About Tanja Tetzlaff
Born 1973. Tanja Tetzlaff is a German cellist and musician.
Tanja Tetzlaff (born 1973) is a German cellist. She played first as an orchestra member, but then as a soloist, a founding member of the Tetzlaff Quartet, a string quartet led by her brother Christian Tetzlaff, and as a chamber musician. She has recorded cello concertos and chamber music, including contemporary music, and has appeared internationally.
Life Born in Hamburg, She played as principal cellist of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
Tetzlaff is married to the violinist Florian Donderer. She plays an instrument by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1776. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 / Haydn: String Quartet Op. 20, No. 3 Mendelssohn / Berg: Tetzlaff Quartet, CAvi 2013 Brahms: Cello Sonatas, with Süssmann, CAvi 2013 Rihm / Toch: Cello Concertos, NEOS 2011
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Tanja Tetzlaff was born in 1973 in Hamburg.
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