classics)
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande / Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (suite) – Dresdner Philharmonie (2012, Genuine Classics)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto – Daniel Müller-Schott, NDR Sinfonieorchester (2014, ORFEO)
Beethoven: Symphonies – Dresdner Philharmonie (2018, Sony Music Entertainment)
Shostakovich: Symphonies – Dresdner Philharmonie (2019, Sony Music Entertainment)
Brahms: Symphonies – Lucerne Symphony Orchestra (2023, Warner Classics)

References

External links

[https://michaelsanderling.de Official website of Michael Sanderling]
[https://www.thomvoigt.com/ Website of Michael Sanderling's Management]
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{{succession box | title=Chief Conductor, Dresden Philharmonic | before=Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | years=2011-2019 | after=Marek Janowski}}

{{succession box | title=Chief Conductor, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra | before=James Gaffigan | years=2021–present | after=incumbent}}

Category:1967 births

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Category:German classical cellists

Category:German male conductors (music)

Category:Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin alumni

Category:German people of Jewish descent

Category:Musicians from Berlin

Category:21st-century German conductors (music)

Category:21st-century German male musicians

Category:Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin