Claudius von Wrochem (born 24 April 1965) is a German

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Life

Born in Berlin, Wrochem studied cello with Peter Mann in Berlin from 1978 to 1984 and with in

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from 1987 to 1990. He attended

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es with George Neikrug, and

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. From 2000 to 2009, he took singing lessons with Juliane Gabriel in Berlin. He is particularly interested in

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and contemporary music. He played in the "Duo von Wrochem" with his father, the pianist , from 1983 to 2006. He devoted himself to

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as a member of the ensembles ''work in progress - Berlin'' (1991-1998) and ''UnitedBerlin'' (1995-1998). Together with his wife, the

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and

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Simone Heilgendorff, he founded the

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and classical music, mostly in changing instrumentations; he uses a cello by J. G. Thumhart, 1780, for this purpose. As improviser he works both freely and in terms of concept improvisations, often in the context of silent films, readings, exhibitions or in educational contexts. In the function of artistic director, he led the start-up phase of the IZZM (International Centre of Contemporary Music) in

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/Austria in 2009/10.

Repertoire

In addition to the standard repertoire for cello and piano and some recent duo works such as

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's ''Untitled Composition/Patterns in a Chromatic Field'', Wrochem played the Bach Suites I-V, a

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suite and solo works by

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Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...

, Ligeti and many other contemporary composers. His extensive repertoire of string quartets can be found on the homepage of the

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s in which he has been involved, more than half are with the Kairos Quartet, the others with

ensembles, duos and solo works.

Teaching activity

Since 2013 instrumental teaching in collaboration with Berlin schools using the ColorStrings methods and the principles of

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and George Neikrug. In 2010-12, Wrochem was a lecturer in Neue Musik and its mediation in ensemble practice and conceptual improvisation at the

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. He gave workshops and masterclasses at various universities in Austria and abroad (including Poland, USA, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Germany), at the

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and at the conservatories of Shanghai and Guangzhou on notation issues and

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composition. Since 2010 he has been conducting NM mediation workshops at secondary schools, often in Carinthia and sponsored by KulturKontakt Austria. He also participates to various jury such as the ''

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'' (1996),

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Prize for the Interpretation of New Music, Zeitklang 2011 - Intern. Kompositionswettbewerb f. SQ. From 1992 to 2008, he was activ as cello teacher at Berlin music schools, also in study preparation (StuVo), 2020 substituting at the Potsdam Mittelmark music school "Engelbert Humperdinck".

Recordings, productions

* 2018: ''Gans Nackt''.''Gans Nackt''
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(WERGO) * 2013: mientras ''A. Schönberg Zweites Streichquartett, mientras für Streichquartett und Sopran'' (Kairos Quartett and Angelika Luz) * 2012: Stepha Schweiger ''visionmusique'' (among others live recording of the

of ''Skira'' for flutes, accordion and cello, 1997) little salt 12012 * 2012: Knut Müller Porträt ''Thorn, Zeug'' (Streichquartette) Edition Zeitklang/

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* 2009: Jay Schwartz Porträt (''Music for five stringed instruments'') (WERGO/Deutscher Musikrat/DeutschlandRadio) * 2008:

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''Das Goldene Kalb'' Ballet for solo trumpet, voice and ensemble (Ensemble Mosaik) * 2008: Thomas Hummel ''Aus Trachila. A hyper-realistic recording – for speaker and ensemble'' (Neos 10804) * 2007: Wider den Strich – Musik in Deutschland:

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'' Fälschung'' (BMG) * 2005:

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Portrait (''Tier'' for string quartet) col legno/DeutschlandRadio * 2004: Interpretenporträt Kairos Quartett:

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(string quartets No. 1+2) Edition Zeitklang/DeutschlandRadio * 2001: Interpretenporträt Kairos Quartett with

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op. 1, Julio Estrada ''Canto mnémico'', Knut Müller ''Thorn'',

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''Sincronie'' (CD-Ersteinspielung) Edition Zeitklang/DeutschlandRadio * 2000: Ensemble UnitedBerlin: Conrado del Rosario ''Twines'', Helmut Zapf ''Abendklänge''

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* 1999: Viera Janárčeková Portrait (string quartet No. 5) / Hessische Rundfunk * 1997:

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''Canti per 13'' with the Ensemble UnitedBerlin (WERGO 6631-2) * 1997: Neue Musik in Rheinsberg Matthias Jann ''mouvement de silence'' (NCA/MA 9809838) (UnitedBerlin) * 1996: Juro Mětšk Portrait ''Canti per cello e piano, Syndrom, Kontraktion'' (Domovina-Verlag/) (UnitedBerlin) * 1996: Samples recorded for "Das virtuelle Orchester", a New Musik sound database * since 1996 numerous concert recordings: BBC London, various ORF studios, RAI (Italy), Danske Radio, Deutsches Radio Schweiz, Slovenian Radio, almost all German public broadcasters. * 1995: New Saxophone Chamber Music Kyburz Cells (col legno) (UnitedBerlin) * since 1990, studio work for theatre music, radio plays, tapes or sound installations.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrochem, Claudius von German classical cellists 1965 births Living people Musicians from Berlin