Anja Lechner
German cellist Anja Lechner has been an important proponent of cross-genre musical experimentation, especially in relation to tango music.
Lechner was born in Kassel, West Germany, in 1961. She studied in Germany with Heinrich Schiff and at the University of Indiana with János Starker. As a rising young cellist, Lechner won the Förder Prize of the City of Munich in 1990, and in 1992 she was the subject of a feature on German public broadcaster ARD. That year, Lechner co-founded the Rosamunde Quartet, which recorded mainstream works by Haydn and Shostakovich, but also essayed music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov (Lechner and the Rosamunde appeared on the experimentally oriented classical/jazz label ECM's collection of Silvestrov chamber works entitled leggiero, pesante, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2002). She has also performed world premieres of works by Günter Bialas and Tigran Mansurian. These recordings brought Lechner further attention from ECM; she had already made her recording debut in 1998 with Tango Gift (with pianist Peter Ludwig) and, in addition to the aforementioned leggiero, pesante, she had joined a chamber group for a 2002 recording of music by Misha Alperin.
Many of Lechner's releases have been as part of chamber groups, performing either contemporary music or tango. Although she has been interested in the possibilities of improvisation, Lechner has avoided the jazz side of ECM's catalog. "Jazz plays a big role for me," she has observed. "But I do not play jazz. I would guess that after playing classical music for so long, this is a bit like comparing me to growing up in Upper Bavaria, but never having spoken Bavarian to my parents and therefore not me either. But I could do it." Among her most celebrated projects was Ojos Negros, produced in collaboration with the Argentine composer Dino Saluzzi and the Rosamunde Quartet; she toured the U.S. with these forces in 2007. In 2017 Lechner and cellist Agnès Vesterman released Hieroglyphen der Nacht, another album of music by Silvestrov.
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Moderato Cantabile (Komitas / Gurdjieff / Mompou)
Anja Lechner, François Couturier
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 05.09.2014
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Lontano
Anja Lechner, François Couturier
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 16.10.2020
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Ojos Negros
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 23.03.2007
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Schubert: Die Nacht
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 02.11.2018
5 Sterne Fono Forum Klassik24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns And Dances
Anja Lechner, Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 01.01.2004
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Tarkovsky Quartet
François Couturier, Anja Lechner, Jean-Marc Larché, Jean-Louis Matinier
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 18.03.2011
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Tigran Mansurian : Quasi Parlando
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anja Lechner, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 21.03.2014
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Hieroglyphen der Nacht
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 22.09.2017
5 Sterne Fono Forum Klassik24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Il Pergolese
Maria Pia De Vito, François Couturier, Anja Lechner, Michele Rabbia
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM am 08.11.2013
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Melos
Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Anja Lechner, U.T. Gandhi
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 25.08.2008
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Silvestrov: Leggiero, Pesante
Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham, Valentin Silvestrov, Rosamunde Quartett
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 19.02.2002
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Navidad De Los Andes
Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner, Felix Saluzzi
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 26.08.2011
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Nostalghia - Song for Tarkovsky
François Couturier, Anja Lechner, Jean-Marc Larché, Jean-Louis Matinier
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 25.08.2006
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Her First Dance
Misha Alperin, Arkady Shilkloper, Anja Lechner
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM am 12.02.2008
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Night (Live)
Misha Alperin, Anja Lechner, Hans Kristian Kjos Sorensen
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM am 18.02.2002
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Tõnu Kõrvits : Mirror
Kadri Voorand, Anja Lechner, Tonu Korvits, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 18.03.2016
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Il Pergolese
Maria Pia De Vito, François Couturier, Anja Lechner, Michele Rabbia
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 08.11.2013
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Schubert: Die Nacht (Arr. for Cello and Guitar by Anja Lechner and Pablo Márquez)
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 05.10.2018
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Lontano
Anja Lechner, François Couturier
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 16.10.2020
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Schubert: Die Nacht
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 02.11.2018
5 Sterne Fono Forum Klassik16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo