Maximilian Hornung
Cello
Maximilian Hornung (Augsburg, 1986) received his first cello lesson at the age of eight. He studied with Eldar Issakadze, Thomas Grossenbacher, David Geringas, and others. Until 2011, he was a member of the Tecchler Trio, with which he won the First Prize at the ARD Music Competition. He was only 23 years old when he was appointed first principal cellist of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
He has recorded several albums with Sony. His first album, recorded in 2011, immediately received the ECHO Klassik Prize and in 2012, he won the same prize for his recording of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. In 2017, Deutsche Grammophon released a recording of Schubert’s Forellenkwintet, on which Maximilian Hornung collaborates with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniil Trifonov, among others. His beautiful arrangement of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto for cello quintet can be found on YouTube, and it’s this arrangement he performed at the Top Cellists Series at the kick-off of the Biënnale.
Hornung is a professor at the Munich Conservatory.