Ohrid, 21 July 2025 (MIA) -- German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott will perform the suites for cello solo No. 1, 2 and 6 by Johann Sebastian Bach in a concert at Ohrid's St. Sophia church at 9 pm, Ohrid Summer festival organizers said.

The concert program consists of Bach's Suite Nr. 1 G-Dur BWV 1007, Suite Nr. 2 d-moll BWV 1008 and Suite Nr. 6 D-Dur BWV 1012.

Bach is at the center of Müller-Schott’s work. His debut CD was "6 Suites for cello solo" (Glissando, 2000), released to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.

Müller-Schott has produced an impressive discography in the past 25 years, with CDs released under the ORFEO, Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Pentatone and Warner labels. His recordings include works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Schubert, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Walton, Britten, Dvořák, Lalo, Honegger and Saint-Saëns.

Described by the New York Times as “a fearless player with technique to burn”, Müller-Schott has been a soloist with leading international orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Cleveland Orchestra, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London Symphony Orchestras, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bayrisches Staatsorchester and Münchner Philharmoniker.

He regularly appears in concerts and interviews on ARD, ZDF, ARTE, ARTE Concert and 3Sat. Earlier in the pandemic, he could be heard in live streams broadcast worldwide, including the Brahms Double Concerto with Julia Fischer at the 75th anniversary concert of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under Alan Gilbert and at the UN anniversary with the L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Domingo Hindoyan. His concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska was broadcast on ARTE Concert.

Daniel Müller-Schott (b. 1976, Munich) studied under Walter Nothas, Heinrich Schiff and Steven Isserlis. He was supported personally by Anne-Sophie Mutter and received, among other awards, the Aida Stucki Prize as well as a year of private tuition under Mstislaw Rostropovich. At the age of 15, Müller-Schott won the first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 1992 in Moscow.

He plays the “Ex Shapiro” Matteo Goffriller cello, made in Venice in 1727. mr/