!!!Schiff, Heinrich

b. Gmunden (Upper Austria), Nov. 18, 1951. Cellist and conductor. 
Internationally successful as a solo cellist since 1973; several 
awards for his interpretations of Bach suites, important soloist of 
cello concertos (R. Schumann, A. Dvořák, D. Shostakovich 
and others) with international orchestras, also dedicates himself to 
contemporary music. Since the mid-eighties also increasingly active as 
a conductor; 1990-1996 first conductor of the Northern Sinfonia, 
1996-1999 of the Kopenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, since 1995 of the 
Musikkollegium Winterthur. Numerous recordings and awards.


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