Simon Kalbhenn

Simon Kalbhenn was born in 1969 and received his first cello lessons at the age of seven. His teachers included Alexander Molzahn, Maria Kliegel and Martin Ostertag.

After graduating in 1995, he continued his training with Martin Ostertag with postgraduate artistic studies. He has been principal cellist of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden since 1996. As co-founder of the Robert-Sterl-Trio Dresden, he devotes himself intensively to chamber music in various formations.

Simon Kalbhenn can also be heard time and again as a soloist, performing concertos by Joseph Haydn, Antonín Dvořák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edward Elgar and the double concerto for violin and cello by Johannes Brahms, among others. He performed Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major at the Semperoper with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.

In addition to his orchestral and chamber music activities, Simon Kalbhenn has held a teaching position at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden since 2003.