Maria Kliegel

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Biography

Born: November 14, 1952; Essen, Germany  
Finding her career expending quickly after winning the 1981 Concours Rostropovich in Paris, Maria Kliegel achieved celebrity for both her commanding live performances and her extensive discography on the Naxos label. Her repertory is wide and varied, embracing compositions of her own time as well as standard works from the Baroque period forward. She has lived up to Mstislav Rostropovich's assessment: "the best cellist I've heard since Jacqueline Read more du Pré."

After undertaking studies with Janos Starker at Indiana University, Kliegel began winning first prizes in several competitions in America and Europe, including the First German Music Competition, and was chosen for the Concerts with Young Artists program. After enjoying the publicity that followed her first prize in the Rostropovich competition, she began touring and was accompanied by Rostropovich himself. Her attractive appearance brought offers of television appearances, and by 1990 her recording of Alfred Schnittke's first cello concerto brought acknowledgement from the composer himself that hers was a definitive interpretation. For Naxos, Kliegel has recorded most of the core cello repertory, becoming in the process a leading cellist in worldwide sales. The concertos of Beethoven, Bloch, Brahms, Bruch, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Saint-Saëns, Shostakovich, Schumann, Tavener, and Tchaikovsky have all been preserved on disc, as have numerous chamber works by such composers as Gubaydulina, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Schubert. Several of these recordings were honored as editor's choices. Another major recording project has been the complete Haydn concertos with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. Beginning in 1986, Kliegel has conducted master classes at the Cologne Music Academy. In 1999, she participated in two events honoring the 75th birthday of her teacher Janos Starker. The first took place in Kronberg at the International Cello Academy; the second was held at Indiana University, where she performed with the Indiana University Philharmonic directed by Rostropovich. Kliegel performs on the ex-Gendron Stradivarius of 1693 owned for three decades by Maurice Gendron. In addition to her concert performances and recording projects, Kliegel has won acknowledgement for her broader services to music. In 1998 she was appointed a board member of the Deutscher Musikrat; she was also awarded the North-Rhine Westphalia Order of Merit. Read less

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Onslow: Cello Sonatas / Maria Kliegel
Onslow: Cello Sonatas / Maria Kliegel
Release Date: 02/26/2013   Label: Naxos  
Catalog: 8572830   Number of Discs: 1
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    Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works [17 CD-Set]
    Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works [17 CD-Set]
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8501702 Release Date: 05/28/2013   Number of Discs: 17
    Composer:  Antonín Dvorák
    Performer:  Jénö Jandó,  Ilya Kaler,  Alexander Trostiansky,  Maria Kliegel  ... 
    Conductor:  Stephen Gunzenhauser,  Antoni Wit,  Camilla Kolchinsky,  Dmitry Yablonsky  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra,  Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    The Complete Beethoven: Symphonies; Concertos; Overtures [12-CD Set]
    The Complete Beethoven: Symphonies; Concertos; Overtures [12-CD Set]
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8501204 Release Date: 04/30/2013   Number of Discs: 12
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Stefan Vladar,  Claire Rutter,  Matilde Wallevik,  Marta Fontanals-Simmons  ... 
    Conductor:  Béla Drahos,  Barry Wordsworth,  Stephen Gunzenhauser,  Kenneth Jean
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    Onslow: Cello Sonatas / Maria Kliegel
    Onslow: Cello Sonatas / Maria Kliegel
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8572830 Release Date: 02/26/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Georges Onslow
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel,  Nina Tichman
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    My First Tchaikovsky Album
    My First Tchaikovsky Album
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8578214 Release Date: 03/27/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer:  Oxana Yablonskaya,  Maria Kliegel,  Joseph Banowetz,  Ilona Prunyi  ... 
    Conductor:  Michael Halász,  Philippe Entremont,  Gerhard Markson,  Ondrej Lenárd  ... 
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    Schumann: Cello Sonatas / Maria Kliegel, Francesco Piemontesi
    Schumann: Cello Sonatas / Maria Kliegel, Francesco Piemontesi
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8572314 Release Date: 02/22/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Camillo Schumann
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel,  Francesco Piemontesi
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    Maria Kliegel - Cello Master Class
    Maria Kliegel - Cello Master Class
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 2110280-81 Release Date: 12/14/2010   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Franz Joseph Haydn,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Robert Schumann
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel
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    Beethoven: Piano Trios No 4 & 8 / Hausmann, Kliegel, Tichman
    Beethoven: Piano Trios No 4 & 8 / Hausmann, Kliegel, Tichman
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8570943 Release Date: 05/25/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel,  Ib Hausmann,  Nina Tichman
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    Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 2
    Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 2
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8572379 Release Date: 05/25/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giovanni Battist Martini,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Christian Pezold,  Antonín Dvorák  ... 
    Performer:  Terence Dennis,  Takako Nishizaki,  János Sebestyén,  Maria Kliegel
    Conductor:  Jaroslav Dvorák
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Capella Istropolitana
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    Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 4
    Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 4
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8572381 Release Date: 05/25/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Carl Maria von Weber,  Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf  ... 
    Performer:  Takako Nishizaki,  Maria Kliegel,  Terence Dennis,  Alexander Jablokov
    Conductor:  Peter Walls,  Oliver von Dohnányi
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    Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 6
    Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 6
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8572383 Release Date: 05/25/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Arcangelo Corelli,  George Frideric Handel,  Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer:  Takako Nishizaki,  Terence Dennis,  Maria Kliegel,  Lucy Van Dael  ... 
    Conductor:  Jaroslav Krcek
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    Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol 3 / Xyrion Trio
    Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol 3 / Xyrion Trio
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8570255 Release Date: 06/30/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Ida Bieler,  Maria Kliegel,  Nina Tichman
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Xyrion Trio
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    Haydn: The Complete Concertos / Müller-Brühl, Cologne CO
    Haydn: The Complete Concertos / Müller-Brühl, Cologne CO
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8506019 Release Date: 04/28/2009   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer:  Christian Hommel,  Benoît Fromanger,  Philipp Spatling,  Daniel Rothert  ... 
    Conductor:  Helmut Müller-Brühl
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cologne Chamber Orchestra
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    Fauré: Cello Sonatas / Kliegel, Tichman
    Fauré: Cello Sonatas / Kliegel, Tichman
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8557889 Release Date: 05/27/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gabriel Fauré
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel,  Nina Tichman
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    Of Beauty & Light - The Music Of Philip Glass
    Of Beauty & Light - The Music Of Philip Glass
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8504040 Release Date: 03/25/2008   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Philip Glass,  John Adams,  Charles Wuorinen,  Hans Werner Henze  ... 
    Performer:  Nathan Gunn,  Adele Anthony,  Peter Sheppard Skaerved,  Aaron Shorr  ... 
    Conductor:  Takuo Yuasa,  Marin Alsop,  Tamás Benedek,  Hannu Lintu  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ulster Orchestra,  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,  Group for Contemporary Music  ... 
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    The Silence Of Being - The Music Of Arvo Pärt
    The Silence Of Being - The Music Of Arvo Pärt
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8506015 Release Date: 03/25/2008   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Arvo Pärt,  Einojuhani Rautavaara,  John Adams,  Jorgen Plaetner  ... 
    Performer:  Jurgen Petrenko,  Laura Mikkola,  Maria Kliegel,  Elsbeth Moser  ... 
    Conductor:  Noel Edison,  Tamás Benedek,  Hannu Lintu,  Marin Alsop  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Elora Festival Singers,  Elora Festival Orchestra,  Hungarian State Opera Orchestra  ... 
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    Sonic Rebellion - Alternative Classical Collection
    Sonic Rebellion - Alternative Classical Collection
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8570760 Release Date: 09/25/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Arvo Pärt,  Einojuhani Rautavaara,  John Adams,  Jorgen Plaetner  ... 
    Performer:  Laura Mikkola,  Elsbeth Moser,  Maria Kliegel,  Kathrin Rabus  ... 
    Conductor:  Tamás Benedek,  Hannu Lintu,  Marin Alsop,  Fuat Kent  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hungarian State Opera Orchestra,  Royal Scottish National Orchestra,  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    Virtuoso Cello Showpieces - Cassadó, Et Al / Kliegel, Et Al
    Virtuoso Cello Showpieces - Cassadó, Et Al / Kliegel, Et Al
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8557613 Release Date: 07/31/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Antonín Dvorák,  Gaspar Cassadó,  Buxton Orr,  Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer:  Nina Tichman,  Maria Kliegel
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    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Vol 2 / Xyrion Trio
    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Vol 2 / Xyrion Trio
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8557724 Release Date: 04/24/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Nina Tichman,  Ida Bieler,  Maria Kliegel
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Xyrion Trio
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    Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonatas no 1 & 2, etc / Kliegel, et al
    Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonatas no 1 & 2, etc / Kliegel, et al
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8557880 Release Date: 01/30/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel,  François-Joël Thiollier
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    British Orchestral Collection / Various
    British Orchestral Collection / Various
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8502502 Release Date: 11/15/2006   Number of Discs: 25
    Composer:  Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Bruce Montgomery,  Michael Hurd,  Haydn Wood  ... 
    Performer:  Roderick Williams,  Iain Burnside,  Graham Johnson,  John Metcalfe  ... 
    Conductor:  James Judd,  David Lloyd-Jones,  Michael Tippett,  Adrian Leaper  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,  Duke String Quartet,  Royal Ballet Sinfonia  ... 
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    The Very Best Of Dvorák
    The Very Best Of Dvorák
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8552139 Release Date: 10/31/2006   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Antonín Dvorák
    Performer:  Qian Zhou,  Edmund Battersby,  Christian Kohn,  Silke-Thora Matthies  ... 
    Conductor:  Stephen Gunzenhauser,  Antoni Wit,  Michael Halász,  Robert Shafer  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Joachim Trio,  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vlach String Quartet Prague  ... 
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    The Very Best Of Elgar
    The Very Best Of Elgar
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8552133 Release Date: 10/31/2006   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sir Edward Elgar
    Performer:  Dong-Suk Kang,  Sarah Connolly,  William Kendall,  Sarah Fryer  ... 
    Conductor:  Adrian Leaper,  James Judd,  Simon Wright,  David Hill  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra,  New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    The Very Best Of Shostakovich
    The Very Best Of Shostakovich
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8552129 Release Date: 04/18/2006   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer:  Maria Kliegel,  Konstantin Scherbakov,  Ekaterina Saranceva,  Dmitry Yablonsky  ... 
    Conductor:  Christopher Lyndon-Gee,  Antoni Wit,  Ladislav Slovák,  Alexander Rahbari  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,  Éder String Quartet,  Stockholm Arts Piano Trio  ... 
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    Chill With Beethoven
    Chill With Beethoven
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8556790 Release Date: 02/21/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Teodora Miteva,  Peter Schmidl,  Madoka Inui,  Jénö Jandó  ... 
    Conductor:  Béla Drahos,  Kenneth Jean,  Barry Wordsworth
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia,  Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra,  Capella Istropolitana
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    Linde: Violin, Cello Concertos / Gomyo, Kliegel, Gävle So
    Linde: Violin, Cello Concertos / Gomyo, Kliegel, Gävle So
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8557855 Release Date: 02/21/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Bo Linde
    Performer:  Karen Gomyo,  Maria Kliegel
    Conductor:  Petter Sundkvist
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Gavle Symphony Orchestra
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