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Biography
“One of the most brilliant and inquisitive artists of the new generation“
(New York Times, April 2002)
Repertoire
Equally at home in the classical/romantic repertoire as in contemporary music, Christian Tetzlaff sets standards with his interpretations of the violin concertos of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky as well as Berg, Ligeti and Shostakovich. He is particularly well-renowned for his incomparable performances of the Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas. 2005 Musical America named him “Instrumentalist of the Year”.
Orchestras / Chamber Music Partner
Christian Tetzlaff is a regular soloist at the major series of the most important US orchestras as well as the major European orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich. He also appears regularly at the major festivals such as BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Salzburg and Lucerne Festival and all major US summer festivals. He plays recitals with Leif Ove Andsnes, Alexander Lonquich and Lars Vogt and performs frequently with his string quartet.Performances in 2008/09
In the coming seasons he will continue his series of the great violin concertos with the MET Opera Orchestra/James Levine at the Carnegie Hall with the Brahms violin concerto. After a residency at the Gewandhaus Leipzig last season he is Artist in Residence with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt this season. In addition he tours with the Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen, plays with St. Cecilia Roma/Antonio Pappano in Rome and at the Gran Canaria Festival and in the Far East with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchestra Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher. Christian Tetzlaff’s premiere of the new violin concerto by Jörg Widmann is followed this season by the premiere of a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage with the London and Stockholm Philharmonics as well as with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Recordings
Christian Tetzlaff has recorded for Virgin Classics and other labels, releases including the Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Joseph Joachim, Lalo and Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos as well as Sibelius’ complete works for violin and orchestra, the Mozart Violin Concertos, Bartok Sonatas for violin and piano with Leif Ove Andsnes and the Bartok solo sonata and the three Brahms Violin Sonatas with Lars Vogt. Christian Tetzlaff received several awards for his recordings: the Diapason d’Or twice, the Edison prize, the Midem Classical Award as well as the ECHO Klassik prize and several nominations for the Grammy. His recent recording of all of Bach’s solo Sonatas and Partitas with Haenssler deserves special mention.
General
Christian Tetzlaff plays a violin by German violinmaker Peter Greiner.. He lives with his family near Frankfurt.SEASON 2008/2009
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Together with Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff supports the initiative "RHAPSODY IN SCHOOL, Musiker zum Anfassen"
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