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Highly acclaimed for his recordings on the French Opus 111 label, the Early Music Review writes of Peter Bruns' recent recording of the 6 Bach solo cello suites “this is one of the best recordings of the year - possibly of the decade.” The Strad praises his „sonorous cantabile” and “tenderness and poise” in his most recent release of Fauré’s complete cello works.
Peter Bruns has performed as soloist in nearly every European country, as well as in Israel, Asia, South and Central America and the US. He has soloed with many major European orchestras, including the Dresden Staatskapelle, with whom he toured Asia and Europe under the baton of Giuseppe Sinopoli.
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Born in Berlin, Mr. Bruns studied with Peter Vogler at the Eisler Hochschule in Berlin, and took master classes with Heinrich Schiff and Siegfried Palm. He has been principal cellist of the Berlin Symphony, the Dresden Staatskapelle, and the Bayreuth
festival orchestra. He has now left his orchestral positions to take up a professorship at the Dresden Hochschule, and to pursue his career as soloist and chamber musician for which he is highly in demand.
Peter Bruns plays a cello by Carlo Tononi, Venice, 1730, once owned by Pablo Casals.
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Peter Bruns and Lara St. John often perform together, most recently in Berlin and at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on September 27, 2000. The success was overwhelming:
The Strad, December 2000
"In a heavy season of violin-cello duos, violinist Lara St John and cellist Peter Bruns left every other pairing I've heard recently in the dust (27 September, Weill Recital Hall). If St John and Bruns don't return to New York soon, I'll have to track them down." 
Strings, January 2001
In their duo recital debut at Weill Hall, Canadian violinist Lara St John and German cellist Peter Bruns, both young and exuberant, displayed no less virtuosity than fiery temperament.
Constantly watching each other's fingers and bows by playing almost everything from memory, the pair achieve uncanny rapport and coordination. Their tone is full, vibrant, carefully balanced, and infinitely variable.
Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia set a new record for speed, bravura, and risk taking.
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Here is the flyer for this concert
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| PROGRAM |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Duo for Violin and Cello
MAURICE RAVEL
Sonata for Violin and Cello
ZOLTAN KODALY
Duo op. 7 for Violin and Cello
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / JOHAN HALVORSEN
Passacaglia in g minor
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| OTHER REVIEWS |
“St. John and Bruns played with as much expression as perfection, creating an exceptional atmosphere. The most difficult passages sounded light and effortlessly, the most unyielding and complicated sounds shined colorfully and were full of life.”
Sächsische Zeitung (Dresden)
May 15, 2000
“The Canadian violinist Lara St. John and the German cellist Peter Bruns played on a level that is far and beyond the usual chamber music concert. In addition to the effortless control of all things technical, there was above all an intensity with which they listened to each other and
collaborated together.”
Berliner Morgenpost
May 11, 2000
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