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Born in Moscow in 1986, this outstanding pianist has been rewarded more than 20 prizes in national and international competitions. At the age of 19, he graduated with honors from the Moscow Conservatory (Best musician of the decade) and pursued his studies at the Royal College of Music in London. Being regularly invited over the world, he appeared with prestigious orchestras such as Philharmonia Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonie, Orchestre National de France and Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow. In chamber music, he plays with distinguished musicians such asVadim Repin, Alexander Kniazev, Dmitri Makhtin, Borodin Quartet. In 2008, he recorded his first CD for Mirare, devoted to Scriabin.The recording brought him extraordinary success and awards: Diapason d'Or ofthe yearof Diapason Magazine, ChocofClassica magazine and was followed by two CDs: a selection of Beethoven Sonatas and Bagatelles and one dedicated to Shostakovich Preludes op.34 and the 2 Concertos (with Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Okko Kamu). The latest was acclaimed by the international press (Gramophone, Diapason d'or, BBC Music Magazine). This exceptional artist also graduated at the age of 17 from the Law European University of Moscow. He composes his music and writes poetry. His recent appearences with Maestro Ivan Fisher and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto, with Maestro Yuri Temirkanov and the St Petersburg Philharmonie Orchestra in Tchaikovsky 1 st Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov Paganini Variations were marked by extraordinary success. Highlights of 15/16 season also include concerts with St Petersburg Philharmonie Orchestra/Alexander Vedernikov, Ural Philharmonie Orchestra/Dmitri Liss, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra/Andris Poga, Orchestre de Paris/Yutaka Sado, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo/Aziz Shokhakimov, recitals (Berlin Konzerthaus, Barcelona Palau de la Musica, Paris Salle Gaveau), an european tour with the violonist Vadim Repin, and again an Eurpoean tour with Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Fedoseyev. Principal Conductor at the Dresden Philharmonie since 2011. This extremely successful example of co-operation between the conductor and the orchestra will continue until at least 2019. At the same time, he is a sought-after guest conductor in the world's greatest music centres and directs renowned orchestras such as the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the Berlin Konzerthausorchester, the Munich Philharmonie Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, theToronto Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokio and Germany's great radio orchestras. Born in Berlin, Michael Sanderling is one ofthe few who made their way from being orchestra musicians into the top league of conductors. Aged 20, he became a cello soloist at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Kurt Masur, then from 1994 to 2006 he filled the same position at the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, he gave guest performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonie Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris, to name but a few, and as a passionate chamber musician he was a member of the Ex Aequo trio for eight years. It was at a rehearsal of the Berlin Chamber Orchestra in 2000 that he stood at the conductor's desk for the first time - and was on fire. Familiär with a conductor's work from his childhood as the son of legendary Kurt Sanderling, Michael assumed more and more conducting jobs and was appointed principal conductor and art director ofthe renowned Kammerakademie Potsdam in 2006. He was successful as an opera conductor with Philip Glass' The Fall ofthe House of Usher in Potsdam and with a new production of Sergei Prokofiev's War and Peace at Cologne Opera. As a cellist and conductor he has made CD recordings of important works from the repertoire of Dvorak, Schumann, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and others. However, it has been a long time since he last performed as a cellist. What is close to Michael Sanderling's heart is work with young musicians. He teaches as a professor at Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts and co-operates regularly with the Bundesjugendorchester, the Jerusalem Weimar Youth Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. From 2003 to 2013 he was associated with the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie as its principal conductor.