Maja Bogdanović
Cello
⟹ Serbia, 1982
⟹ 2nd x Cello Biënnale (2010 & 2026)
⟹ Plays a cello by the French luthier Frank Ravatin
Maja Bogdanović was born in Belgrado and studied in Paris, where she lived for a long time. Since a few years ago, Amsterdam has been her home base. Maja performs all over the world as a soloist and has played with orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony, Tonhalle Zurich, and Münchener Kammerorkester. Maja has worked with numerous composers and has premiered works by Gubaidulina, Tanguy, and Penderecki, at whose eightieth birthday she performed at the invitation of the composer himself. She was also invited by the composer to record his second cello concerto. Maja is a member of the Arathusa Quartet, the rest of which is formed by violinists Daniel Rowland and Floor Le Coultre, and violist Dana Zemtsov. In recent years, she has recorded several CDs for labels such as Nimbus and Orchid, including her critically acclaimed Rachmaninov/Glière CD. She recorded the album Pas de deux together with her partner Daniel Rowland.
