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„Kloeckner search is directed to the inner spirit. His playing is sometimes nearly sacral, a humble musical evening prayer.“
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"addictively sensuous sound”
Carlos Maria Solare , The Strad 2/2025
„Kloeckner showed how sensitive , imaginative and longingly beautiful one can play the Cello.“
- Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung
„The sensitive cellist with slender hands amazed his listeners not only with perfect intonation but also by the fabulous effortlessness and grace of his playing...."
- NZZ
„Kloeckners plays with a commanding spontaneity to match even the finest."
- The Strad
„The Cello magician is a young rock god with a cello.“
- Rheinpfalz
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Great reviews for new Dvorak album
“a moving close of a well-planned recital that effectively showcases Benedict Kloeckner's addictively sensuous sound”
“They offer intimate readings, breathing and phrasing as one, giving emphatic characteristation to the various episodes in the Rondo and the Polonaise, and swooning delightfully in that wistful old chestnut, Songs my mother taught me.”
“The Strad” C.M. Solare 2/2025
„Brightness of sound and firm architectural grasp are the hallmarks of Benedict Kloeckner's Dvorák Cello Concerto with conductor Cristian Macelaru. Kloeckner and Danae Dörken's partnership sounds deep and close, and their readings are clearly jointly conceived and entirely theirs, articulated with an endless variety of colour and expression, captured with corresponding evenly weighted, natural immediacy.“
Charlotte Gardner, Gammophone Magazine 11/2024
"Kloeckner and his great companion Danae Dörken have created an ode to the beauty of life"
Welt am Sonntag, Elmar Krekeler
RBB Radio Berlin "Album of the week"
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New Bach CD out on Brilliant Classics
„The German Cellist proves to be an impressive Bach Interpreter“
Opus Klassiek, Netherlands
"Absolutely timeless"
Julia Spinola, RBB Radio "Album of the week"
"Kloeckner convinces with the musicality of his phrasing, finely differentiated tempi and flawless intonation. In addition, there is a spontaneous rubato in a generally very warm sounding, as well as dance-like, cantabile and light playing".
5 Stars Pizzicato magazine
„Benedict Kloeckner encompasses the old and the new brilliantly, with striking performances of the suites interspersed with miniatures“
The WholeNote , Canada
„A master of his craft. With full commitment and an immensely creative approach, he has really created something special here“
Hören und Fühlen, Germany
Supersonic Award for new Rihm Album
„Kloeckner is able to provide an extremely attractive performance“ Pizzicato Magazine.”
Great reviews for new Dvorak album
with Cristian Macelaru/RCO/ Danae Dörken
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500.000 Streams on Apple Music
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Suntory Hall Tokyo Debut awarded
ASAHI names Suntory Hall Debut one of the "most memorable concerts"
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RBB Radio Berlin "Album of the week"
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NDR Album of the Week
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OPUS Klassik Award
Benedict Klöckner receives OPUS Klassik
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New Bach CD out on Brilliant Classics
5 star reviews in Canada, Luxemburg, Germany
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Supersonic Award for new Rihm Album
Kloeckner is able to provide an extremely attractive performance
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About
Benedict Kloeckner, born in 1989, is one of the outstanding artists of his generation. He has won numerous competitions and awards, most recently the OPUS Klassik 2021. He performs worldwide as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the Deutsche Radiophilharmonie, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, the Kremerata Baltica, the Camerata Oslo and the Munich Chamber Orchestra and works with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Sanderling, Clemens Schuldt, Heinrich Schiff and Sir Simon Rattle. He appears in concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall New York, Kennedy Center Washington, Symphony Hall Chicago, Arts Center Seoul, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Musikverein Vienna, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Tonhalle Zurich, Gasteig in Munich, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Rudolfinum Prague, Athenaeum Bucharest and Barbican, Cadogan and Wigmore Hall London.
