Christoph Croisé has emerged as one of Europe's fastest-rising young cellists, with a large variety of world-class collaborators listed on his CV by his early twenties. Even in an age of competition profusion, Croisé's list of competition prizes is impressive.
Croisé was born on December 3, 1993, in Filderstadt, Germany, near Stuttgart, but grew up in Niederlenz, Switzerland. He took up the cello at seven and soon began lessons in his hometown and in nearby Zurich. Marked early as a major talent, Croisé began taking master classes from the likes of Steven Isserlis and Frans H...