Till Schuler is a former winner of the Antonio Janigro Junior and Gustav Mahler cello competitions
Currently a member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) Academy, German cellist Till Schuler has won the audition for the solo cello position in the orchestra.
Born in Stuttgart in 2000, Schuler began cello lessons at the age of four with Lisa Neßling. He studied with Valentin Radutiu at HMt Rostock, going on to study at the HfMT Hamburg with Sebastian Klinger.
He won first prize at the 12th International Antonio Janigro Junior Competition in Zagreb, Croatia in 2020, and in the same year he was accepted as a scholarship holder from the German National Academic Foundation and the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Hamburg e.V association.
In 2021, he won first prize and the special prize of the jury chairman at the Gustav Mahler Cello Competition.
He plays an 1840 Georges Chanot cello, on loan to him from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben since February 2019.
Schuler has been a member of the BRSO Academy since May 2024. The Academy offers 18 training places for up-and-coming young musicians, who undergo a two-year programme that prepares them for the orchestral profession.
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