Raphaela Gromes

  • Violoncello

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Described by Rondo Magazine as "probably the most successful German cellist of the present day", Raphaela Gromes has been an exclusive artist at Sony Classical since 2016 and convinces audiences and press with "elegance, commitment, technical perfection, expressiveness and a range of variations in dynamics and vibrato" (Le Diapason).

She attracted attention early on with intelligently designed programmes and exciting world premiere recordings, for example with the rediscovery of Offenbach's "Hommage á Rossini", Richard Strauss's first cello sonata, or the cello concertos by Julius Klengel and Matilde Capuis. Her recordings have received many awards, including the OPUS Klassik, the Diapason D ́Or and the German Record Critics' Prize.

For some time now, Raphaela Gromes has also been increasingly committed to music by female composers that has been unjustly forgotten, on her globally celebrated album "Femmes" she presented 23 female composers from the Middle Ages to the present day, topping the German classical charts for months.

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In addition to performances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the BOZAR in Brussels and the KKL Lucerne, tours have also taken her to the USA, China, Korea and Central America. She plays with orchestras such as the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, the NDR Orchestra Hamburg, the DSO Berlin, the Festival Strings Lucerne and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and works with conductors such as Julian Rachlin, Kent Nagano, Pietari Inkinen, Roberto Gonzales – Monjas and Anna Rakitina.

After her junior studies in Leipzig with Peter Bruns, Raphaela Gromes continued her music studies in Munich with Wen-Sinn Yang and in Vienna with Reinhard Latzko in 2010 and received important impulses at master classes with David Geringas, Yo-Yo Ma, Wolfgang Boettcher, Kristin van der Goltz and Anner Bylsma.

Since her studies, Raphaela Gromes has formed a permanent duo with the pianist Julian Riem, who also works as an arranger and thus lays the foundation for the diversity of her programs, for example with harp, voice or saxophone quartet. Their performances are celebrated as an "asset for the music world" because they would "redefine instrumental duetting in their own way": "Gromes and Riem make chamber music in a symbiotic way" (Wilhelm Sinkowicz, Die Presse).

Several works have already been dedicated to the duo Gromes – Riem, including works by Johannes Wiederhofer, Kevin Volans, Dorothea Hofmann and Igor Loboda ("Arcobaleno della vita", a double concerto for cello, piano and string orchestra).

As an ambassador for SOS Children's Villages worldwide and the José Carreras Foundation, Raphaela Gromes is committed to bringing hope, joy and comfort through her music to places where people face difficult challenges. Most recently, she went to Kyiv in solidarity with Ukraine to give a concert in the Philharmonic Hall with the Ukrainian National Orchestra. She also recorded her new CD with the Ukrainian National Orchestra and Volodymyr Sirenko with Dvorak's Cello Concerto and works by Ukrainian composers and will also perform with them in autumn 2024 at the Berlin Philharmonie, Essen Philharmonic and in Vaduz and Antwerp, among others. In addition to debuts with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and in Japan, Australia and Taiwan, Raphaela Gromes will also perform various programmes in various formations as Artist in Residence at a major German music festival in 2025.

Raphaela Gromes plays a cello by Carlo Bergonzi from 1740, which is made available to her by private hands.

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Chamber Music Intensity Meets Creative Freedom

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Successful China Tour

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New Single Release: "The Swan" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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Evening of superlatives: Raphaela Gromes and Adam Hickox

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Raphaela Gromes inspires with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

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Successful tour by the Ukrainian National Orchestra and Raphaela Gromes

Raphaela Gromes at No. 5 on the German Classical Charts

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Why Raphaela Gromes recorded Dvořák's Cello Concerto with the Ukrainian National Orchestra in Poland

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Raphaela Gromes live at BR Abendschau

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CD release: „Dvořák: Cello Concerto“

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Shown in a new light through gripping reductions

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Raphaela Gromes presents a stirring and emotional album “Dvořák: Cello Concerto” with the Ukrainian National Orchestra

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Cellist Raphaela Gromes played with a smile

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Raphaela Gromes takes over cello part from Mischa Maisky

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Raphaela Gromes "The Kyiv Concert"

Raphaela Gromes in Munich!

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Raphaela Gromes on "Wer weiß denn sowas"

Successful "Femmes"-Tour

Bestseller of the year 2023 Classical Charts

Raphaela Gromes at münchen.tv "Mein Weg"

Young, smart, and classic

Musical fire with Raphaela Gromes

Raphaela Gromes at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall

Raphaela Gromes as a music ambassador for SOS Children's Villages on TV BAYERN LIVE

Raphaela Gromes TV feature at BR Capriccio

Raphaela Gromes interview at Magazine Stern

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Sulivan Sweetland represents Raphaela Gromes in UK & Scandinavia

„Weigold & Böhm“ - artists in German Top 20 Classical Charts

Femmes album among Weekly Favorites of Süddeutsche Zeitung

Today: Raphaela Gromes - release of Femmes album

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Raphaela Gromes at BR-Abendschau

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    Raphaela Gromes (Violoncello) – Julian Riem (Klavier)

    Femmes II

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    Program:

    Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) - "O virtus sapientiae" (3')
    Lera Auerbach (*1973) - 6 Präludien aus 24 Präludien für Violoncello und Klavier (1999) (12')
    Luise Adolphe Le Beau (1850-1927) - Sonate in D-Dur Op.17 (17')
    Pauline Viardot Garcia (1821-1910) - aus 6 Morceaux VWV 3003 (9') -Bohémienne, Romance, Tarantelle
    Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952) - Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier in a-Moll (1919) (24')
    Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831 - Nocturne B-Dur (5'), Etude Es-Dur (2') (Arr. J. Riem)
    Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) - Nocturne (3')
    Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) - Trois Pieces für Violoncello und Klavier (9')

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    Raphaela Gromes (Violoncello) – Julian Riem (Klavier)

    Femmes

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    Program:

    Femmes II
    Helene Liebmann (1795-1869) - Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello in B-Dur Op. 11 (18')
    Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953) - Ballade Op. 11 (10')
    Florentine Mulsant (*1962) - Sonate Nr. 2 (2018) Op. 82 (11')
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    Luise Adolphe Le Beau (1850-1927) - Romanze, Mazurka et Barcarolle aus 5 Stücke Op. 24 (11')
    Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952) - Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier in a-Moll (1919) (24')
    Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) - Trois Pieces für Violoncello und Klavier (9')

    Femmes II (GEMA-freie Alternative)
    Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) - Sérénade pour le pianoforte avec le accompagnement de violoncelle (6')
    Helene Liebmann (1795-1869) - Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello in B-Dur Op. 11 (18')
    Luise Adolphe Le Beau (1850-1927) - Sonate in D-Dur Op.17 (17')
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    Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952) - Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier in a-Moll (1919) (24')
    Amy Beach (1867-1944) - aus Op.15 Mazurka und Dreaming (6')
    Pauline Viardot Garcia (1821-1910) - Bohèmienne, Romance et Tarantelle aus 6 Morceaux VWV 3003 (9')

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  • Raphaela Gromes (Violoncello) – Goldmund Quartett

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    Program:

    Franz Schubert - Streichquintett C-Dur D 956

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  • Raphaela Gromes (Violoncello) – Julian Riem (Klavier) - Signum Saxophon Quarett

    "Christmas" - In cooperation with AMC Artists Management Company

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    Program:

    J.S.Bach (1685-1750): Sonata for Violin Solo No.1 in g minor, BWV 1001 (14’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): 12 Variations for Violoncello and Piano from Haendel's "Judas Maccabaeus", WoO.45 (12’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Piotr Ilyich.Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Nutknacker
    -No. II, March,
    -No. III, Waltz of the Flowers Op.71a (14’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

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    Frederic Chopin (1810-1849): Polonaise in A Major Op.40/1 (6’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Florence Price (1887-1953): Song for Snow (2:30’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Viet Cuong (1990): Beggar´s lace from "Prized Possessions" (6’)
    For saxophone quartet

    S.Prokofiev (1891-1953): Troika from "Lieutenant Kije“ (2:30’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Norah Jones (1979): White Christmas (3’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Christina Aguillera (1980): Have yourself a Merry little Christmas (3:30’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Michael Bublé (1975):
    -It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (4')
    -All I want for Christmas is you (3’)
    For violoncello, saxophone quartet and piano

    Arrangements by Julian Riem

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  • Further dates upon request

    Raphaela Gromes (Violoncello) – Eldbjorg Hemsing (Violine) - Alexei Volodin (Klavier)

    Klaviertrio

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    Program:

    Clara Schumann - Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello g-Moll op. 17
    Lera Auerbach - Klaviertrio Nr. 1
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    Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Klaviertrio Nr. 1 d-moll

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