Isaac Lottman
cello
Born in Amsterdam in 2003, Isaac Lottman began playing the cello at the age of three with Atie Aarts. He later studied with Charles Watt and Monique Bartels. At thirteen, he was admitted to the Sweelinck Academy, where he studied with Monique Heidema. In 2020, he began his bachelor’s degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Pieter Wispelwey and Maarten Mostert. He graduated in 2026, after six years of study with Pieter Wispelwey.
In April 2026, Isaac won First Prize at the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra International Music Competition. In 2025, he received both Second Prize and the Audience Prize at the Lions European Music Competition in Dublin. He had previously won Second Prize at the National Cello Competition in 2022 and First Prize at the Britten Competition in 2019. He also reached the semi-finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2026.
Isaac has taken part in masterclasses with Nicolas Altstaedt, Gary Hoffman, Dmitri Ferschtman, Ivan Karizna, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Matthias Bartolomey, Pierre Colombet, Yovan Markovitch, Quirine Viersen, Gerhard Schulz, Marc Danel, Luc-Marie Aguera and Lukas Hagen.
A keen chamber musician, he spent five years in a string quartet, until 2025. He has also performed with the Amstel Pianotrio and with his sister, violinist Yente Lottman.
As a soloist, he has appeared at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and Concertgebouw. He has also performed with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam orchestra and Orkest Amsterdam. Het Muziekinstrumentenfonds has loaned him a cello by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.
In September 2026, Isaac Lottman joins the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel as an Artist in residence, under the direction of Gary Hoffman and Jeroen Reuling.
Last updated: 25 September 2026