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Müller-Schott
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Daniel Müller-Schott
Daniel Müller-Schott is one of the world's most sought-after cellists and can be heard on the most renowned international concert stages. For many years he has inspired his audience as an ambassador of classical music in the 21st century. The New York Times praises his "intense expressiveness" and describes him as "a fearless player with outstanding technique".
Highlights of Daniel Müller-Schott's 2026/27 season
include concerts with the Orchestre National de France under Cristian Măcelaru,
with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester under Andris Poga, the London
Philharmonic Orchestra under Edward Gardner, as well as the season opening of
La Scala in Milan with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under Marko Letonja.
Further concert highlights by Daniel Müller-Schott will follow with the
Katowice Radio Orchestra (NOSPR) and Gilbert Varga, with Het Residentie Orkest
under Jun Märkl, the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra under Tomáš Hanus, the Prague
Philharmonia under Emmanuel Villaume and with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
under Kerem Hasan, the Sevilla Symphony Orchestra under Eun Sun Kim and the
Parma Filarmonica Toscanini under Kent Nagano.
In June 2027, Daniel Müller-Schott will serve as Chairman of the Jury for the newly established Danish International Cello Competition 2027, in its inaugural edition. The Vevey Spring Classic Festival, which Daniel Müller-Schott founded together with conductor Wilson Hermanto, will enter its 6th edition in 2027 – and will celebrate two special anniversaries: the 150th birthday of Pablo Casals and Daniel Müller-Schott's own 50th birthday.
Daniel Müller-Schott has made guest appearances with internationally renowned orchestras, including in the USA with orchestras in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles; in Europe, among others, with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the radio orchestras of Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Prague and Paris, with the Orchestre National de France, Czech Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and Zurich Chamber Orchestra, with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Spanish National Orchestra, as well as in Australia with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, in Asia with Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
The cellist works with outstanding conductors such as Marc Albrecht, Lionel Bringuier, Karina Canellakis, Thomas Dausgaard, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Alan Gilbert, Manfred Honeck, Neeme Järvi, Fabio Luisi, Cristian Măcelaru, Susanna Mälkki, Jun Märkl, Juanjo Mena, Andris Nelsons, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Kirill Petrenko, Vasily Petrenko, Andris Poga, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Thomas Søndergård, Dalia Stasevska, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Krzysztof Urbański, Jaap van Zweden, Kazuki Yamada, Simone Young, Sebastian Weigle and Sir Antonio Pappano.
Daniel Müller-Schott has maintained a long-standing artistic collaboration with Yakov Kreizberg, Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel and Sir André Previn.
With great passion, Daniel Müller-Schott not only performs the great cello concertos from the Baroque to the modern era. The discovery of unknown works, the expansion of the cello repertoire, for example through his own arrangements and collaborations with composers of our time, also have a firm place in his concerts. George Alexander Albrecht, Peter Ruzicka and Sir André Previn have dedicated cello concertos to the cellist.
Creating a higher intensity of perception between music, visual arts and literature is Daniel Müller-Schott's artistic credo. He gives introductions to the background of music and composers and has written many of his CD booklet texts. The cellist has developed a great affinity for the visual arts, especially for French painting of the 19th century.
Daniel Müller-Schott is regularly invited to international music festivals. In his chamber music concerts, Daniel Müller-Schott works with Kit Armstrong, Renaud Capuçon, Veronika Eberle, Julia Fischer, Janine Jansen, Nils Mönkemeyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Francesco Piemontesi, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Simon Trpčeski and with the Modigliani, the Aris and Ebènes Quartets, among others.
Daniel Müller-Schott has been involved in the "Rhapsody in School" project for many years and regularly gives master classes worldwide.
In a career spanning more than thirty years, Daniel Müller-Schott has recorded an impressive discography of over 30 albums for Deutsche Grammophon, Warner, Pentatone and ORFEO, garnering numerous international prizes. "Echoes of My Childhood" recently released on the ORFEO label, features baroque masters such as Boccherini, Geminiani, Vivaldi and Bach. The album has been awarded the Gramophone Editor's Choice (August 2026). His recordings include works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Penderecki, Prokofiev, Schubert, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Walton, Britten, Dvořák, Lalo, Honegger and Saint-Saëns.
Daniel Müller-Schott studied with Walter Nothas, Heinrich Schiff and Steven Isserlis, was encouraged by Anne-Sophie Mutter and received a year of private lessons from Mstislav Rostropovich. At the age of 15, he won first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow.
Daniel Müller-Schott plays the 'Ex Shapiro' Matteo Goffriller cello, made in Venice in 1727.
Season 2026 / 2027
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News
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24.08.2024Daniel Müller-Schott stands in for Mischa Maisky at the Tivoli Summer Festival
Press
"On his new CD, the great cello master Daniel Müller-Schott shows how wittily, virtuosically and passionately composers such as Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Arthur Honegger and Édouard Lalo understood the cello as an eloquent, incredibly flexible "speaking" solo instrument. [...] The highlight of the CD is probably Lalo's much too rarely played cello adventure with Spanish coloring. Müller-Schott's Goffriller cello sounds as supple as it is gripping, as in love with rhythm in the enchanting intermezzo movement as it is fiery in the glowing finale."
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Harald Eggebrecht, 11.10.2021
"Müller-Schott adds to his growing list of accomplished recordings with this exciting release of two major cello works by Richard Strauss. […] It says a great deal about Müller-Scott that he need not fear comparison with the performances by some of the greatest cellists of the last century, such as Fournier, Rostropovich and Tortelier."
The Classic Review, David A. McConnel, 28.08.2019
"Effortless - Daniel Müller-Schott in the Mozart Hall of the Alte Oper -- Daniel Müller-Schott has the staying power required for the juxtaposition of Johannes Brahms' Second Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major op. 99 with the only contribution to the genre by Richard Strauss. In the chamber music evening of the Museum Society, the Munich-born cellist spanned the wide intervals in the first movement of the Brahms sonata with effortless phrasing, always playing with great and full tone, precise and cultivated to the extreme forte. He found a courageous solution for the slow movement of the Sonata in F major op. 6 by Richard Strauss by letting it pass by completely pale, shadowed, as if in a trance. [...]"
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Axel Zibulski, 18.12.2019
"Whether contemporary works, romantic repertoire or baroque sounds: Daniel Müller-Schott feels at home in every era - and never tires of rediscovering the cello repertoire."
BR Klassik, Antonia Morin, 17.12.2019
"Everything sounds as if it was originally conceived for cello, with the added bonus of wider tessitural possibilities, which are nicely utilised in these transcriptions and tempered by a beautifully clear recording. Expert and stylish performances from Müller-Schott and the period orchestra L’Arte del Mondo present a magical partnership, tasteful playing coupled with judiciously elegant shaping of phrases.[…] a brilliantly executed, beautifully recorded and tremendously enterprising project. [about the recording “#Celloreimagined”]"
The Strad, Joanne Talbot, 01.03.2018
Calendar
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15.10.2026Olavshallen TrondheimTrondheimLearn more
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05.11.2026ElbphilharmonieHamburgLearn more
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06.11.2026Konzerthaus am SchlossKielLearn more
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08.11.2026ElbphilharmonieHamburgLearn more
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12.11.2026Leisureland GalwayGalwayLearn more
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13.11.2026National Concert Hall DublinDublinLearn more
















