Simon Eberle is the deputy principal cellist of the Dresdner Philharmonie. He gained international recognition by winning first prize and the Mahler Prize at the International Gustav Mahler Competition in 2021, as well as the gold medal at the Manhattan International Music Competition in 2020.
As a solo cellist, he has performed with ensembles such as the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, the Hamburger Camerata, and during a temporary engagement with the orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich. He also gained formative experience as a member of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Akademie, as well as with the HR-Sinfonieorchester, the Münchner Kammerorchester, and during a temporary engagement with the Münchner Philharmoniker.
He completed his master’s degree with top marks in Berlin with Jens Peter Maintz, after previously studying with Troels Svane in Lübeck and Wen-Sinn Yang in Munich. Further artistic inspiration came from masterclasses with David Geringas, Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Boettcher, Natalia Gutman, Anner Bylsma, and Gary Hoffman at the Kronberg Academy.
As a soloist he has performed under conductors such as Reinhard Goebel, Werner Ehrhardt, Dietger Holm, and Peter Eötvös. He also studied chamber music with the Artemis Quartett in Berlin and worked regularly with Tabea Zimmermann and Heime Müller. Further artistic input came from members of the Vogler Quartett and the Armida Quartett, as well as from Ferenc Rados, Pamela Frank, Klaus Hellwig, and Gábor Takács-Nagy. He is also regularly active with the Frielinghaus Ensemble and has performed as a substitute with the 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker and the Goldmund Quartett.
He has appeared at renowned festivals such as the Heidelberger Frühling, the Verbier Festival, the Zermatt Festival, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Hangzhou International Music Festival, the St. Petersburg Festival of the White Nights, as well as the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. At these events he has performed with musicians such as Igor Levit, Viviane Hagner, Boris Garlitsky, Marc Bouchkov, Kalle Randalu, Pekka Kuusisto, Fabian Müller, Veronika Eberle, and David Geringas.
Simon Eberle has received scholarships from the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the Jürgen Ponto Stiftung, and the Oscar und Vera Ritter Stiftung. At the Moritzburg Festival in 2018 he received two audience awards. Further distinctions include an audience prize from the Konzertverein Ingolstadt and a sponsorship award from the city of Donauwörth.
He performs on a violoncello made in 1847 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, generously loaned from a private collection.