Luise Buchberger, Cello

Luise Buchberger became a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in 2009.

Born in Frankfurt am Main, she studied modern cello with Clemens Hagen at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, with Thomas Grossenbacher at the Hochschule der Künste Zurich, and baroque cello with Kristin von der Goltz at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main. Today she is in demand on the modern as well as on the historical instrument as a chamber musician, soloist and continuo cellist.

Luise was appointed principal cellist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in 2013 and has been living in the United Kingdom since. She is in regular demand as guest principal cellist, most recently with the English Baroque Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Camerata Salzburg, Classical Opera Company and Arcangelo.

In the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Luise plays a cello built by Lorenzo Ventapane in Naples c. 1830.