Bruno Delepelaire,

»Ich erinnere mich noch sehr gut an mein erstes Konzert mit den Berliner Philharmonikern. Damals war ich Stipendiat der Orchester-Akademie und wir spielten Beethovens Dritte Symphonie unter Bernard Haitink. Die Energie, die von dem Orchester ausging, war unglaublich. Ich fühlte mich sofort von dieser Energie mitgerissen. Es war ein Traum! Für meine Zeit in der Orchester-Akademie bin ich sehr dankbar. Ich lernte von Anfang an, mich an den besonderen Klang der Philharmoniker anzupassen.«

Regardless of whether Bruno Delepelaire brings the cello repertoire to life “with clarity and fire” (Der Tagesspiegel) or reaches undreamed-of realms of expression with deep introspection, the Paris-born musician, who studied in his native city and in Berlin, “plays so beautifully, it can bring one to tears” (Berliner Morgenpost). He has been first principal cellist of the Berliner Philharmoniker since November 2013, but he already played in the orchestra before that: “I still remember my first concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker very well. I was a scholar at the Karajan Academy at that time, and we played Beethoven’s Third Symphony under Bernard Haitink. The energy emanating from the orchestra was incredible. I immediately felt swept away – it was a dream!”

Only a few months after his appointment, Bruno Delepelaire played the solo cello part in Strauss’s Don Quixote with the orchestra, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Since then, he has appeared several times as soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker – in such varied works as Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 and John Williams’s Elegy for Cello and Orchestra. Bruno Delepelaire, who also appears frequently as a guest with other orchestras, has won prestigious awards, both as a soloist and with his string quartet Quatuor Cavatine. He also performs as a chamber musician in the Berlin Piano Quartet and with the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.

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