Born in Munich in 1979 as a dual citizen of Germany and Canada, Johannes began studying the cello at the age of eight and became a student of Professor David Geringas in 1997. He won first prize in the 2000 Davidoff Competition in Riga, the 2001 Mendelssohn competition in Berlin and was the top prize winner at the 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition, in addition to being awarded the Special Prize for his interpretation of the Rococo Variations. Released in 2006, his first disc of sonatas by Shostakovich, Weinberg and Boris Tchaikovsky won an ECHO Klassik 2007 award for Young Artist. He received his second ECHO Klassik award in 2008 as Instrumentalist of the Year for his Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. I album of sonatas by Brahms, Fuchs and Zemlinsky. With a brilliant technique and charismatic flair, German-born Johannes Moser has set himself apart as one of the most compelling cellists of his generation whose impassioned playing is filled with personality and emotion. Johannes has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic and Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin. In Spring 2008, he played chamber concerts with Midori and friends at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, and in summer 2008, he joined Midori and Jonathan Biss on a tour of trio concerts in Europe.