Cello
Photo: Marco BORGGREVE
Biography
The Polish-born cellist and composer Piotr Skweres studied cello with Valentin Erben and composition with Ivan Eröd and Detlev Müller-Siemens at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. During his studies, he co-founded the Apollon Musagete Quartet, which received intensive coaching from Johannes Meissl and Hatto Beyerle as part of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) program. In its early years, the quartet won multiple awards, including First Prize at the 2008 ARD Music Competition. Since then, the ensemble has performed regularly at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as at leading festivals like the BBC Proms and the Rheingau Musik Festival.
As a soloist, Piotr Skweres has performed with major orchestras in Germany, England, Austria, Hungary, and Poland, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the WDR Funkhausorchester, where he has served as principal cellist since 2018. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with renowned artists such as Gabriela Montero, Igor Levit, Martin Fröst, and Tori Amos.
Piotr Skweres has contributed to numerous chamber music recordings released by Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and NEOS. These albums have been nominated for prestigious awards, including the ECHO Klassik, the BBC Music Magazine Award, and the Fryderyk Music Prize. His original compositions, including commissions for Ensemble Reconsil and the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna, have been published by Orlando Records, Genuin Classics, and Doblinger Music Publisher. His works have been performed in prominent venues such as the Vienna Konzerthaus, London’s St. Martin in the Fields, and Munich’s Herkulessaal.
In addition to his performing career, Piotr Skweres is a sought-after guest lecturer and has conducted masterclasses at music universities and conservatories in Vienna, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Katowice.
Piotr Skweres plays a 1741 “ex- Andre Navarra” und “ex- Roland Pidoux” Januarius Gagliano cello kindly on loan from MERITO String Instruments Trust GmbH.
Photo: Marco BORGGREVE
Piotr SKWERES
Cello
Biography
The Polish-born cellist and composer Piotr Skweres studied cello with Valentin Erben and composition with Ivan Eröd and Detlev Müller-Siemens at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. During his studies, he co-founded the Apollon Musagete Quartet, which received intensive coaching from Johannes Meissl and Hatto Beyerle as part of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) program. In its early years, the quartet won multiple awards, including First Prize at the 2008 ARD Music Competition. Since then, the ensemble has performed regularly at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as at leading festivals like the BBC Proms and the Rheingau Musik Festival.
As a soloist, Piotr Skweres has performed with major orchestras in Germany, England, Austria, Hungary, and Poland, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the WDR Funkhausorchester, where he has served as principal cellist since 2018. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with renowned artists such as Gabriela Montero, Igor Levit, Martin Fröst, and Tori Amos.
Piotr Skweres has contributed to numerous chamber music recordings released by Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and NEOS. These albums have been nominated for prestigious awards, including the ECHO Klassik, the BBC Music Magazine Award, and the Fryderyk Music Prize. His original compositions, including commissions for Ensemble Reconsil and the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna, have been published by Orlando Records, Genuin Classics, and Doblinger Music Publisher. His works have been performed in prominent venues such as the Vienna Konzerthaus, London’s St. Martin in the Fields, and Munich’s Herkulessaal.
In addition to his performing career, Piotr Skweres is a sought-after guest lecturer and has conducted masterclasses at music universities and conservatories in Vienna, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Katowice.
Piotr Skweres plays a 1741 “ex- Andre Navarra” und “ex- Roland Pidoux” Januarius Gagliano cello kindly on loan from MERITO String Instruments Trust GmbH.