“…Apart from this, it was clear from the outset that Klaus-Peter Hahn is a cellist with a masterly command over his instrument. Whether playing or conducting, the artist radiates a pleasure in what he is doing that is there for all to see, yet does not obtrude. He is able to operate at the level of that mysterious reality which is the quintessence of musical enjoyment.”

(Marseilles)

Klaus-Peter Hahn’s career as cellist and conductor began in Stuttgart, where he studied the cello with Ludwig Hoelscher (additionally taking part in courses given by Pierre Fournier and Paul Tortellier), and conducting with Hans Grischkat (also receiving supplementary tuition from Thomas Ungar). From the time of its formation in 1968 until 1981, Klaus-Peter Hahn was a member of the Stuttgart Piano Trio, winning numerous prizes at both national and international competitions (among them, the Mendelssohn Prize, Berlin and the ARD Prize, Munich) and making repeated tours to the USA, Canada, Central and South America, Australia, the Far East, South Africa and other countries. In addition to his concert activities with this chamber ensemble and to his radio transcriptions, television appearances and commercial recordings, Klaus-Peter Hahn also performed with many of the most highly reputed orchestras: the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Eliahu Inbal, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bratislava Radio Orchestra, to name but a few. In 1981, to complement his activities as soloist, he assumed the direction of the French chamber orchestra, “Les Solistes de Marseilles”. From 1987 to 1991 he directed the Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra. With it he presented concert performances in which he himself sometimes appeared as soloist and produced radio transcriptions and commercial recordings. He has been a member of the Trio Kreis-leriana since its formation in 1989. Since 1991 Klaus-Peter Hahn has been with conducting the chamber orchestra “Les Solistes de Bourgogne”, an ensemble with which he also appears as soloist. As guest conductor with the Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Klaus-Peter Hahn has, since 1994, conducted in cities such as Barcelona, Baden-Baden, Marseilles and Melbourne. His first CD with this orchestra was recently released. In 1993, he recorded J.S. Bach’s solo cello suites for Mediaphon.