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3. Kammerkonzert, Von ZemlinskyStraussSchoenberg, Arnold
Staatsoper HamburgCello II + 1 roles
View programme, cast and crew2. Kammerkonzert, Glazunov, A.StravinskyWebernMendelssohn
Staatsoper HamburgCello II
View programme, cast and crewPhilharmonic Chamber Music Recital, TochMahlerShlomowitzBrahms
Philharmonic State Orchestra HamburgCello + 1 roles
View programme, cast and crew6. Kammerkonzert, StraussBeethovenToshiro MayazumiSchumann
Staatsoper HamburgCello I
View programme, cast and crewMerlin Schirmer was born in Stuttgart in 1988. His first cello teacher was Erik Borgir, who awakened an interest in contemporary music in his student early on. Merlin Schirmer studied in Stuttgart and Vienna, his teachers including Rudolf Gleißner, Claudio Bohórquez and Valentin Erben, cellist of the former Alban Berg Quartet. Early on, he developed the wish to join a major opera or symphony orchestra. First steps on his path toward this goal were his membership in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester founded by Claudio Abbado and an internship with the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart. Towards the end of his studies, Merlin Schirmer was first appointed principal cellist of the Jena Philharmonic for a year and then joined the Dresden Philharmonic for another year as a cellist, before be