Artist Biography
Jan Müller Szeraws, Cello
Jan Müller Szeraws made his debut at age twelve with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción and has since then performed frequently as a soloist with orchestras in Chile, Germany and the United States, including Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción, Markneugraefler Symphonieorchester, Balinger Kammerorchester, Staufner Kammerensamble, Macon Symphony and Columbus State University Symphony Orchestra. He has been a guest artist at the Cape & Islands, Rockport, El Paso Pro-Musica, Strings in the Mountains, Delaware, Music at Gretna and Kingston Chamber Music Festivals, the Garth Newel Music Center and the European Chamber Music Association, performing in collaboration with artists such as Kim Kashkashian, Roberto Díaz, David Kim, Andrés Cárdenes, Samuel Sanders, Andrés Díaz, Laurence Lesser and Bernard Greenhouse. As an enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, Müller Szeraws performs regularly with contemporary music ensembles such as Dinosaur Annex and Boston Musica Viva. He has performed for WGBH radio station in the United States, WDR and SWR in Germany and Radio UDEC in Chile.
Müller Szeraws has been artist and teacher in residence at the Jornadas Musicales Internacionales de Invierno in Concepción, Chile and has taught Master Classes at the Garth Newel Music Center, Columbus State University and Academia de Música Antonio Vivaldi, Concepción. As a graduate student, he was a teaching assistant of Andrés Díaz.
He has been awarded the "Musikpreis der Museumsgesellschaft Freiburg i. Br." and has been a Scholarship holder of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes", as well as a recipient of a Deans Schoolarship and Performance Award at Boston University. He was a semi-finalist at the Naumburg International Competition and a prize-winner at the Washington International Competition. He currently is a grant recipient of the Saul and Naomi Cohen Foundation. Jan Müller Szeraws studied at the Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany and holds a Bachelor and Master's of Music Degree from Boston University. His teachers include Andrés Díaz, Christoph Henkel, Xavier Gagnepain, Arnaldo Fuentes and Javier Santamaría.