Johannes is delighted to announce that he accepted the Professorship for Cello at the “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz” in Cologne, Germany. He will offer his expertise to a very select studio with a small number of students in order to give each student his full attention, while at the same time fully maintaining his international concert schedule.

Interested applicants please click here to apply now.

Signing of the contract with the director of the HfMT, Prof. Reiner Schuhenn

Johannes´performance of the Haydn C Major cello concerto with the NDR Radiophilharmonie and Eiving Gulberg Jensen is now available for streaming for a limited amount of time – just click here

The Digital Concert Hall posted a new teaser for Johannes´performance of Schumann with the Berlin Philharmonic:

To read the blog, please click here!

The most established german music publication Fono Forum chose Johannes as their cover story for the march 2012 edition. In the same magazine he also got a five star review for his current Shostakovich and Britten album.

Please click here to watch Johannes´appearance on WRAL television

Yesterday Johannes was invited to be a guest on the ZIBB show of the RBB television. To watch the show, click here.

Up until now, I looked back to the 30s and 40s with black and white images in my head. That abruptly came to an end today when I came across this amazing blog post with an american collection of late 30s/early 40s COLOR prints. These pictures are just amazing, and I highly recommend that you take a moment to dive into the past. Please click here!

Johannes is very proud to announce his new CD featuring the Cello Concerto nr. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Brittens Cello Symphony. He partners with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne and conductor Pietari Inkinen. The official release date for Germany is the 16th of january and the 30th of january for the US. To order this CD and to listen to excerpts, please click here!