Anja Lechner

Cellist Anja Lechner performs as a chamber musician, as a soloist, and as a creative contributor to projects spanning cultures and genres. Composers including Tigran Mansurian, Valentin Silvestrov, Golfam Khayam, Zad Moultaka have written music for her. The range of her musical interests is reflected in more than twenty albums for ECM Records. Lechner was a founding member of the Rosamunde String Quartet until 2009, playing on major international stages and at chamber music festivals. Since 1998, she collaborates with Argentine bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi. This season, Anja Lechner is presenting her new recording with works for cello solo by J.S. Bach, C.F. Abel and T. Hume, and playing with French pianist and composer François Couturier, both in duo and with the Tarkovsky Quartet. Additionally, she is working with guitarist Pablo Márquez and pianist Raúl da Costa. In spring 2025, she will join the new Quartet of Anouar Brahem.