Maria Kliegel

Cellist Maria Kliegel has been described as La Cellissima by Rostropovich: "The best cellist I have heard since Jacqueline du Pré." She has won many first prizes in national and international cello competitions and has made appearances as a soloist across the world.
Her extensive repertoire has been recorded on both album and video. With around 1 million albums sold worldwide, Maria Kliegel is the market leader in the field of cello literature. Above all, she has made a name for herself through her untiring commitment to contemporary music, which includes world premieres and recordings of works by, among others, Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina as well as Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann's Hommage à Nelson Mandela. She has also been a jury member in many competitions and is known for her active involvement in music education. Since 1986 Maria Kliegel has been teaching a master class at the Cologne University of Music.
In Schott Master Class Cello, her multimedia book and DVD project published in 2006, she explores completely new paths for learning how to play the instrument. Since 2010 the English version Using Technique and Imagination to Achieve Artistic Expression is sold worldwide.
Maria Kliegel plays a cello by Carlo Tononi, ca.1730, Venice.
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