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Thomas Demenga

Country: Switzerland

Thomas Demenga is a Swiss cellist and composer, born in Bern in 1954. He studied with Walter Grimmer, Antonio Janigro, Leonard Rose and Mstislav Rostropovich and at the Juilliard School, and has taught a soloist class at the Basel music academy since 1980. He is known for his ECM New Series recordings pairing the Bach cello suites with modern music, and for his work in new music and improvisation.