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cornish sinfonia
Meet Members of the Orchestra
Barbara Degener began
studying the cello in
Germany with Wolfgang
Borggrefe and Heinrich
Schiff. She continued her
studies with William
Pleeth, Janos Starker, Uzi
Wiesel and the Amadeaus
Quartet. She has given
concerts with various
ensembles all over Europe and Russia and has made an
extensive range of recordings for CDs, radio and TV.
Barbara has also performed many contemporary works,
playing music by composers such as Morton Feldman and
Michael Veltmann. She has composed and improvised for
films, theatre and German and Turkish television.
Since Barbara settled in Cornwall in 2000 she has been
involved in a huge variety of music projects: From
performing regularly with various orchestras to playing
chamber music with several ensembles and recording
with pop bands.
Barbara loves to bring people together through music:
by teaching the cello for the Cornwall Music Service
Trust and various schools; by running Triggshire String
Orchestra and Atlantic String Orchestra in North
Cornwall.
Barbara is also one of the main pillars and tutors of the
very active community of amateur cellists in Cornwall
and organises residential weekends and cello orchestra
sessions.