Daniel Blendulf

Cellist

© Marco Borggreve

Source: Janine Jansen Office

Swedish musician Daniel Blendulf studied the cello with Torleif Thedéen at the Stockholm Edsberg Institute of Music and continued his studies with Heinrich Schiff at the UDK in Vienna. In 2006 he was nominated “ECHO Rising Star” and subsequently toured major concert venues across Europe as well as New York’s Carnegie Hall. As a soloist he has performed with conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Jesús López Cobos and Andrew Manze. He was a member of the Zkvartett String Quartet, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Claudio Abbado.

His chamber music partners include Amihai Grosz, Timothy Ridout, Janine Jansen, Denis Kozhukhin, among others. This season Daniel performs at festivals including Verbier Festival, Verbier Festival in Shenzhen, International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, Sion Festival and Beare’s Festival London.

As a conductor Daniel Blendulf has worked with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and he was chief conductor of Dalasinfoniettan.

Daniel Blendulf plays on a fine cello by Vincenzo Panormo from 1791 acquired through the “Beare’s International Violin Society”.

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