Thomas Demenga
Thomas Demenga is one of those rare multitalented artists on the international scene, a versatile musician who as a cellist has achieved acclaim for both his solo and chamber music activities, and as a composer who has written a small but significant output for cello, including cadenzas for two Haydn cello concertos. In addition, he has taught cello for many years at the Basel Hochschule für Musik. While Demenga may not possess a household name, he has collaborated with such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Armin Jordan, Claus Peter Flor, and Mstislav Rostropovich and performed with some of the leading orchestras in the world including the Boston Symphony, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Berlin Symphony, and Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. He has also collaborated in chamber performance with such renowned artists as Gidon Kremer, Heinz Holliger, and Paul Meyer. Demenga's repertory takes in a range reaching from Baroque to present-day, with special focus on the works of J.S. Bach, Schubert, and on contemporary composers like Elliott Carter, Toshio Hosokawa, Giya Kancheli, and Thomas Larcher. Demenga has built a discography of more than 20 recordings, available on several labels, including ECM, DG, and Philips.
Thomas Demenga was born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1954. He studied at Juilliard with Robert Mann, Claus Adam, and Felix Galimir. Other teachers included Walter Grimmer, Antonio Janigro, Leonard Rose, and Mstislav Rostropovich.
Demenga launched his career in the late '70s, and from 1980 he began teaching at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland. 1980 was also the year of his first composition, Cellorganics I-IV, for cello and organ. Demenga recorded the work and ECM released an LP and CD the following year. Other compositions would soon follow, including Hand made (1986). Throughout the 1990s and into the new century, Demenga remained active in all phases of his career, especially in the recording studio, where he turned out a spate of CDs for ECM of mostly Baroque and modern fare.
Demenga was appointed composer-in-residence at the 2000 Davos Festival. He also served as that yearly event's artistic director until 2006. In 2007 Demenga went on a highly acclaimed tour throughout Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Demenga was appointed composer-in-residence for the Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne during the 2007-2008 concert season. Among his later recordings is the 2006 ECM CD Chonguri, a collection of short pieces by J.S. Bach, Fauré, Liszt, Chopin, and others.
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J.S. Bach: Suiten für Violoncello
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 27 okt. 2017
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Schubert: Trio in Es-Dur, Notturno
Thomas Demenga, Hansheinz Schneeberger, Jörg Ewald Dähler
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 2 jun. 1998
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Jarrell: ...mais les images restent...
Ernesto Molinari, Thomas Demenga, Marino Formenti, Peter Rundel
Klassiek - Released by AEON on 17 nov. 2017
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12 Hommages à Paul Sacher pour Violoncelle
Thomas Demenga, Patrick Demenga
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 feb. 1995
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Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D898 / Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D28
Hansheinz Schneeberger, Thomas Demenga, Jörg Ewald Dähler
Kamermuziek - Released by Claves Records on 1 jan. 1991
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J.S. Bach: Préludes & Sarabandes
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 27 okt. 2017
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Bach, Chopin, Fauré: Chonguri
Thomas Demenga, Thomas Larcher, Teodoro Anzellotti
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 jan. 2006
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Naunz
Thomas Larcher, Thomas Demenga, Erich Höbarth
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 10 sep. 2001
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Bach, J.S.: 6 Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530
Heinz Holliger, Tabea Zimmermann, Christiane Jaccottet, Thomas Demenga
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 jan. 1989
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Duos pour violoncelle
Patrick Demenga, Thomas Demenga
Klassiek - Released by Claves Records on 1 jan. 1989
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The Early Viennese School - Dittersdorf / Monn / Salieri / Vanhal / Wagenseil: Symphonies and Concertos
Camerata Bern, Thomas Füri, Heinz Holliger, Thomas Demenga
Klassiek - Released by Archiv Produktion on 1 jan. 1983
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Bach: Suite Nr.1 für Violoncello solo / Veress: Sonata
Thomas Demenga, Hansheinz Schneeberger, Tabea Zimmermann
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 mrt. 1993
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Toshio Hosokawa / J.S. Bach / Isang Yun
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 17 jun. 2002
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Knaifel, Barrière: Lux Aeterna
Patrick Demenga, Thomas Demenga
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 jan. 2000
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J.S. Bach / Elliott Carter
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 jan. 1990
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Kancheli: Diplipito
Dennis Russell Davies, Thomas Demenga, Derek Lee Ragin, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 10 mei 2004
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J.S. Bach: Suiten für Violoncello
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 27 okt. 2017
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Große Oboenkonzerte
Heinz Holliger, Thomas Füri, Thomas Demenga, Camerata Bern, Bamberger Symphoniker, Peter Maag
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1966
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Zimmermann: Canto Di Speranza
Thomas Zehetmair, Thomas Demenga, Heinz Holliger, WDR Sinfonieorchester
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 14 nov. 2008
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Lauds And Lamentations - Music Of Elliott Carter And Isang Yun
Heinz Holliger, Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius, Thomas Demenga
Klassiek - Released by ECM Records on 7 apr. 2003
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Cellorganics
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 jun. 1981
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