Douwe Eisses
Cello
Douwe Eisses is a Dutch cellist. He began playing the cello at the age of four and was admitted to the Young Talent Class at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague at the age of ten. He is currently studying at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg under Giovanni Gnocchi. Douwe has taken part in international competitions and won first prizes at the International Cello Competition in Ljubljana (2024) and the Davidoff Cello Competition in Riga (2025). In 2026, he was artist in residence at the Muziekzomer Gelderland, where he presented his own programmes. He is also active as an orchestral musician. He was principal cellist with the Netherlands Youth Orchestra and has been playing in the European Union Youth Orchestra since 2025. Douwe plays a cello provided by the Dutch National Musical Instrument Fund.
