BENEDICT KLOECKNER
Benedict Kloeckner, classe 1989, è uno dei talenti più ammirati della nuova generazione di solisti. Si esibisce in tutto il mondo come solista con orchestre di prim’ordine come la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, la German Radiophilharmonie, la MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, la NDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, la German State Philharmonic, la Russian and Polish State Orchestras, la Slovak Radio Orchestra, la Kremerata Baltica, la Camerata Oslo, le orchestre da camera di Praga, Berlino e Amsterdam nonché l’Arcos Chamber Orchestra di New York sotto la guida di rinomati direttori come Simon Gaudenz, Howard Griffiths, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Sanderling, Jan Söderblum, Clemens Schuldt e Heinrich Schiff. Appare in sale da concerto come la Filarmonica di Berlino, la Carnegie Hall di New York, il Kennedy Center di Washington,
Suona musica da camera con Emanuel Axe, Yuri Bashmet, Danae Dörken, Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Fedorova, José Gallardo, Gidon Kremer, Anne Sophie Mutter e Sir Andras Schiff ed è un gradito ospite nei festival di tutto il mondo. È vincitore di numerosi concorsi internazionali, tra cui l’International Broadcasting Union (EBU) a Bratislava, il Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann a Berlino, l’International Soloist Competition della Fondazione Animato a Zurigo, il Nicolas Firmenich Prize del Verbier Festival e il Manhattan International Music Competition New York (2016). Inoltre, nel 2008 gli è stato conferito il Premio europeo per la cultura della fondazione “Pro Europa” e il Premio per la cultura 2006 dello Stato della Renania-Palatinato.
Benedict Kloeckner lavora regolarmente con compositori contemporanei come Eric Tanguy e Wolfgang Rihm, il cui concerto per violoncello “Temptation” ha eseguito a Monaco, così come Howard Blake, che ha scritto una sonata per violoncello per lui, che collaborano su CD con Genuin the SWR e molti altri.
Le sue sei registrazioni di CD finora sono state molto apprezzate dalla stampa internazionale, sono state nominate per il German Record Critics ‘Prize e sono state create in collaborazione con artisti come Gidon Kremer, i direttori Heinrich Schiff e Michael Sanderling, i pianisti Anna Fedorova e José Gallardo, così come il compositore e pianista Howard Blake.
Dal 2014 Benedict Kloeckner è il direttore artistico del “Koblenz International Music Festival”, da lui fondato, con concerti e artisti di prim’ordine come Vilde Frang, Tianwa Yang, Boris Giltburg e la Munich and Georgian Chamber Orchestra.
Benedict Kloeckner ha goduto della sua formazione artistica come studente del Prof. M. Ostertag e all’Accademia Kronberg con il Prof. Frans Helmerson e Gary Hoffman, resa possibile dalla borsa di studio Angela Winkler . Benedict Kloeckner ha ricevuto importanti impulsi e un prezioso supporto per il suo sviluppo artistico da Gidon Kremer, Steven Isserlis, Michael Sanderling e Sir Andras Schiff.
Come vincitore del 17 ° concorso per strumenti organizzato dalla Fondazione Musikleben, è stato premiato con un violoncello da Francesco Rugeri (1680).
Benedict Kloeckner, born in 1989, is one of the most admired talents of the new generation of soloists. He performs all over the world as a soloist with world-class orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the German Radiophilharmonie, the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, the German State Philharmonic, the Russian and Polish State Orchestras, the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the Kremerata Baltica, the Camerata Oslo, the chamber orchestras of Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam as well as the Arcos Chamber Orchestra of New York under the guidance of renowned conductors such as Simon Gaudenz, Howard Griffiths, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Sanderling, Jan Söderblum, Clemens Schuldt and Heinrich Schiff. He appears in concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington,
He plays chamber music with Emanuel Ax, Yuri Bashmet, Danae Dörken, Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Fedorova, José Gallardo, Gidon Kremer, Anne Sophie Mutter and Sir Andras Schiff and is a welcome guest at festivals around the world. He is the winner of numerous international competitions, including the International Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Bratislava, the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin, the International Soloist Competition of the Animato Foundation in Zurich, the Nicolas Firmenich Prize of the Verbier Festival and the Manhattan International Music Competition New York (2016). In addition, in 2008 he was awarded the European Prize for Culture of the “Pro Europa” foundation and the 2006 Culture Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Benedict Kloeckner regularly works with contemporary composers such as Eric Tanguy and Wolfgang Rihm, whose cello concerto “Temptation” he performed in Munich, as well as Howard Blake, who wrote a cello sonata for him, who collaborate on CD with Genuin the SWR and many others.
His six CD recordings have so far been highly regarded by the international press, have been nominated for the German Record Critics’ Prize and have been created in collaboration with artists such as Gidon Kremer, conductors Heinrich Schiff and Michael Sanderling, pianists Anna Fedorova and José Gallardo, as well as the composer and pianist Howard Blake.
Since 2014 Benedict Kloeckner is the artistic director of the “Koblenz International Music Festival”, which he founded, with first-rate concerts and artists such as Vilde Frang, Tianwa Yang, Boris Giltburg and the Munich and Georgian Chamber Orchestra.
Benedict Kloeckner enjoyed his artistic training as a student of Prof. M. Ostertag and at the Kronberg Academy with Prof. Frans Helmerson and Gary Hoffman, made possible by the Angela Winkler Scholarship. Benedict Kloeckner received important impulses and invaluable support for his artistic development from Gidon Kremer, Steven Isserlis, Michael Sanderling and Sir Andras Schiff.
As winner of the 17th instrument competition organized by the Musikleben Foundation, he was awarded a cello by Francesco Rugeri (1680).
