Siegfried Pank

Siegfried Pank
Siegfried Pank in 2014, playing a violoncello piccolo
Born	(1936-03-24) 24 March 1936 (age 88) Salzwedel, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany
Education	Landesschule Pforta Thomanerchor Musikhochschule Leipzig
Occupations	Cellist Viol player Academic teacher Music association director
Organizations	Gewandhausorchester Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Musikhochschule Leipzig International Telemann Association
Awards	Magdeburg Telemann Prize
Website	www.siegfriedpank.de

Siegfried Pank (born 24 March 1936) is a German cellist and viol player. He was a member of the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig from 1962 to 1980, and toured with the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. He turned to playing the viol in historically informed performance, and lectured cello and viol at the Musikhochschule Leipzig from 1984, as professor from 1988 to 2001. He was a co-founder of the International Telemann Association in 1991, serving as its president from 2012.