Isaac Lottman (2003) is a Dutch cellist, born in Amsterdam, who began playing the cello at the age of two. He received his first lessons from Atie Aarts. He has also studied with Charles Watt and Monique Bartels. At the age of 13, he enrolled at the Sweelinck Young Talent Academy under the guidance of Monique Heidema. In 2020, he began his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he took lessons with Pieter Wispelwey and Maarten Mostert. He is now in his third year of his bachelor’s program with Pieter Wispelwey and has also taken many lessons with Dmitri Ferschtman. He has attended masterclasses with Gary Hoffman, Anastasia Kobekina, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Jeroen Reuling, and Matthias Bartolomey.
In 2019, he won first prize at the Britten Competition, followed by second prize at the National Cello Biennale in 2022.
He enjoys performing chamber music as the cellist of the Fontana Quartet, a dynamic ensemble that will embark on its first tour to Portugal in March 2024. In addition, he has given solo recitals and performed with orchestras in venues such as the Muziekgebouw and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as internationally during several intercontinental tours.
Isaac plays a cello built by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris, 1866) fitted with a James Dodd endpin from London (ca. 1850), from the collection of Het Muziekinstrumentenfonds.
