Martin Rummel

Cellist Martin Rummel, who specializes in 20th century and contemporary music, has amassed a large catalog of recordings as a soloist and chamber music player. He is also the author of crime fiction. Even as a student, Rummel was focusing on contemporary music, giving the premiere of a cello concerto by Helmut Rogl in 1994; he has given the premieres of some 20 cello concertos. Rummel released his first album, featuring the Concertino of Bohuslav Martinu, in 1996, and in 2000, he began teaching at the University of Kassel. By 2022, when Rummel and pianist Mari Kato issued the first volume in a set of works for cello and piano by David Popper, Rummel's recording catalog comprised more than 65 items.