Johannes is delighted to announce that he accepted the Professorship for Cello at the “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz” in Cologne, Germany. He will offer his expertise to a very select studio with a small number of students in order to give each student his full attention, while at the same time fully maintaining his international concert schedule.
Johannes´performance of the Haydn C Major cello concerto with the NDR Radiophilharmonie and Eiving Gulberg Jensen is now available for streaming for a limited amount of time – just click here
The most established german music publication Fono Forum chose Johannes as their cover story for the march 2012 edition. In the same magazine he also got a five star review for his current Shostakovich and Britten album.
Johannes is very proud to announce his new CD featuring the Cello Concerto nr. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Brittens Cello Symphony. He partners with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne and conductor Pietari Inkinen. The official release date for Germany is the 16th of january and the 30th of january for the US. To order this CD and to listen to excerpts, please click here!
Please join the LIVE broadcast today at 8 pm german time/2 pm EST on Deutschlandradio Kultur internet live stream. Johannes plays the Hindemith Cello Concerto, together with Herbert Blomstedt conducting the Bamberger Symphoniker. To listen, and for more information, please click here.
Johannes is proud to announce the release of his latest collaborative recording – the String Trio by Alfred Schnittke, with violinist Kolja Blacher and violist Walter Küssner. For more info, please click here