Sibylle Johner, Cello/Conductor
Sibylle Johner, Cello/Conductor
Director of Orchestras / Chamber Music Coach
Sibylle Johner, conductor and cellist, has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe (often as a member of the Damocles Trio). She is director of orchestras at CMC, adjunct professor of cello and interim conductor at Brooklyn College, and music director at the Brooklyn Waldorf School. For the past 27 years, Ms. Johner has taught students from the ages
of 3 to 80 in every kind of setting.
Ms. Johner has studied music in Germany and Switzerland, at Drake and Rutgers Universities, and at The Juilliard School, where she was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Among Ms. Johner’s teachers have been Rudolf Baumberger, Bernard Greenhouse, Stefan Kartman, Harvey Shapiro, and Jeffrey Milarsky.
In addition to two critically-acclaimed recordings available on Claves Records, she has also recorded for Naxos. A live performance of Shostakovich’s “Chamber Symphony op. 110” conducted by Ms. Johner was aired on WQXR’s “Young Artists Showcase” in 2015. In 2019, Ms. Johner joined Ron Carter’s “4+4” in performances in New York and Japan. She joined Mr. Carter again in 2022 for a performance in Carnegie Hall.
