Cellist Anja Lechner has been an important proponent of cross-genre musical experimentation, especially in relation to tango music. She is always in search of new works for cello, especially those that blur genre distinctions. Lechner has been a longtime staple in the catalog of the experimentally minded German label ECM. She released the album Bach, Abel, Hume on that label in 2024.
Lechner was born in Kassel, West Germany, in 1961. She studied in Germany with Heinrich Schiff and at the University of Indiana with János Starker. As a rising young cellist, Lechner won the Förd...