Moscow-born Andrey Godik began his musical training in 1996 at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, initially on the recorder but soon switching to the oboe. From 2004 to 2008, he was a junior student at the Central Music School of the Moscow…
Iason Keramidis was born in Kavala, Greece in 1985. Receiving lessons from Prof Stelios Kafantaris aged 13, he studied at the State University of Music and the Performing Arts Stuttgart with Prof Ingolf Turban from 2003 and later at the State…
Julio López was born in 1980 in Honduras. He began his musical studies at the Escuela de Música Victoriano López, studying the viola there with Ruben Moncada. In 1997/1998 he was principal violist in the Symphony and Chamber Orchestra of San Pedro…
Shizuka Mitsui erhielt mit fünf Jahren seinen ersten Cellounterricht und studierte an der Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokio bei Hakuro Mori und Wen-Sinn Yang. 2011 wurde er Akademist des NHK Symphony Orchestra. Seit 2016 studiert er an der…
Born in Moscow in January 1989, violinist Victoria Margasyuk received her first violin lessons at the age of four from G. Turchaninova at the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory. During her studies with Professor K. Wegrzyn at the…
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Simon Fordham studied violin at the renowned Victorian College of Arts in his home town as well as at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. Beginning his career as orchestra musician at the Deutsche…
Valentin Eichler studied with Tabea Zimmermann in Frankfurt and Berlin, as well as with Veronika Hagen at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. As participant of the Kronberg Chamber Music Academy 2000, he performed with Boris Pergamenschikow and…
The Berlin-born musician took his first cello lessons at the age of five; after early competition successes he was accepted as a preparatory student in the class of Josef Schwab at the "Hanns Eisler" Academy of Music in Berlin and later graduated…
Michael Martin Kofler was born in the Southern Austrian city of Villach in 1966 and completed his flute studies with honors at the Vienna Music Academy as well as the Music Academy in Basel. While still a student, in 1987, he became solo flutist in…
Born in the French city of Lille, the musician began playing the violin at the age of eight; from 1995 to 1997 he studied in Paris with Suzanne Gessner. After that Clément Courtin joined Igor Oistrakh's class in Brussels, where, after studying for…
Burkhard Sigl comes from a musical family and had already begun playing the violin at the age of five. He completed his viola studies with honors at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and was promptly invited to join the faculty there. Besides a number of…
Sissy Schmidhuber was born in 1970 in Munich and received her first cello instruction at the age of seven. From 1983-87 she studied with Michael Hell, following which she began her studies at the Munich Music Academy, continuing her education in…
Bernhard Metz was born in Saarbrücken and took his first violin lessons at the Pflüger Foundation, headed by Wolfgang Marschner, in Freiburg. While still in secondary school, he also studied with Roman Nodel in Mannheim and Rainer Kussmaul in…
Katja Amberger, 1964 in Frankfurt geboren, ist in Berlin aufgewachsen und lebt heute in München. Sie absolvierte ihr Schauspielstudium am Mozarteum Salzburg und hatte bereits mit 21 Jahren ihr erstes festes Engagement am Schauspielhaus Zürich.…
Born in 1967 in England, Julian Shevlin took his first violin lessons at the age of seven. At eleven, he made his first appearance at the "Proms" in London's Royal Albert Hall. In 1980 he débuted as soloist in the Bruch concerto in Manchester. In…
Vladimir Tolpygo was born in Moscow in 1988. Having received his first violin tuition aged four from Prof. Sergei Fatkulin, he emigrated to Portugal a year later, where his parents continued to teach him the violin.
Viola player Julie Risbet studied with Jean Sulem at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, where she graduated with honours in May 2008. Subsequently, she continued her studies with Hariolf Schlichtig at the Hochschule…
Cellist Joachim Wohlgemuth from Augsburg took his first lessons on the instrument at the age of seven. At fourteen, he began his studies as a preparatory student in Hartmut Tröndle's class at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg, transferring…
Alexandra Gruber was born in Freudenstadt in the Black Forest. She studied the clarinet from 1994 to 1999 at the State Music Academy in Stuttgart and as early as this period also played regular performances with the Bachkollegium Stuttgart and the…
Born in Italy in 1995, Raffaele Giannotti received his first bassoon lessons at the age of ten from Antonio Vergine and Claudio Gonella. At the age of 15, he graduated with distinction from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin. Since 2011 he…
Mia Schwarzfischer grew up in Bonn, her birthplace, and, from an early age, was a student at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under Paul van Zelm. During her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg with Ab Koster, she was a…
Born in Moscow in January 1989, violinist Victoria Margasyuk received her first violin lessons at the age of four from G. Turchaninova at the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory. During her studies with Professor K. Wegrzyn at the…
Born in 1971 in Lichtenstein, Saxony, Katharina Schmitz received her first violin instruction at the age of five in Berlin. There she attended the "Hanns Eisler" Special School of Music starting in 1983, following which she attended the Music Academy…
Christoph (Stofferl) Well wurde als 14. von 15 Kindern der Lehrerfamilie Well 1959 in Günzlhofen geboren. Mir drei Jahren trat er zum ersten Mal mit seinen Eltern und Geschwistern öffentlich auf. Mit neun erhielt er von seinem Bruder eine Trompete um…
Martin Belič was born in 1981 in Maribor, Slovenia, and took his first flute lessons from Adam Biczkey and Karla Škarpa. After graduating from the Secondary School for Musicians in 2000, he studied with Irena Grafenauer and Herta Mergl at the…
Her personality and charisma, her understanding of music and her technical brilliance make Teresa Zimmermann one of the young generation’s leading harpists. Since September 2014, she has been solo harpist with the Munich Philharmonic under Valery…
Burkhard Sigl comes from a musical family and had already begun playing the violin at the age of five. He completed his viola studies with honors at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and was promptly invited to join the faculty there. Besides a number of…
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Simon Fordham studied violin at the renowned Victorian College of Arts in his home town as well as at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. Beginning his career as orchestra musician at the Deutsche…
Beate Springorum received her first instrumental instruction at the age of four on the violin. She initially trained as a violinist, then a few years later moved over to the viola. She rounded off her education in master classes with such prestigious…
Born 1988 in Leipzig, Michael Neumann, began his musical career in early childhood, initially on the piano and in the children’s choir of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. It was not until he was 13 that he took up the double bass, taking lessons with Thomas…
Bernhard Metz was born in Saarbrücken and took his first violin lessons at the Pflüger Foundation, headed by Wolfgang Marschner, in Freiburg. While still in secondary school, he also studied with Roman Nodel in Mannheim and Rainer Kussmaul in…
Born in Sichuan, China, the musician began studying the violin at the age of four with Chaoji Liu, continuing on at eleven to Weiming Hu at the Chengdu Music Academy. From 1995 to 1999 Qi Zhou studied with Yaoji Lin at the Music Academy in Beijing;…
Konstantin Sellheim is among the most sought-after instrumentalists of his generation. After studying violin with Prof. Atila Aydintan at Hannover University of Music and Theatre, in 1996 he began viola studies with Volker Worlitzsch from the…
A native of Wuppertal, the musician took his first cello lessons at the age of nine. After winning three federal prizes at the "Jugend musiziert" competition and first prize at the international "Charles Hennen" Chamber Music Competition in the…
Ulrich von Neumann-Cosel received his formative musical education at the age of six on the violoncello and with the Stuttgart Hymnus Boys’ Choir. Aged 13 he changed over to the double bass. After three years as a junior student with Prof Matthias…
Born in 1977 in Passau, the musician began his trumpet lessons at the age of nine. After taking several prizes at the German Federal "Jugend musiziert" competition as well as Federal State Prizes at the Competition of the Music Society of the Upper…
Ulrich Haider was born in 1971 in Erding and received his first horn instruction at the age of 11. While still in school he became a junior student of Otto Schmitz at the Munich Music Academy in 1987, continuing his studies with him after completing…
Born in Tegernsee, Germany, Quirin Willert took up accordion and piano at the age of six. This was followed by the trombone at the age of eleven years, with which he gained early orchestral experience in the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra. He…
Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, winning numerous awards during his five years there. Following this, Capuçon moved to Berlin to study with…
Since 2018, Lahav Shani has been the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. From the 20/21 season he started his position as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over from Zubin Mehta who held the position for…
Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Martha Argerich began her first piano lessons at the age of five with Vincenzo Scaramuzza. Considered a child prodigy, it was not long before she was performing regular concerts and recitals. In 1955, she moved to…
Alexander Maria Möck was born in 1969 in Lauingen on the Danube. At the age of six, he started instruction with Aurelian Minculescu, who taught him the basics of violin playing and to whom he owes several prizes from the "Jugend musiziert"…
Jano Lisboa is 1st prize winner in both Viola and Chamber Music categories in the Prémio Jovens Músicos in Lisbon (Portugal) and prizewinner in the Watson Forbes International Viola Competition (Scotland) achieving also a commendation for one of the…
Born in the French city of Lille, the musician began playing the violin at the age of eight; from 1995 to 1997 he studied in Paris with Suzanne Gessner. After that Clément Courtin joined Igor Oistrakh's class in Brussels, where, after studying for…
Bernhard Metz was born in Saarbrücken and took his first violin lessons at the Pflüger Foundation, headed by Wolfgang Marschner, in Freiburg. While still in secondary school, he also studied with Roman Nodel in Mannheim and Rainer Kussmaul in…
Konstantin Sellheim is among the most sought-after instrumentalists of his generation. After studying violin with Prof. Atila Aydintan at Hannover University of Music and Theatre, in 1996 he began viola studies with Volker Worlitzsch from the…
A native of Wuppertal, the musician took his first cello lessons at the age of nine. After winning three federal prizes at the "Jugend musiziert" competition and first prize at the international "Charles Hennen" Chamber Music Competition in the…
The oboist was born in 1973 in Leipzig and completed her training with Günter Passin at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Munich. Following the successful completion of her studies, she became principal oboist in the German Symphony Orchestra of…
Born in 1971 in Lichtenstein, Saxony, Katharina Schmitz received her first violin instruction at the age of five in Berlin. There she attended the "Hanns Eisler" Special School of Music starting in 1983, following which she attended the Music Academy…
Konstantin Sellheim is among the most sought-after instrumentalists of his generation. After studying violin with Prof. Atila Aydintan at Hannover University of Music and Theatre, in 1996 he began viola studies with Volker Worlitzsch from the…
Elke Funk-Hoever was born in 1966 in Esslingen. After secondary school, she studied violoncello at the Music Academy in nearby Stuttgart with Rudolf Gleisner, at the Arts Academy in Berlin with Wolfgang Boettcher and at the Juilliard School of Music…
