Maria Kliegel (born: November 14, 1952), a native of Dillenburg in Germany, she is one of the leading cello-virtuosi of our time. She took up her studies with Janos Starker at Indiana University in the United States, and won first prize at the American College Competition, at the First German Music Competition and the Concours Also Parisot. Her international career began when she won the "Grand Prix" of the Concours Rostropovich" in 1981 in Paris. Read more on Last.fm