Benedict Kloeckner

BIOGRAPHY

Studied with Martin Ostertag, Michael Sanderling and with Frans Helmerson and Gary Hoffman at the Kronberg Academy.

Performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras, such as the Royal Philharmonic, German Radio Philharmonic Orchestras, the NDR and Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestras, the Kremerata Baltica, the Munich chamber orchestra and many others.

Championed by such maestros as Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle, he performed at venues including the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York, Symphony Hall in Chicago, John. F Kennedy Center in Washington, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and others.

Plays on a cello by Francesco Rugeri (Cremona, 1680) kindly on loan to him by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.