Christoph Croisé, Cello

Biography

Cellist Christoph Croisé made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 17. He also appears regularly in other world-renowned concert halls including the Tonhalle Zurich, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Residenz Munich, the Capella St. Petersburg and the State Philharmonia Baku. Several of his concerts have been broadcast live on radio and television by the Bavarian Radio, the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, and others.

As a soloist, he has appeared under the batons of conductors such as M. Sanderling, L. Gendre, K. Griffiths, A. Guliyev, A. Ardal, M. Dones and D. Botinis with various orchestras including the State Symphony Orchestra Baku, Azerbaijan, the Skyline Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, the Camerata Zurich, and the Munich Radio Orchestra.

Mr. Croisé is regularly invited to perform at prestigious festivals such as the Festival “Musical Olympus”, the New York Chamber Music Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Davos Festival “Young Artists in Concert”, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, the Schwarzwald Music Festival, and the Festival de Sully.

As a chamber musician, Mr. Croisé has performed with Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Mayuko Kamio, Alexander Zemtsov, Bartłomiej Nizioł, Oliver Schnyder, Oxana Shevchenko, Nikita Mndoyants, Lorenzo Soulès, Anna Fedorova and Alexander Panfilov.  He has received several first prizes at international competitions including the Schoenfeld International String Competition Harbin/China (2016), the Manhattan International Music Competition (2016), the International "Salieri-Zinetti" Competition in Verona/Italy (2016), the International Johannes Brahms Competition (2015) and the International Carlos Prieto Competition Morelia/Mexico (3rd Prize, 2016).

He plays on a Goffriller cello made in Venice in 1712.