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Daniel Müller-Schott
German cellist (b.1976)
Daniel Müller-Schott (born 1976)[1] is a German cellist.
Born in Munich,[2] he studied with Walter Nothas, Austrian cellist Heinrich Schiff and British cellist Steven Isserlis.[3] Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter personally coached him in her foundation,[4][5] thanks to which he could later spend one year studying with Mstislav Rostropovich.[1] Aged 15, he aroused enthusiasm by winning the first prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition for young musicians in Moscow in 1992.[1][2]
He plays a cello by Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1727.[5]
He has worked with world-renowned conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Kurt Masur, Sakari Oramo and André Previn. He recorded and released the Mozart Piano Trios in 2006 with Anne-Sophie Mutter and André Previn.[4] With Angela Hewitt, he has recorded Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano.[6]