The Cellist Andreas Heinig, a native of Berlin, unites emotional depth, clarity, and refined sensitivity in his playing. “Pure music-fearlessly surrendering to the surge of one´s own emotions…concert-like intensity combined with chamber-musical filigree!” wrote critics of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and SWR.
A multiple prizewinner of the Jugend musiziert competition and former scholarship holder
of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation “Live Music Now” as well as the Friends’ Association
of the musical meeting place Haus Marteau, Andreas Heinig devotes himself equally to
chamber music and to his orchestral and solo activities.
Since 1999 he has been a founding member of the Berlin Wolf-Ferrari Ensemble, with
which he regularly appears as both soloist and chamber musician. In 2006, together with
double bassist Felix F. J. Maiwald, he co-founded the BSM – Bavarian Symphony
Orchestra Munich, serving as principal solo cellist and performing extensively in Germany
and abroad. Engagements with numerous other ensembles and piano partners have taken
him throughout the German-speaking world as well as to France, Italy, Finland, Russia,
Slovenia, and Switzerland. As a soloist and principal cellist, he has appeared at renowned
festivals including Ticino Musica, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Mahler
Weeks in Toblach, and the Wartburg Festival.
His distinctive tonal signature and openness to contemporary music have inspired several
German composers to write works especially for him, among them a Salve Regina for
soprano, violoncello, and orchestra, as well as cello concertos by Markus Höring (Munich)
and Helge Pfläging (Berlin).
Andreas Heinig made his CD debut in 2008 with two releases: the world premiere recording
of Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto, arranged by Markus Höring in accordance with
Schumann’s intentions for violoncello and string quartet, and Passion of Bass, featuring
rarely performed repertoire for violoncello and double bass. The arrangement and recording
of the Schumann concerto were realized in close collaboration with the composer Markus
Höring and the Amira Quartet, and received wide acclaim from radio broadcasters and the
specialist press.
In addition to his concert activities, Andreas Heinig is also active as an editor of music
editions, published both by Peters Edition and by his own publishing house, heinig
moments. Furthermore, he has developed and patented sound improving finetuners for the
violoncello, which have met with considerable international resonance among renowned
violin makers and musicians.
From 2026 on Andreas Heinig will be a permanent member of the Gelius Trio, thereby
deepening his long-standing devotion to chamber music.

Education
Andreas Heinig played his first scales at the age of six. At thirteen, he began his studies at
the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, studying with Gabriela Schwab and Prof. Josef
Schwab, Hans Lotz, and, following his Abitur, Hans-Jakob Eschenburg. At the same time,
as part of his early studies, he received regular instruction from members of the Petersen
Quartet, Vogler Quartet, and Tel Aviv Quartet. He completed his soloist studies in the
master class of Prof. Reiner Ginzel in Munich.
Parallel to his studies in Berlin and the master class in Munich, distinguished musicians such
as Hubert Buchberger and Sir Neville Marriner, as well as the cellists Peter Bruns,
Wolfgang Boettcher, Gerhard Mantel, Walter Nothas, and Gottfried Greiner, provided
him with decisive artistic impulses through their teaching, contributing significantly to the
development of his individual interpretative voice and tonal concept.