Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace at the Cologne Opera was met with the highest acclaim from press and public alike. As Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Kammerakademie Potsdam, from 2006 to 2010 Sanderling performed at international concert venues and recorded several CDs with the ensemble. In 2010 he founded Skyline Symphony in Frankfurt - a collaboration of Europe’s leading Orchestra players who join together in performing special classical music concerts on the campus of the Goethe University geared to younger audiences in an easily accessible setting free of formal Convention. Sanderling’s early musical training was on the cello. After successfully participating as a Cellist in several competitions and when he was only 19, Sanderling was engaged by Kurt Masur as Principal Cellist with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Sanderling was subsequently also Principal Cellist of the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin for many years. He has made guest appearances as a cello soloist with top-flight orchestras throughout Europe and the United States, including the Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Orchestre de Paris and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ' Sussie Ahlburg
