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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, III
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Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, I
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Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A, Op. 69, II
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Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, III
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Previn: Cello Concerto, III
“The magnetic young German cellist Daniel Mueller-Schott administered a dose of adrenaline with a compelling performance of Haydn’s Concerto in C. Mr. Mueller-Schott, a fearless player with technique to burn, made child’s play of the work’s difficulties. But even more impressive were his gorgeous, plush tone and his meticulous attention to expression…”
Boston Symphony Orchestra
NEW YORK TIMES
One of the finest cellists in the world today, Daniel Müller-Schott electrifies audiences everywhere with his cool passion and sheer technical brilliance. Often cited for insightful and imaginative interpretations of the standard repertoire, he is also deeply committed to and fluent in the music of our time.
In North America, Mr. Müller-Schott has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony, Boston Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic (Hollywood Bowl), Minnesota Orchestra, New World Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Oregon Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and the Vancouver Symphony. Upcoming debuts include the symphonies of Fort Worth, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Phoenix, Seattle, and the National Symphony in Washington, D.C.
Worldwide, Mr. Müller-Schott has performed with the BBC Symphony (London), RSO/Berlin, Birmingham Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Czech Philharmonic, Göteborg Symphony, NDR/Hamburg, RSO/Hamburg, London Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paolo, Oslo Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Spanish National Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony and the Vienna Symphony. His numerous festival appearances include Aspen, Chamber Music Vancouver, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Vail, City of London, Lucerne, Rheingau, Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Schwetzingen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Among the renowned conductors with whom he has collaborated are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Gielen, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Yakov Kreizberg, Kurt Masur, Gianandrea Noseda, Sakari Oramo, and Sir André Previn.
An enthusiastic recitalist, Daniel Müller-Schott appears regularly in many of the world’s great venues, among them the Munich Philharmonie, Salzburg Mozarteum, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vancouver Recital Society and the Zurich Tonhalle. Also an avid chamber musician, Mr. Müller-Schott has collaborated with Sir André Previn, Renaud Capuçon, Julia Fischer, Jonathan Gilad, Steven Isserlis, Robert Kulek, Olli Mustonen, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christian Tetzlaff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lars Vogt and the Ebène and Vogler quartets. He has also appeared and recorded extensively with Canadian pianist, Angela Hewitt.
Because of his life-long devotion to the music of J.S. Bach, Daniel Müller-Schott chose the six solo cello suites for his first recording (Glissando Records). Since then, he has created a comprehensive discography on Orfeo, Deutsche Grammophon, Pentatone and EMI Classics. His recordings have won several awards, including the Gramophon “Editor’s Choice,” the Strad “Selection” and the Vierteljahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. A CD of the Shostakovich cello concertos was released on Orfeo in the summer of 2008 to great acclaim with the orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk under Yakov Kreizberg. Also on Orfeo, a new disc of the cello concertos of Schumann and Volkmann, recorded with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg under Christoph Eschenbach, will be released in the autumn of 2009.
Mr. Müller-Schott studied under Walter Nothas, Heinrich Schiff and Steven Isserlis. At the age of fifteen, he received worldwide acclaim by taking first prize at Moscow’s International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. More recently, he has benefited from the personal sponsorship and support of Anne-Sophie Mutter as the holder of a scholarship from her foundation.
Born in 1976, Daniel Müller-Schott lives in his hometown of Munich. He plays the Saphir ex-Shapiro Matteo Goffriller cello made in Venice in 1727.
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