The young German-American cellist Daniel Dorn (born 2008) has just started studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Guy Johnston. He began playing the cello at the age of three, and at ten, he made his orchestral debut as a soloist in Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto in D major (RV 403). Away from music, in 2020, together with his twin brother Max, he was awarded first prize in the Jugend forscht competition in the category Mathematics / Computer Science for their research on twin primes.
In May 2027, Evidence Classics will release Daniel Dorn’s debut album, a journey through three of Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello. The album will present Suites Nos. 1, 2, and 3, while also offering listeners a rare musical curiosity: Robert Schumann’s accompanied version of the Second Suite, performed with Korean pianist Ji-Hwan Hong.
Daniel Dorn plays a Jacob Stainer cello from 1645, and on the video of the Sarabande from Suite No. 2, his “gentle, fluid, and introspective” [Frederik Hanssen, Der Tagesspiegel] style gives a somewhat Romantic take on Bach’s music.
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