Tanja Tetzlaff (born 1973) is a German cellist. She played first as an orchestra member, but then as a soloist, a founding member of the Tetzlaff Quartet, a string quartet led by her brother

Christian Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff (born 29 April 1966) is a German violinist. Biography Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. His parents were amateur musicians and met in a church choir. He began playing the violin and piano at the age of 6, and made his concert debu ...

, and as a chamber musician. She has recorded cello concertos and chamber music, including contemporary music, and has appeared internationally.

Life

Born in

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, Tetzlaff grew up in a

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's household with three siblings. Tetzlaff studied cello with Bernhard Gmelin at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in her hometown from 1985 to 1991, and studied further at the Salzburg

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with

Heinrich Schiff Heinrich Schiff (18 November 1951 – 23 December 2016) was an Austrian cellist and conductor. Early life Heinrich Schiff was born on 18 November 1951 in Gmunden, Austria. His parents, Helga (née Riemann) and Helmut Schiff, were composers. H ...

until 1996. In 1994, she won third prize at the

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. She played as principal cellist of the

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. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the

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conducted by

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, with the

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conducted by

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, and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich. She appeared with the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. More recently, she played with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the

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, the

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, the

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, the Orchestre Nationale des Pays de la Loire, and the NHK Orchestra Tokyo. She has toured internationally in Europe, the U.S. and in Japan. She founded the Tetzlaff Quartet in 1994, a string quartet with her brother

as the first violinist, Elisabeth Kufferath and Hanna Weinmeister. She has also performed chamber music regularly with pianists including

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, Alexander Lonquich,

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and with

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who founded the

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chamber music festival in Heimbach. She has played with violinists including

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and Antje Weithaas. Tetzlaff's repertoire is wide-ranging and also includes contemporary music of the 20th and 21st centuries, such as a CD with the cello concertos by

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer and academic teacher. He is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Sa ...

and

Ernst Toch Ernst Toch (; 7 December 1887 – 1 October 1964) was an Austrian composer of classical music and film scores. He sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches to music. Biography Toch was born in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, into the family ...

. Tetzlaff is married to the violinist Florian Donderer. She plays an instrument by

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. Reprint with new introduction by Stewart Pol ...

from 1776.

Recordings

* Rautavaara: Works for Cello and Piano, with Gunilla Süssman, Ondine 2019 * Dvořák: Piano Trios No. 3 and 4, with Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, 2018Dvorak: Piano Trios No. 3 and 4
prestomusic.com 2019 * Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 / Haydn: String Quartet Op. 20, No. 3 * Brahms: The Piano Trios, with Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, Ondine 2015 * ''Mendelssohn / Berg'': Tetzlaff Quartet, CAvi 2013 * Brahms: Cello Sonatas, with Süssmann, CAvi 2013Felix Mendelssohn / Alban Berg / Quartet Op. 13 / Lyric Suite
Challenge Records * ''Rihm / Toch: Cello Concertos'', NEOS 2011

References

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