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Karel Bredenhorst

Country:
Germany

City:
Lübeck

Cellist type:
performer

Performing fields:
solo, chamber, orchestra

(ex)teacher(s):
Jet van Baaren
Wouter Mijnders
Monique Bartels
Troels Svane
Paul Uyterlinde

Photo by Pamela und Wolfgang Jaafar


Karel Bredenhorst (Den Haag, 1978) took his first cello-lessons at the age of 12 with Wouter Mijnders and Jet van Baaren. Karel studied in Holland with Monique Bartels at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and with Paul Uyterlinde at the Conservatory of Enschede. In Germany Karel continued his studies with Troels Svane at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, where he graduated the soloist class with distinction.

As a recitalist and chambermusician Karel performed at the Cellofestival in Dordrecht, the International Musicians Seminar and Open Chamber Music in Prussia Cove, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, the Styrian Chamber Music festival, the Cervo Chamber Music festival and the Sommerakademie Cervo, the Amsterdam Cellobiënnale and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Karel worked together with musicians such as Sofja Gülbadamova, Midori, Gustav Rivinius, Jean Sulem, Ulf Hoelscher, Li-Wei Qin, Erich Oskar Huetter, Paul Rosenthal, Christiaan Bor, Ian Fountain, Herman van Veen and Carel Kraayenhof.

Karel had masterclasses with Marcio Carneiro, Alban Gerhardt, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Gustav Rivinius, Anner Bylsma, Gary Hoffman, Ralph Kirshbaum, Miklos Perenyi and David Geringas. In 2005 Karel was awarded the Marie-Luise Imbusch Prize.

Karel played in various orchestras like the Viotta Youthorchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, the Brabants Orchestra, at the Theater Lübeck, das Philharmonische Orchester Lübeck, the Vestjysk Symfoniorkester Esbjerg, Spira Mirabilis and the Residentie Orhestra where he worked with conductors such as Reinbert de Leeuw, Paul Goodwin, Mark Wigglesworth, Marc Soustrot, Jin Wang and Philippe Herreweghe.
Karel currently plays at the Cello8ctet Amsterdam, is a member of Cuarteto Soltango and performs regularly as The GoOzer.

Photo by Pamela und Wolfgang Jaafar


Karel won several prizes with his former string quartet En-Accord.
In 2000 En-Accord won a 2nd prize and the audience-prize at the the Princess Christina Competition and in 2001 a 3rd prize at the International Charles Hennen Chambermusic Competition. Since 2003 the quartet is studying at the NSKA (Dutch String Quartet Academy) and is frequently coached by Stefan Metz.

En-Accord participated in masterclasses with famous quartetplayers like Sandor Devich (Bartók Quartet), Milan Skampa (Smetana Quartet), Martin Lovett (Amadeus Quartet), Ferdinand Erblich (Parkanyi Quartet), Earl Carlyss (Juilliuard Quartet), Tim Vogler (Vogler Quartet), Alain Meunier (Conservatoire de Paris), Thomas Brandis (Brandis Quartet), Hugh Maguire (Allegri Quartet) and Valentin Berlinsky (Borodin Quartet).

Piazzolla - Le Grand Tango
Martin Klett, Piano


Rachmaninov Sonata - Allegro Moderato
Sofja Gülbadamova, Piano


Rachmaninov Sonata - Allegro Scherzando
Sofja Gülbadamova, Piano


Headway Acoustic Cello Pickup System
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This cellist was posted by Karel and last edited on 15 May 2012 at 1:31:41 PM.