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Ottomar Borwitzky, born in 1930 in
Hamburg; studied with Bernhard Günther, Arthur Troester, and Paul
Grümmer. First principal cellist with the Berlin Philharmonic 1956-1993. |
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| Eberhard Finke, born in
1920 in Bremen; studied with Ludwig Hoelscher and Enrico Mainardi.
First principal cellist with the Berlin Philharmonic 1950-1985. |
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Wolfgang Boettcher, born in 1935
in Berlin; studied with Richard Klemm and Maurice Gendron. Member
of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1958, and principal cellist 1963-1976,
when he followed a call from the Hochschule der Künste, founding and
leading an extremely successful master class there. |
| Jörg Baumann, born in
1940 in Berlin, died 1995 in Berlin. Member of the Berlin Philharmonic,
principal cellist 1976-1995. |
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Peter Steiner, born in 1928 in Berlin,
died on Feb 6, 2003 in Berlin; studied with Adolf Steiner. He was
a member of the Berlin Philharmonic 1948-1994 under Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado. |
| Heinrich Majowski, born
in 1923 in Herne/Westfalen, died 1991 in Berlin. He was a member of
the Berlin Philharmonic from 1950-1989. |
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Gerhard Woschny, born in 1922 in Meissen;
studied with Karl Grosch of the Staatskapelle Dresden. He was a member
of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1951-1985. |
| Rudolf Weinsheimer,
born in 1931 in Wiesbaden; studied with his father and with Karl Drebert.
He was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1956-1996. It was
thanks to his initiative and enterprising spirit that the 12 Cellists
group was founded. |
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Christoph Kapler, born in 1933 in Eberswalde;
studied with Arthur Troester and Siegfried Palm. He was a member of
the Berlin Philharmonic from 1961-1998. |
| Alexander Wedow, born in
1933; studied with Gerhard Stenzel and Richard Klemm. He was a member
of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1962-1999. |
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Klaus Häussler, born in 1929 in Levenhagen;
studied with Walter Schulz and Adolf Steiner. He was a member of the
Berlin Philharmonic from 1963-1995. |
| Götz Teutsch was
born in 1941 in Hermannstadt (Rumania). He studied in Bucharest with
D. Dinicu and Radu Aldulescu, completing his training with Enrico
Mainardi. He was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1970-2006
(principal cellist since 1976). |
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Jan
Diesselhorst, born in 1954 in Marburg; studied with
Alexander Molzahn and with Wolfgang
Boettcher. He was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1977
till his death in 2009, as chairman since 2005. He was
a founding member of the renowned "Philharmonia
Quartet Berlin" for 24 years until his death in 2009. |
