Young Stars of Tomorrow Final Concert Master Class David Geringas

David Geringas has performed with many important orchestras and with the greatest conductors of our time around the world. His discography, which includes almost 100 CDs, offers numerous recordings that have been awarded high-ranking record prizes, including the Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of the 12 cello concertos by Luigi Boccherini, the Diapason d'Or d'Année for chamber music by Henri Dutilleux and the German record critics' annual award for his recording of the cello concertos by Hans Pfitzner as well as the German record critics' annual award for his recording of the works for cello and piano by Alfred Schnittke. David Geringas was awarded the "Echo Klassik" in 2013 and 2014. In 2013 he received the award for the best chamber music recording of the 20th/21st century. Century (Braunfels/Strauss, Profil Edition Günter Hänssler) and in 2014 for the best chamber music recording of the 19th century (“Pohádka”, C2 Hamburg/ES DUR).

David Geringas was a professor at the music academies in Hamburg (1977 to 1986), Lübeck (1980 to 2000) and at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin (2000 to 2009). For many decades he led a globally celebrated cello class from which cello stars such as Gustav Rivinius, Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Monika Leskovar, Tatjana Vassilieva, Jing Zhao, Johannes Moser, Maximilian Hornung and Sol Gabetta emerged. David Geringas has received his country's highest awards for his worldwide commitment to Lithuanian music and its composers. For his overall achievements as a musician and ambassador of the cultural state of Germany in the international music scene and throughout the world, he was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In October 2011, David Geringas was honored by the "Gunter and Juliane Ribke Foundation Hamburg" for his outstanding achievements in music education. David Geringas is an honorary professor at the Moscow Conservatory and the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, as well as an honorary doctor of the Music and Theater Academy of Lithuania.