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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Bruns > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Bruns.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bruns > Source revision: 1344333167 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German cellist and university professor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Peter Bruns | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | occupation = Cellist, Professor | instrument = Cello | genre = Classical | years_active = 1980s–present | associated_acts = Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden Piano Trio, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig | website = }} '''Peter Bruns''' (born 1963) is a German [cellist](/source/Cello) and university professor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Bruns-Peter.htm|title = Peter Bruns (Cello) - Short Biography}} == Biography == Bruns was born in Berlin. At the age of nine he began to play cello. After his studies at the Berlin [Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_%22Hanns_Eisler%22) with [Peter Vogler](/source/Peter_Vogler) Bruns became the first solo cellist at the [Staatskapelle Dresden](/source/Staatskapelle_Dresden). Bruns has performed at solo concerts around the world, including the Berlin and [Dresden Music Festival](/source/Dresden_Music_Festival)s, the Budapest Spring Festival, the [Berlin Philharmonic](/source/Berlin_Philharmonic), the Dresden [Semperoper](/source/Semperoper), New York [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall), London [Wigmore Hall](/source/Wigmore_Hall), Tokyo and Hong Kong. He has worked with major orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Dresden, the [MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra](/source/MDR_Leipzig_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra) and the [Konzerthausorchester Berlin](/source/Konzerthausorchester_Berlin). In 1990 Bruns founded the Dresden Piano Trio together with Kai Vogler{{cite web | title=Bio | website=Kai Vogler | url=http://www.kaivogler.de/bio.htm | language=de | access-date=15 January 2021}} and Roglit Ishay.{{cite web | title=About Me | website=Roglit Ishay | date=22 May 2016 | url=https://www.roglitishay.com/about-roglit-ishay/ | access-date=15 January 2021}} The ensemble performed at concerts all over Europe. From 1993 to 2000 Bruns was one of the artistic directors of the {{Ill|Moritzburg Festival|de}}. Between 1998 and 2005 he was professor at the [Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Carl_Maria_von_Weber) and since 2005 at the [University of Music and Theatre Leipzig](/source/University_of_Music_and_Theatre_Leipzig).{{cite web | title=Peter Bruns | website=Saitenspiel – Kammermusik in der Historischen Stadthalle Wuppertal | date=16 June 2015 | url=https://saitenspiele.eu/peter-bruns/ | language=de | access-date=15 January 2021}}{{cite web | title=Bruns, Prof. Peter | website=Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb | date=3 December 2018 | url=https://www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de/bruns-prof-peter/ | language=de | access-date=15 January 2021}} Bruns has been principal guest conductor of the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig{{cite web | title="Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig" | website=Peter Bruns en | url=https://www.peterbruns.de/index.php/mendelssohn-chamber-orchestra-leipzig.html | access-date=15 January 2021 | archive-date=28 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928082908/https://www.peterbruns.de/index.php/mendelssohn-chamber-orchestra-leipzig.html | url-status=dead }} since 2006. There are numerous radio and CD recordings of Bruns, including complete recordings of the six [Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach)'s suites, the [Brahms](/source/Brahms)' sonatas, the works of [Gabriel Fauré](/source/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9) and [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann). [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach](/source/Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach)'s concerto in A minor,{{cite web | title=Cello Concerto in A minor, H.432 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel) | website=IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download | url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Cello_Concerto_in_A_minor,_H.432_(Bach,_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) | access-date=15 January 2021}} recorded together with the [Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin](/source/Akademie_f%C3%BCr_Alte_Musik_Berlin) was awarded the Cannes Classical Award "Best CD of the Year" in 2001. The cellist produced recordings together with other renowned orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Dresden, the [Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester](/source/Berliner_Sinfonie-Orchester) and the Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig. Bruns plays on a [Tononi](/source/Carlo_Annibale_Tononi) cello dated 1730, the "Ex Pablo Casals".{{cite web | title=Peter Bruns – Sterben | website=Montforter Zwischentöne | date=26 May 2013 | url=https://www.montforter-zwischentoene.at/sterben/interpreten/peter-bruns/ | language=de | access-date=15 January 2021}} == Discography == * [Charles-Marie Widor](/source/Charles-Marie_Widor): Suite Op. 21. [Hänssler](/source/H%C3%A4nssler_Verlag) Classic CD 98.294 * [Charles Koechlin](/source/Charles_Koechlin): Chansons bretonnes Op. 115. Hänssler Classic CD 98.258 * [Joseph Haydn](/source/Joseph_Haydn) / [Edisson Denissow](/source/Edisson_Denissow): cello concertos. Hänssler Classic CD 98.477 * [Antonín Dvořák](/source/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k) / [Josef Suk](/source/Josef_Suk_(composer)): Works for cello and orchestra. Hänssler Classic CD 98.478 * [Franz Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert) / [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann): Works for cello & piano. Hänssler Classic CD 98.464 * [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach](/source/Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach): Concerto in A-minor. [Harmonia Mundi](/source/Harmonia_Mundi) France CD: HMC 901711 * [Ernest Bloch](/source/Ernest_Bloch): Works for cello. Opus 111 OPS 30–232 * [Gabriel Fauré](/source/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9): Complete works for Cello and Piano. Opus 111 OPS 30–242 * [Johann Sebastian Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach): 6 Suites for Cello solo. Opus 111 OPS 30-176/77 * [Johannes Brahms](/source/Johannes_Brahms): Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in E minor Opus. 38, Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in F major op. 99. Opus 111 OPS 30–144 * [Max Bruch](/source/Max_Bruch) / [Dmitri Shostakovich](/source/Dmitri_Shostakovich): [Kol Nidrei](/source/Kol_Nidrei_(Bruch)) Op. 47; Concerto for cello and orchestra No.2 Opus 126. Berlin Classics 0120012BC == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{DNB portal|129261823|NAME=Peter Bruns}} * [http://www.peterbruns.de Offizielle Homepage] * [http://www.hmt-leipzig.de/index.php?id=502,0,0,1,0,0&ma_id=1335 Peter Bruns at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig] * {{Discogs artist}} {{Portal bar|Classical music|Germany}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruns, Peter}} Category:German classical cellists Category:Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Berlin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Bruns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bruns) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bruns?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.