Raphaela Gromes

Among Germany's most prominent cellists of her generation, Raphaela Gromes was signed to the Sony Classical label in 2016. She often performs in a duo with pianist Julian Riem. Gromes was born on March 16, 1991, in Munich. Both of her parents, Wilhelm Gromes and Astrid Hedler-Gromes, were cellists, and she took up the cello at age four, studying with her mother. Her parents performed as the Nymphenburger Celloduo, and when she was seven, Raphaela began joining them on stage for encores and the like. In 2005, Gromes made her concert debut, performing Friedrich Gulda's Cello Co...