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«One of the most brilliant and inquisitive artists of the new generation». New York Times April 2002. Equally at home in the classical/romantic repertoire as in contemporary music, Christian Tetzlaff sets standards with his interpretations of the violin concertos of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky as well as Berg, Ligeti and Shostakovich. He is particularly well-renowned for his incomparable performances of the Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas. 2005 Musical America named him “Instrumentalist of the Year”.
He tours with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Detusches Symphonie Orchestra Berlin. Christian Tetzlaff premieres new violin concertos by Jörg Widmann and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
He is a regular soloist at the major series of the most important US orchestras as well as the major European orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich. He can also be seen at major festivals such as Bbc Proms, Edinburgh and Lucerne Festival and all major US summer festivals. He plays recitals with Leif Ove Andsnes, Alexander Lonquich and Lars Vogt and performs frequently with his string quartet.
Christian Tetzlaff has recorded for Virgin Classics and other labels, releases include the Dvorak, Lalo, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Violin Concertos, Sibelius’ complete works for violin and orchestra, the Mozart Violin Concertos, Bartok Sonatas for violin and piano with Leif Ove Andsnes and the Bartok solo Sonata as well as the three Brahms Violin Sonatas with Lars Vogt. Christian Tetzlaff received several awards for his recordings. The “Diapason d’Or” two times, the “Edison” prize, the “Midem Classical Award” as well as the “Echo Klassik” prize and several nominations for the “Grammy”. A new recording of Bach’s solo Sonatas and Partitas was released in March 2007 and a Virgin recording of the Violin Concertos of Brahms and Joseph Joachim followed in 2008.
Born in Hamburg in 1966, Christian Tetzlaff studied at the Lübeck Conservatory with Uwe-Martin Haiberg and in Cincinnati with Walter Levin. He now lives near Frankfurt.
Christian Tetzlaff plays a violin by German violinmaker, Peter Greiner.
He performed at Stresa Festival in 1997 and 2002.