The renowned cellist Tanja Tetzlaff has been a professor at the Bremen University of the Arts since April 1, 2024.

At her inaugural concert on Thursday, December 5, she will perform works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Ludwig van Beethoven as well as a solo work by Thorsten Encke, “Black Ice” for Cello and Tape (2018/20). She will be accompanied on the piano by Martin Stadtfeld (Professor of Piano at the HfK Bremen).

Tanja Tetzlaff has a wealth of experience as a soloist and chamber musician. She is familiar to audiences in Bremen through her engagement with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

One of Tanja Tetzlaff's special qualities is her exceptionally broad repertoire. In addition to the major concertos of the standard cello repertoire, she is particularly fond of the cello concertos by Unsuk Chin, Witold Lutosławski, Jörg Widmann, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and the double concerto for cello & percussion by Rolf Wallin. Tetzlaff is an enthusiastic string quartet and piano trio player and regularly performs at chamber music festivals.

In addition to presenting classical music, it is also important to Tetzlaff to incorporate other art forms into her work and to address current events. The topic of sustainability is particularly important to her. For her commitment to bringing the issues of nature conservation and climate change into the concert hall, she was appointed a lifetime ambassador by the "Orchestra of Change".

The artistic openness, creative power and social role that the HfK Bremen plays as an art and music university have convinced the cellist, among other things, to become a professor in Bremen, where she will promote music education and imparting knowledge, thus shaping future generations of musicians:

"I am overjoyed to be taking on this wonderful task in my home town and look forward to building up an energetic and versatile cello class as well as supervising the chamber music department! I'm really looking forward to getting to know the students", said Tetzlaff.

Admission is free.

Violoncello Studio Concert - Class Prof. Tanja Tetzlaff

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