Underwriter: Martha Jefferson House

Children’s Concert Principal Underwriter: BAMA Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

Program

Brahms	Sonata in E Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38
Schubert	Arpeggione Sonata for Cello and Piano
Shostakovich	Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40

“The magnetic young German cellist Daniel Mueller-Schott administered a dose of adrenaline…, 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…” The New York Times

Artist Biographies

With astonishing speed, Daniel Mueller-Schott has shot into the top echelon of cellists in the world today. Technically impeccable, with charisma to burn, he electrifies audiences like a rock star. Characteristic of his style are a constant quest for new repertoire and an authentic, yet invigoratingly fresh approach to the old.

As a soloist, Mr. Mueller-Schott has appeared with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Israel Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, London Philharmonia, Netherlands Philharmonic, NDR Orchestra/Hamburg, New Japan Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Paris, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Seville Symphony, and the Warsaw National Philharmonia. Among the renowned conductors with whom he has collaborated are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Gielen, Alan Gilbert, Hartmut Haenchen, Marek Janowski, Armin Jordan, James Judd, Michael Jurowski, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Yakov Kreizberg, Kurt Masur, Gianandrea Noseda, Sakari Oramo, Christoph Poppen, Sir André Previn, Peter Ruzicka, and Mario Venzago.

In 2007, Daniel Mueller-Schott made guest appearances in many European countries as well as in the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia. Highlights include his Boston Symphony debut at Tanglewood under Sir André Previn and debut appearances at the Heidelberger Frühling, the Moritzburg Festival and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. He will also play the Ligeti Cello Concerto with the NDR Symphony Orchestra under Peter Ruzicka at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Other recent solo engagements include performances with the Bilbao Symphony (Michail Jurowski), Charleston Symphony (David Stahl), NDR Symphony Orchestra (Peter Ruzicka), Oslo Philharmonic (Arvid Engregard), Royal Flemish Philharmonic (Gerard Korsten), Santa Barbara Symphony (Grant Llewellyn), and the Utah Symphony (Keith Lockhart).

In 2008, Mr. Mueller-Schott’s engagements include a tour throughout Europe with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as well as performances with the Iceland Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and the Vienna Symphony at the Musikverein under Yakov Kreizberg. In addition, there will be recital and orchestral tours in Japan with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, in Spain with the Castilla y León Symphony, in Germany with the Kammerphilharmonie/Potsdam (with violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Martin Helmchen), and in various European countries with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio.

Also looking forward to a busy season as recitalist and chamber musician, Daniel Mueller-Schott will be appearing at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, the Musikhalle in Hamburg, the Munich Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall in London, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vancouver Recital Society and the Tonhalle in Zürich. His chamber music partners include Sir André Previn, Renaud Capuçon, Julia Fischer, Jonathan Gilad, Angela Hewitt, Steven Isserlis, Robert Kulek, Olli
Mustonen, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Denys Proshayev, Vadim Repin, Christian Tetzlaff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Vogler Quartet and Lars Vogt. He appears regularly at international music festivals such as the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival and the City of London Festival, as well as those in Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Schwetzingen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lucerne, and Ravinia.

Because of his life-long love for the music of J.S. Bach, Mr. Mueller-Schott chose the Six Suites for Solo Cello for his first recording (Glissando Records). Since then, he has made numerous highly acclaimed recordings for several well-known labels and works closely with the Orfeo label. His CD with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, which presents his own arrangements of Haydn’s cello concertos and Beethoven’s violin romances, was awarded the highest possible ratings by Gramophone, Fono Forum and Luister magazines. For his recording of the cello concertos by Elgar and Walton with the Oslo Philharmonic under Sir André Previn (Orfeo), he was awarded the Vierteljahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Recently released recordings include a DVD of the Mozart Piano Trio with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Sir André Previn (Deutsche Grammophon); the Shostakovich cello concertos with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg (Orfeo); the Brahms Double Concerto with Julia Fischer and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, also under Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone); and Bach’s Gamba Sonatas with Angela Hewitt (Orfeo). In connection with the Bach Gamba Sonatas recording, Mr. Mueller-Schott will appear with Angela Hewitt in concerts around the world during the next two years.

Daniel Mueller-Schott plays the Saphir ex-Shapiro Matteo Goffriller cello made in Venice in 1727. He 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, Mr. Mueller-Schott lives in his hometown of Munich. A sports enthusiast, he is also extremely interested in art. The way 19th century French painters handle color and light is a constant source of fascination and inspiration.

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