Raphaela Gromes

About the artist

Cellist Raphaela Gromes is one of the defining voices of her generation. She has been an exclusive artist with Sony Classical since 2016, and her award-winning albums have been honoured with the Opus Klassik, the Diapason d’Or and the German Record Critics‘ Award, among others. With her successful album Femmes (2023), which brings together works by 24 female composers, she caused a worldwide sensation and set an artistic example for the visibility of female composers. This was followed in 2025 by the Fortissima! project: a double album featuring newly discovered works by female composers. Presentations will take place in Montpellier, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Albert Hall in London, among other venues. Raphaela Gromes has performed throughout the whole world and worked with major orchestras and conductors. In addition to her effortless virtuosity and soulful, moving playing, she has attracted particular attention with world premiere recordings, including Richard Strauss’s first cello sonata, Julius Klengel’s cello concerto and Offenbach’s Hommage à Rossini. Raphaela Gromes is also involved as an ambassador for SOS Children’s Villages and the José Carreras Foundation. In 2023, she gave a solidarity concert in Kyiv with the Ukrainian National Orchestra and recorded Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and works by Ukrainian composers with them. Raphaela Gromes plays a cello by Carlo Bergonzi (1740), which is made available to her from a private collection.