Biography
Siegfried Palm was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music. Many 20th-century composers like Kagel, Ligeti, Xenakis, Penderecki and Zimmermann wrote music for him. He played as principal cellist in various orchestras, among others in Lübeck since 1945, in the NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg under Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt since 1947[3], and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne 1962–1968.
He played a cello built 1708 by Gianbattista Grancino that Julius Klengel had played before.
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