Andreas Brantelid

Renowned as one of the most sought-after performing artists, Andreas Brantelid has received worldwide acclaim from audiences and critics alike for his natural musicianship, charisma and virtuosic playing. He made his soloist debut with the Royal Danish Orchestra at 14 years of age, performing Elgar’s cello concerto. He went on to win first prizes in the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition, the International Paulo Cello Competition and in subsequent years received coveted music awards, including a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, BBC’s New Generation Artist, and a season as a Rising Star with European Concert Hall Organization. Mostly recently he was awarded the Carl Nielsen Prize in Copenhagen.

As a recording artist, Andreas released his debut disc of the Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Saint-Saëns cello concertos with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under EMI’s label in 2008. In 2021, he released a recording of both Haydn Cello Concertos with the Concerto Copenhagen, led by Lars Ulrik Mortense. His most recent release, “48 Strings – Music For 1, 2, 4 and 12 Cellos” pays homage to four of greatest cellists on the 20th Century; Pianti, Popper, Fitzenhagen and Klenge, in which Andreas was praised for “skilfully draw[ing] out the melody from the myriad of accompanying notes, turning something that looks pretty daunting on the page into a playful trifle.” (The Strad, September 2022.)

Andreas has been the Co-Artistic Director of Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival in Norway since 2018, and currently holds a position as a visiting professor at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Andreas plays the 1707 ‘Boni-Hegar’ Stradivarius, which has been made available to him by the generous support of Norwegian art collector Christen Sveaas.