Leonard Elschenbroich

Hailed by The New York Times as “a musician of great technical prowess, intellectual curiosity and expressive  depth”, cellist Leonard Elschenbroich has garnered a reputation as one of the most charismatic cellists of his  generation renowned for his passionate and compelling performances. He gave his Vienna Musikverein debut on tour with the Staatskapelle Dresden, his US debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, his Asian debut at Suntory Hall in Tokyo and has appeared five times in the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Leonard Elschenbroich has worked with a number of eminent conductors including Bychkov, Eschenbach, Dutoit,  Honeck, Karabits, Kitajenko, Letonja, Mena, Gardner, Tortelier and Sinaisky with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, WDR Symphon, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, NDR Hanover, Bergen Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest, Netherlands Philharmonic, Polish National Radio Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Swedish Radio Symphony and St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Further afield his performances include the Japan Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, Minnesota Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.