Anja Lechner

One of the most gifted cellists in the world, often bridging the gap between contemporary and traditional, east and west, and arranged and improvisational music
Greg Cahill, Strings, USA
 
Cellist Anja Lechner was born in Kassel, Germany, and studied with Heinrich Schiff and János Starker. Though her roots are classical she speaks of coming from a land of forgotten folksongs where childhood melodies were supplied by Bach, Schubert, and Schumann her musical interests span the globe and embrace a wide range of improvisational traditions. She has described the appeal of folk music as springing from its abundance of songs, songs that tell stories.
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One of the most gifted cellists in the world, often bridging the gap between contemporary and traditional, east and west, and arranged and improvisational music
Greg Cahill, Strings, USA
 
Cellist Anja Lechner was born in Kassel, Germany, and studied with Heinrich Schiff and János Starker. Though her roots are classical she speaks of coming from a land of forgotten folksongs where childhood melodies were supplied by Bach, Schubert, and Schumann her musical interests span the globe and embrace a wide range of improvisational traditions. She has described the appeal of folk music as springing from its abundance of songs, songs that tell stories.
 
Anja Lechners projects for ECM include a long-running artistic collaboration with Argentine bandoneonist-composer Dino Saluzzi (El Encuentro, Navidad de los Andes, Ojos negros and, with the Rosamunde Quartet, Kultrum); music by composer-philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff (Chants, Hymns and Dances), a recording made in partnership Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos which topped the US classical charts; and, with French pianist François Couturier, music by Komitas, Mompou, and Gurdjieff. From 1992 until it disbanded 18 years later, Lechner was the cellist of the Munich-based Rosamunde Quartet, whose acclaimed ECM New Series recordings include music by Mansurian, Schoeck, Larcher, Webern, Shostakovich, Burian, Haydn, and Yoffe.
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YEAR DATE Artist VENUE LOCATION
2025 February 15 Anja Lechner

Bach-Abel-Hume

Friedenskirche Heidelberg, Germany
2025 February 19 Anja Lechner

Bach-Abel-Hume

Treibhaus Innsbruck, Austria
2025 April 18 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Le Rocher de Palmer Cenon, France Event
2025 April 23 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Philharmonie Berlin, Germany Event
2025 April 24 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands Event
2025 April 25 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

ECM Explorations- Philharmonie Paris, France Event
2025 April 26 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

ECM Explorations- Philharmonie Paris, France Event
2025 April 27 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

off Beat Festival Basel, Switzerland Event
2025 April 29 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Auditorium Maurice-Ravel de Lyon Lyon, France Event
2025 April 30 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Bozar Bruxelles, Belgium Event
2025 May 01 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany Event
2025 May 02 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

Isarphilharmonie Munich, Germany Event
2025 May 03 Anouar Brahem Quartet w/ Django Bates, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

"After The Last Sky"

de Roma Antwerp, Belgium Event