Stefan Kropfitsch, cello

The Austrian cellist Stefan Kropfitsch has since 2006 been head of the Institute for Strings at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts. He studied with Tobias Kühne and Wolfgang Herzer, solo cellist of the Wiener Philharmoniker. Permanent guest of the Vienna Konzerthaus and a founder member of the Jess-Trio-Wien, he is in great demand as a solo and chamber player on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing regularly in all the major European festivals. A busy recording artist, he has collaborated with a number of distinguished modern day composers, including Schnittke. In 1987 he was the featured cellist in the James Bond film The Living Daylights, playing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and the Dvořák Concerto.

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