Cellist Leonard Elschenbroich is one of the top German players of his instrument and has had an international career that includes both solo work and chamber music. His career also has an unusual Bolivian component. Elschenbroich made his recording debut with a performance of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33. He released Siècle, an album of French cello works from Saint-Saëns to Dutilleux, in 2017. In 2018, he premiered the Cello Concerto of Mark Simpson with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The following year, he recorded a complete set of Beethoven's cello sonatas with pianist Alexei Grynyuk. He has played in a piano trio with violinist Nicola Benedetti and Grynyuk. In 2022, he and Grynyuk released the album Brahms Analogue, featuring works by Brahms recorded to analog tape.