Nils Wieboldt
studied at the Musikhochschule Trossingen and at the
Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, where he received
his masters for specialising
on baroque cello and historical performance practice with Jaap ter Linden.
In 1991 Nils won the first prize and the 'Rovere d'Oro Special Prize'
at the Rovere d'Oro competition in Italy. In the nationwide competition
"Jugend Musizert" in Germany he won the first prize in 1993.
At the early music competition Musica Antiqua Brugge
2000 he won a 2nd price.
For the past
years Nils has performed widely as a baroque cellist with various chamber
music groups and and orchestras in most of Europe, Japan, the United States,
the Middle-East and Russia.
In 1998 he was selected as
first cellist of the European Union Baroque Orchestra.
Nils Wieboldt is principal cellist of Les musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble
(Marc Minkowski) and Al Ayre Espanol (Eduardo
Lopez-Banzo). He has appeared as cello soloist with L'Orfeo
Barockorchester and the Leidse Barok Ensemble. Nils
has played with The Orchestra of the 18th Century (Frans
Brueggen), Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Jos van Veldhoven
/ Gustav Leonhardt), Utrecht Barok Consort and the Mozart
Akademie in the Netherlands. Recent engagements include also
playing as principal cellist for the Academy of Ancient Music,
UK, Cappella Figuralis, NL, Rheinische Kantorei,D.
In 2002 Nils has been contracted
as a guest teacher at the University of Stellenbosch, South-Africa.
He has participated in numerous
broadcastings for, amongst others, BBC Radio, SWR Radio Stuttgart, WDR
Koeln, and NCRV Television (Holland).
Nils plays on a rare baroque
cello by Jaques Boquay (1710).
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