First prize for HfMT cellists

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Till Schuler, a student in Prof. Sebastian Klinger's cello class, has won first prize at the 12th Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition Junior.

The internationally renowned competition took place for juniors from January 25 to February 1, 2020 in the Croatian capital Zagreb. It is held every two years for participants under the age of 20 and every four years for participants under the age of 35 and is aimed at cellists at a professional level. The competition is dedicated to the Italian cellist and conductor Antonio Janigro, who founded the chamber group "Zagreb Soloist" in 1953.

Vita
Till Schuler was born on 04.05.2000 in Stuttgart. From the age of four he had cello lessons with Lisa Neßling at the Stuttgart Music School and from 2010 to 2017 percussion lessons with Gergely Nagy. From October 2017 to August 2018, he studied cello with Valentin Radutiu at the Hmt Rostock and since then at the HfMT Hamburg with Prof. Sebastian Klinger. Till received further musical impulses from Prof. Wen-Sinn-Yang, Prof. Maria Kliegel, Prof. Gotthard Popp and Prof. Wolfgang Lehner, among others.

In addition to numerous special prizes, Till won six first national prizes in various categories at "Jugend-Musiziert".
At the Carel Kunc Competition 2012, he won first prize as a duo with Robert Neumann as well as the special prize for the highest score ever awarded.
2016 he won second prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of the modern compulsory piece at the international Dotzauer Competition in Dresden.
At the 24th International Gaetano Zinetti Competition in Verona, he won third prize and the youngest finalist award.
Most recently, Till won first prize at the 12th International Antonio Janigro Junior Competition as well as a special prize, which includes a concert with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra.

From 2011 to 2016, Till performed several times in Italy, Japan and Switzerland with various chamber music ensembles. From 2013 to 2016 he was a member of the Stuttgart Young Chamber Orchestra, from 2014 as principal cellist and section leader. Since beginning his studies, he has performed regularly as a member or principal cellist in various orchestras such as the Rostock University Orchestra and the Ensemble 13/14 of the Hamburg University of Music.
He made his debut as a soloist with the Paulusorchester Stuttgart at the beginning of 2014. This was followed by performances with the Stuttgart Young Chamber Orchestra and the Stuttgart and Waiblingen Chamber Orchestras at the Liederhalle Stuttgart, in Venice and Australia.

Since February 2019, Till has been playing a cello by Georges Chanot from Paris dating from 1840, which was made available to him by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.