References

Awards

• First prize in the Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition in the Netherlands and special prize awarded from the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth
• Special prize at the International Cello Ensemble Competition at Beauvais, France
• European Youth Ensemble Prize from the European Foundation for Culture

Concerts

• Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
• Rheingau Music Festival
• The Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival
• The Ludwigsburg Castle Festival
• The International Beethoven Festival, Bonn
• Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad
• Cello Ensemble Festival, Beauvais
• Bourglinster Festival, Luxemburg
• Concert for the Federal President, Schloss Bellevue, Berlin
• Closing concert for the “I Violoncelli di Antonio Stradivari”, Cremona 2004
• Opening of the 35th German Jazz Festival, Frankfurt (with Nils Landgren)
• Concert with Wolfram Huschke at the Crossover Festival “Strings of Fire” in the Leipzig Gewandhaus
• Yellow Lounge in Cookies, Berlin (set up through Universal/Deutsche Grammophon)

Events

• German Press Ball
• 50th anniversary celebration of the Federal Cross of Merit at Schloss Bellevue, Berlin
• 100th Birthday Commemoration ceremony for Herman Ehlers in the Bundestag
• The democratic roundtable in honor of the inauguration of Federal President Horst Köhler at the Brandenburg Gate
• Ceremony in honor of Joachim Gauck’s retirement
• The awarding of the National Prize by the German National Foundation, Ludwig-Erhard-Award, Willy-Brandt-Award, Regine-Hildebrandt-Award etc
• The Mayor of Berlin’s annual courtyard festival
• Wedding celebration of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, and Sophie, Princess of Isenburg
• Potsdamer Schlössernacht
• Long night of the Museums, Berlin
• Gala appearance at the International Real Estate Federation conference in the Hotel Intercontinental, Berlin
• 7th annual German-Libyan Business Forum in Tripoli, Libya
• 75th anniversary gala of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in the Hotel Adlon, Berlin
• 50th anniversary United Leaders Association
• 150th anniversary Bar Association Berlin
• 120th convention of the German Society of Surgeons in the ICM, Munich
• 75th anniversary celebration in honor of Georg Neumann Microphones in the Eventisland TV studios, Berlin
• EnBW party for the opening of the World Cup 2006 in Berlin
• General Assembly of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL)

Radio & Television

•   Television features (Deutsche Welle, N3, SFB & 3Sat)
• Live concert radio recordings (HR, NDR, SWR)
• Coverage (ARD, ZDF, RTL, Sat1, N24, NDR, N3, Phoenix, HR, RBB, SFB, SWR, WDR etc)

Press

• „Wherever the Berliner Cellharmoniker perform: acclaim is a inevitable. Whenever they come back, an empty seat shall be a rare sight…“ (Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung)
• „Thunderous applause und standing ovations by the audience paid tribute to an exceptional afternoon.“
  (Deister- und Weserzeitung)
• „…the Berliner Cellharmoniker should be made compulsory for all those who think that classical music is not allowed to be fun.“ (Schaumburger Nachrichten)
• „…the four exceptional cellists delivered an impressive concert which will remain with the audience for a long time to come.“ (Haller Kreisblatt)
• „It was phenomenal how the musicians passed the melodies amongst themselves and interlocked even the most complicated rhythms.“
  (Wiesbadener Tageblatt)
• „To cut a long story short: The four artists, David Drost, Alexander Kahl, Andreas Kipp and Rouven Schirmer, turned out to be true masters of their instruments and met the high expectations of the audience completely.“
  (Münsterländische Tageszeitung)