The history of
the cello rental
FROM A TRIP TO INDIA
TO RENTING CELLOS
The fact that I play the cello is probably the reason for my interest in instruments and so I started buying my first cello many years ago. This was only intended to serve as a second cello, at that time for a concert tour to India, on which I did not want to take my very valuable cello (Francesco Ruggeri, 1680, on loan) as I did not know what to expect there.
But then I started asking around again and again for cellos, researching on the internet and then couldn't resist more cellos. When a few cellos accumulated in my apartment over the years, I got the idea that it would be a shame if they just stood around, since I can't play them all myself. Since these are mostly older instruments with character and history, I thought it might be interesting for aspiring cellists not to play a cello made in a factory in China, but to play a great old cello right away.
I am very happy when I can give other people a piece of quality of life with these instruments and the instruments are brought back to life.
ABOUT ME
I grew up next to Hof/Saale in Upper Franconia, attended the music school there at the age of 6, first learned the cello and later also the piano. At the age of 17 I moved to Berlin on my own to attend the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Musikgymnasium.
During my studies in Munich and Leipzig, I developed my passion for sailing, which I can now live out at Wannsee and other waters, where many of my cello photos were taken.
For many years I played in the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, as well as other orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and I have been conducting the Vitzenburger Schlosskonzerte with my duo partner Andreas Schulz for 15 years.
In 2020 I founded my own artist agency: LOEWENBERG - artist management
www.vitzenburger-schlosskonzerte.de
If you are also interested in professional cello lessons or need a musical accompaniment, please contact me at: info@cellistdanielhoffmann.de
SUSTAINABLE CELLO
Can a cello be sustainable? In any case. It's very simple: it is not built anew, but used again and again over many decades and centuries.
All of my cellos have been in use for many years, some over 100 years, and if they came to me in an unplayable condition, selected violin makers in Berlin have made them ready to play again with great attention to detail.
Most of my instruments were carefully handcrafted from selected trees and are exactly the opposite of today's mass production in many areas. It is therefore particularly important to me that these should live on for many years to come and by renting them out you can also participate in this.
Instruments with history are particularly beautiful to me and I feel good when they don't use up any new resources.
I'm always looking to breathe new life into an "old treasure" and if you have an old cello in the basement or attic, please feel free to talk to me.
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