Wolf’s Career

EDUCATION

1990-1991 Advanced studies with Janos Starker, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

1990 Master’s Degree in Cello Performance, Musikhochschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

1897-1989 Studies with Arto Noras, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland.

1894-1987 Studies with Gerhard Mantel, Musikhochschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

1980-1984 Studies with Susanne Mueller Hornbach, Assistant Professor, Gerhard Mantel.

1970-1980 Private lessons in both cello and piano

STUDIES IN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE AND REPERTOIRE

1991 Masterclasses with Menahem Pressler (Indiana University) and Claus Kanngiesser,
Mainz, Germany.

1990-1991 Chamber music studies with Rostislav Dubinsky (Borodin Quartet), Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

1989-1991 Orchestral studies, Daniel Robert Graf, principal cellist of the Opera Orchestra,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

1989 Masterclasses with Janos Starker, Villa Musica, Mainz, Germany.

1986-1987 Masterclasses with Arto Noras, Luzern, Switzerland.

1986 Masterclasses with Gerhard Mantel, Vaduz, Lichtenstein

1985-1987 Chamber Music studies with Rainer Hoffman, Musikhochschule, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany.

1985-1987 Orchestral studies with Daniel Robert Graf, Principal cellist, Opera Orchestra,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

1985 Masterclasses with Arto Noras, Luzern, Switzerland.

1986 Masterclasses with Gerhard Mantel, Vaduz, Lichtenstein.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1985-1987 Cello Teacher at the Musikschule Wetzlar, Germany

1991-1992 Cello Teacher at the Musikschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1992-1994 Professor for Cello at the Academy for Orchestral Education in Lisbon, Portugal

1996-current Instructor for Cello at Queen’s University School of Music, Kingston, Ontario

2008-2018 Instructor for Cello at Queen’s Conservatory of Music, Kingston, Ontario

1997-2018 Faculty member of the National Music Camp of Canada, Orillia, Ontario

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Orchestral

1995-current Principal Cellist, Kingston Symphony, Kingston, Ontario.

2000-2016 First call, sub list, (1120 concerts) cello section, National Arts Centre Orchestra,
Ottawa, Ontario.

1992-1994 Assistant Principal Cellist, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Lisbon, Portugal.

1991-1992 Principal Cellist, Opera Orchestra Halle, Germany.

1991-1992 Sublist, Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, Germany.

1990-1991 Principal Cellist, Symphony Orchestra, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

1983-1984 Principal Cellist, Chamber Orchestra Siegburg, Germany.

Solo Performances

2020 Tschaikovsky Pezzo Capriccioso, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.

2016 Boccherini cello concerto in B flat major, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Kingston,
Ontario.

2014 Tchaikovsky Rococco Variations, Huronia Symphony, Barrie, Ontario.

2012 Beethoven Triple Concerto, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.

2010 Haydn Concerto in C Major for Cello and Orchestra, Kingston Symphony
Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.

2006 Tchaikovsky Rococco Variations, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.

2006 CD Recording: A Symphonic Tapestry, Bruch Kol Nidrei, Kingston Symphony
Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.
2004 Haydn Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra,
Kingston, Ontario.

2003 Dvorak Concerto in b minor for Cello and Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra,
Kingston, Ontario.

2002 Elgar Concerto in e minor for Cello and Orchestra, Sarnia Symphony, Sarnia, Ontario.

2001 Elgar Concerto in e minor for Cello and Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra,
Kingston, Ontario.

1999 Schumann Concerto in a minor for Cello and Orchestra, Kingston Symphony
Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.

1997 Clifford Crawley: Serenade for Cello and Orchestra, Eastern Ontario Concert Orchestra.
Belleville, Ontario.

1997 Saint-Saens Concerto in a minor for Cello and Orchestra, Chebucto Symphony
Orchestra, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1996 Saint-Saens Concerto in a minor for Cello and Orchestra, Kingston Symphony
Orchestra, Kingston, Ontario.

1994 Haydn Concerto in D Major, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Lisbon, Portugal.

Chamber Music Performances

2016-current Three annual faculty recitals with the Isabel Quartet at the Isabel Bader Centre for the
Performing Arts, Kingston, Ontario.

2014 Faculty Recital with the Penderecki Quartet: Schubert: String Quintet in C Major,
Op. post.163, D. 956, Chalmers Church, Kingston, Ontario.

2014 National Piano Trio: Mendelssohn: Trio in d minor, Op. 47; Brahms: Trio No. 2 in
C Major, Op. 87, Toronto, Ontario.

2013 Faculty Recital, Piano Trio: Beethoven Op. 70 No. 2; Faure: Elegie; Gliere: Duos for
Violin and Cello, Chalmers Church, Kingston, Ontario.

2012 Faculty Recital, Cello and Piano: Martinu:Variations; Schnittke: Sonata for Cello and
Piano; Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Chalmers Church, Kingston,
Ontario.

2011 National Piano Trio: Brahms: Piano Trio No 1 in B Major, Op. 8; Shostakovich: Piano
Trio in e minor, Chalmers Church, Kingston, Ontario.

2011 National Piano Trio: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8; Shostakovich Piano
Trio in e minor, Haliconian Hall, Toronto, Ontario.

2011 National Piano Trio: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8; Shostakovich Piano
Trio in e minor, St. John’s Anglican Church, Stradford, Ontario.

2011 Faculty Recital, Piano Trio: Boccherini: Sonata in A Major; Shostakovich: Piano Trio
in e minor, Chalmers Church, Kingston, Ontario.

2011 Chamber Music Soiree: Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No, 2; Debussy: String
Quartet in g minor; Vaughn Williams String Quartet, Kingston, Ontario.

2010 Chamber Music Soiree: Schumann: Piano Quintet; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet,
Kingston, Ontario.

2010 Chamber Music Soiree: Mozart: Piano Quartet in g minor, Op. 478; Schumann
Piano Quartet, Op. 47, Kingston, Ontario.

2010 Chamber Music Soiree: Albrechtsberger: Divertimento in F Major for Violin,
Cello and Double Bass; Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello; Rossini: Duet for
Cello and Double Bass; Johann Michael Haydn: Divertimento in D Major for
Violin, Cello and Double Bass, Kingston, Ontario.

2009 Chamber Music Soiree: Schubert: Trout Quintet; Burge: Liebesleid for Cello and
Piano, Kingston, Ontario.

2009 Chamber Music Soiree: Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano; Marko Tajcevic:
Seven Balcan Dances, Kingston, Ontario.

2009 Chamber Music Soiree: Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in f minor, Op. 80;
Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D Major, Kingston, Ontario.

2008 Chamber Music Soiree: Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in g minor, Op. 19;
Beethoven:Sonata in A Major Op. 69, Kingston, Ontario,

2008 Chamber Music Soiree: Grieg: Sonata for Cello and Piano in a minor, Op. 36;
Schubert: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, Kingston, Ontario.
2008 Chamber Music Soiree: Bach: Two-part Inventions arranged for two cellos (Alexander
Zlotkin); Gliere: Duets for Two Cellos, Op. 53; Popper: Suite for Two Cellos; Bach:
Chaconne arranged for two cellos (Claudio Jaffe), Kingston, Ontario.

2007 Chamber Music Soiree: Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370; Gordon Jacob:
Quartet for Oboe and Strings; Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3, Kingston,
Ontario.

2007 Chamber Music Soiree: Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major; Faure: Piano
Quartet in c minor, Kingston, Ontario.

2007 Chamber Music Soiree: Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8; Beethoven: String Quartet
Op. 18, No. 6, Kingston, Ontario.

2007 Zukerman Chamber Players: Gliere: Duets for Two Cellos, Op. 53; Boccherini: String
Quintet in C Major, Sydenham Street United Church, Kingston, Ontario.

2006 Chamber Music Soiree: Haendel: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello; Brahms Piano Trio
No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8, Kingston, Ontario.

2006 Chamber Music Soiree: Dvorak Piano Trio (Dumky); Chopin: Polonaise Brillante
Op. 3; Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7, Kingston, Ontario.

2005 Chamber Music Soiree: Shostakovich: Piano Trio in e minor; Granados: Spanish
DancesNo. 2. Orientale; De Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, Kingston, Ontario.

2005 Chamber Music Soiree: Schubert: Death and The Maiden; Mozart: String Quartet in
C Major, Kingston, Ontario.

2004 Celebration for the installation of the new principal of Queen’s University, Dr. Karen
Hitchcock, Grant Hall Kingston, Ontario
Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time

2004 Chamber Music Soiree: Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano; Mendelssohn
Konzertpiece No.2; Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in a minor opus 119,
Kingston, Ontario

2004 Chamber Music Soiree: Schubert Arpeggione foer Cello and Piano; Chopin Sonata
in g minor opus 65 for Cello and Piano, Kingston, Ontario

2003 Chamber Music Soiree: Mozart Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano; Tschaikovsky Trio in
a minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, Kingston, Ontario

2003 Chamber Music Soiree: Bach Sonata for Cello and Piano in g-minor; Boccherini
Sonata No.6 in A-major; Brahms Sonata in F-major opus 99 for Cello and Piano,
Kingston, Ontario

2002 Chamber Music Soiree: Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 (Archduke),
Mendelssohn: Trio in d minor, Op. 49, Kingston, Ontario

2001 Benefit Concert for the Canadian Red Cross, (support for 9/11 victims):
Martinu: Variations on a Slovakian Theme; Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Frescobaldi: Toccata;
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in g minor, Op. 19, Grant Hall, Kingston,
Ontario

1999 Trio concert, Performing Arts Office, Grant Hall, Kingston, Ontario
Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano; Glinka Trio Pathetique in d-minor;
Brahms Trio in a minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano; Mendelssohn Concertpiece No.2
opus 114

1999 Music in Your Eyes, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
Bach Suite No.3 in C major for Cello Solo; Beethoven Sonata No.4,C major, opus 102;
Schnittke Sonata for cello and Piano

1997 Performing Arts Office, Queen’s University, Dunning Auditorium, Kingston, Ontario
Beethoven Sonata A-major, opus 69; Glick Prayer and Dance, Schumann Fantasie
pieces; Rachmaninoff Sonata g minor opus 19

1996 Trio Concert: Ernest Dainty: Piano Trio; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in d minor, Op. 49,
Dunning Auditorium, Kingston, Ontario.

1995 Recital for Cello and Piano, Hamilton, Ontario
Beethoven Sonata opus 5 Nr.2; Brahms Sonata F-major; Schnittke Sonata

1992-1994 60 Concerts with the Tagide String Quartet, Portugal.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

1990-91 scholarship from the Hans Krueger Stiftung, Berlin, Germany

1990-91 scholarship from the Porse Stiftung, Berlin, Germany

1987-88 scholarship from the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland

1987-88 scholarship from the Rotary Foundation, Germany