Международные мастерклассы

Tomasz Tomaszewski, 1. Konzertmeister der Deutschen Oper Berlin, wurde in Czechowice / Polen geboren und studierte an der Warschauer Hochschule für Musik bei Prof. Wronski. Nach dem Examen, das er mit Auszeichnung ablegte, setzte er seine Studien am Leningrader Konservatorium bei Prof. Gutnikov sowie in Freiburg bei Prof. Marschner fort und besuchte Meisterkurse bei Druzhnin, Krysa, Fournier, Liebermann, Hiller und Szerny. Mit dem "Polish String Quartet" führten ihn ausgedehnte Konzertreisen durch Europa und Australien. Auch als Solist des "Polish Chamber Orchestra" konzertierte er in den verschiedensten Ländern. Tomasz Tomaszewski, der zahlreiche Preise bei internationalen Wettbewerben erhielt, ist seit 1982 erster Konzertmeister des Or...

Daniel Müller-Schott ranks among the world’s best cellists of his generation and can be heard on all of the foremost international concert stages. He has made his mark by delighting audiences for two decades “a fearless player with technique to burn” (New York Times).

Freddy Kempf is one of today’s most successful pianists performing to sell-out audiences all over the world. Exceptionally gifted with an unusually broad repertoire, Freddy has built a unique reputation as an explosive and physical performer who is not afraid to take risks as well as a serious, sensitive and profoundly musical artist. Freddy has collaborated with conductors such as Dutoit, Petrenko, Davis, Sinaisky, Chailly, Tortelier, Sawallisch, Buribayev and Simonov, and has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious musical institutions including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, La...

Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt ist einer der führenden Cellisten seiner Generation, unserer Zeit. Mstislav Rostropovitch Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt konnte schon während seines Studiums bei David Geringas und Aldo Parisot bei zahlreichen Wettbewerben auf sich aufmerksam machen: So verlieh ihm beim Internationalen Rostropovitch-Wettbewerb die Jury unter dem Vorsitz von Mstislav Rostropovitch den Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris und zusätzlich den Preis für zeitgenössische Musik. Zudem gewann er den Preis des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs in Bonn und den 1. Preis beim International Australasian Cello Competition in Neuseeland. Er ist Preisträger des Internationalen Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerbs in Moskau sowie des International Leonrad Rose Cello Compe...

Pianist Julius-Jeongwon Kim is commonly recognized as Korea’s best pianist of the current generation. He has received praise for his poetic sensitivity and energetic display of emotions; his versatile career has led to acclaimed performances on stages worldwide. Having been recognized as a child prodigy in his early days, he won first prizes at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition, the Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, and the Elena Rombro Stepanow International Piano Competition. Moreover, he won various prizes at several other international piano competitions. Since 1999, Julius-Jeongwon Kim has consistently been performing with world-renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Czech Philha...

Der in Vilnius/Litauen geborene Cellist und Dirigent David Geringas zählt zur Musiker-Elite der Gegenwart. Ein ungewöhnlich breites Repertoire vom frühesten Barock bis zur zeitgenössischen Musik zeugt von der Flexibilität und Neugierde des Künstlers. Seine intellektuelle Strenge, seine stilistische Vielseitigkeit, sein melodisches Sentiment und seine Klangsinnlichkeit haben ihm Auszeichnungen auf der ganzen Welt eingebracht. Der Rostropovich Schüler und Gewinner des 1. Preises und der Goldmedaille beim Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerb (1970) kann nunmehr auf eine jahrzehntelange Karriere zurückblicken. David Geringas musizierte weltweit mit vielen bedeutenden Orchestern und mit den größten Dirigenten unserer Zeit. Seine annähernd 100 CDs...

Effervescent musicianship, intense lyricism and beguiling tonal beauty belong to the qualities that have secured Sergej Krylov’s place among today’s most renowned performers. The Russian-born violinist directs breath-taking virtuosity to reveal profound expressive insights into the works in his strikingly broad repertoire.«Sergej Krylov transfixed the house, fiddling with the kind of effortless lyricism, liquid flow and mercurial tones that distinguish the best violinists» observed THE TIMES, following this year performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko.A regular guest with several major institutions and world’s leading orchestras, Sergej Krylovhas appeared with, among ...

Matthew McDonald was born in Canberra, Australia. He has studied with Max McBride at the Canberra School of Music,  Kees Boersma at the Sydney Conservatorium, Klaus Stoll at the Karajan Academy (the orchestral academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), and Esko Laine at the Hocschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, where he studied for Konzertexamen (soloists diploma). Matthew came to Berlin in 2000 as a student at the Karajan. Following this  Matthew was assistant principal bass of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal bass of Ensemble Modern, principal bass of the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, principal bass of the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin and since 2009 principal bass of the Berliner Philharmoniker (Be...

Renowned for her strong musical personality and versatility, Liza Ferschtman has been praised in The New York Times for the ‘laserlike intensity, purity and refined beauty of her playing’. Since winning the Dutch Music Award in 2006, she has appeared as a soloist with many of the world’s finest orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic and Brussels Philharmonic; 2018-19 includes, among others, performances with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra,  Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Bremer Philharmoniker and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, as well as a tour with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. A passionate chamber musici...

“Boris Garlitsky is an extremely lively musician of high intelligence and flexibility, with a wonderfully round tone and solid reliable technique … Concert Master of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Garlitsky measures up to every Concert Master of the world’s top orchestras, such as New York, Vienna, Berlin etc., and can play an outstanding role in all leading international orchestras.” These are the words of Kurt Masur, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, with whom Boris Garlitsky worked together throughout many years. And still, Mr. Masur’s words grasp but a part of Boris Garlitsky’s musical richness. Born in Russia, Mar. Garlitsky received his first music lessons from his father, the author of the standa...

Russian born Mikhail Mordvinov showed an extraordinary level of ability at a very early age and was accepted into Moscow ’s renowned Gnessin School of Music at age 6 where he studied under Tatiana Zelikman. He continued his later studies under Professor Vladimir Tropp and graduated with the highest honours. He then enrolled at Hanover ’s University of Music and Drama as a student of Professor Bernd Goetzke. He was first propelled onto the international stage when he won the 12th Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1996) and the 6th Schubert Competition in Dortmund (1997). Having garnered an international reputation he went on to sign a recording contract in 1998, playing works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Mordvinov has since been i...

Latica Honda-Rosenberg is among the foremost representatives of the generation of young violinists that is now established in concert life. Winning the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998 paved the way for an international career for her. The music magazine ‘The Strad’ wrote at the time: ”Her assurance and strength of will immediately brought Heifetz to mind. Her musical idiom and her playing are eloquent, expressive, sensitive and variegated, or in short: wonderful, uplifting.” Born the child of a Croatian cellist and Japanese singer, Latica Honda-Rosenberg grew up in Germany and commenced playing the violin at the age of four. She became a young pupil of Tibor Varga at the Detmold School of Music when she...

Hartmut Rohde wurde 1993 als Professor für Viola an die Universität der Künste Berlin berufen. Daneben ist er Ehrenmitglied der Royal Academy of Music London, wo er regelmäßig Kammermusikkurse gibt. Hartmut Rohde ist Gründungsmitglied des Mozart Piano Quartet, dass seit vielen Jahren zu den weltweit führenden Klavierkammermusikensembles gehört. Sein Studium führte ihn mit Prof. Hatto Beyerle in Wien und Hannover zusammen. Auszeichnungen in Wettbewerben (Erster Preis Deutscher Musikwettbewerb sowie Bundesauswahl „Konzerte junger Künstler“ 1990 und Preisträger Internationaler Naumburg Wettbewerb New York 1991) waren die Basis für die intensive internationale Konzerttätigkeit von Hartmut Rohde.

Galina Iwanzowa studierte in Kiew und Moskau am Staatlichen Konservatorium „Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski" in der Meisterklasse von Professor Heinrich Neuhaus.Seit 1968 doziert sie an der Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler" in Berlin, wo sie 1989 zur Professorin für Klavier ernannt wurde. Parallel zu ihrer Konzerttätigkeit widmete sie sich besonders der Ausbildung des künstlerischen Nachwuchses. Unter ihren Schülern befinden sich viele Preisträger nationaler und internationaler Klavierwettbewerbe, u. a. Martin Helmchen, Jevgenij Sudbin, Dina Ugorskaja, Beatrisse Berrut sowie die bekannten deutsche Dirigenten Sebastian Weigle und Gabriel Feltz.

Dmitri Bashkirov wurde 1931 in Tiflis, Georgien, geboren. Er studierte am Moskauer Tchaikowsky-Konservatorium in der Meisterklasse von Prof. Alexander Goldenweiser. Er gewann 1956 den „Grand Prix“ am Marguerite Long Wettbewerb in Paris. Der Pianist hat in den größten Häusern mit zahlreichen berühmten Orchestern gespielt, unter Dirigenten wie Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Mazur, Zubin Mehta, Sir John Barbirolli und Walter Sawallisch. Dimitri Bashkirov ist Professor am Moskauer Konservatorium, Titual-Professor an der Excuela Superior de Musica Reine Sofia in Madrid und Professor an der international Piano Academy Lake Como in Italien. Unter seinen ehemaligen Schülern befinden sich viele Preisträger von wichtigen internationalen Klavier-Wet...

Ab 1965 studierte Viktor Tretiakov an dem Moskauer Musikkonservatorium, in der Klasse von Prof. Jurij Jankelewitsch, der sein Talent herausragend förderte, denn schon im selben Jahr wurde Tretiakov Sieger des Unionswettbewerbes für Violine und erhielt somit ein Diplom ersten Grades. Ein Jahr später gewann der Geiger den ersten Preis und die damit verbundene Goldmedaille im internationalen Tschaikowski-Wettbewerb, was seinen Ruhm beflügelte. 1968 trat Tretiakov erstmals mit der Berliner Philharmonie auf. Es folgten Konzerte im Rahmen der Berliner und Wiener Festwochen und der Salzburger Festspielen, sowie zahlreiche Konzertreisen in die USA und Kanada, unter anderem gemeinsam mit dem New York Philharmonic, dem Chicago Symphony Orchestra,...

Seit 70 Jahren spielt Prof. Haiberg Violine - bis heute. Sein Wunsch ist,auch zusammen mit jungen Lernenden, immer tiefer in die Geigenkunst einzudringen, ein immer tieferes Verständnis für die Wunder einer Partitur aufzubringen. Alle seiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen sind bedeutende Künstler, egal aus welcher Schule sie kommen, und alle besinnen sich auf deren Urväter Rodolphe Kreutzer und Pierre Rode, deren Werke für Prof. Haiberg eine fast tägliche Quelle der Freude sind. Außerordentlich dankbar ist er, daß die meisten seiner ehemaligen SchülerInnen ihr Auskommen in Kulturorchestern oder an Hochschulen gefunden haben, einige wurden sogar zu weltbekannten MusikerInnen. Herr Prof. Uwe Martin Haiberg schloss sein Studium in 1966, mi...

Russian born Mikhail Mordvinov showed an extraordinary level of ability at a very early age and was accepted into Moscow ’s renowned Gnessin School of Music at age 6 where he studied under Tatiana Zelikman. He continued his later studies under Professor Vladimir Tropp and graduated with the highest honours. He then enrolled at Hanover ’s University of Music and Drama as a student of Professor Bernd Goetzke. He was first propelled onto the international stage when he won the 12th Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1996) and the 6th Schubert Competition in Dortmund (1997). Having garnered an international reputation he went on to sign a recording contract in 1998, playing works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Mordvinov has since been i...

Supported and guided by Sir Yehudi Menuhin at a young age, Kirill Troussov is now widely recognised as one of the leading violinists of his generation. He works with renowned orchestras and is a regular guest at prestigious festivals. The international press describes his playing : “…impressive elegance, his irreproachable technique, his exceptional musical sensitivity and his sonorities of immaculate beauty…”. Highlights of his past concert seasons include - substitution for Gidon Kremer in Paris, Asia Tour with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, his spectacular performance at the BBC Proms and his activity as jury member at international competitions. He has been awarded the European cultural award “Pro-Europa”, the Yama...

Celebrated for her brilliant qualities as a first class cellist, Xenia Jankovic carries out a worldwide career as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Born into a family of Serbian and Russian musicians, Xenia debuted with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at age nine. From the beginning of her career, her teachers of most important influence were Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Fournier, André Navara, György Sebök and Sándor Végh. The public and critics alike have enthusiastically acclaimed Jankovic’s recitals in world famous concert halls as well as her concerts as soloist with orchestras such as The London Philharmonic, Budapest Philharmonic, Ljubljana Philharmonic Orchestras and the Madrid Radio, RSO Berlin and Copenhagen Ra...

Krzysztof Wegrzyn, the Founder and Honorary President of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover was born in Gdansk, Poland. He studied in Warsaw, Freiburg and London. His musical personality has been strongly influenced by Wolfgang Marschner, Yfrah Neaman and Dorothy DeLay. He was the winner of the Karol Szymanowski- and Rodolfo Lipizer Competitions and was a laureate at another renowned international competitions (Spohr, Montreal). His concert activities have taken him around the world and he has made numerous recordings for radio, television and CD. His broad repertoire also features works by Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Nono, Schnittke, Pärt and Penderecki. Krzysztof Wegrzyn served as concertmaster of the Hanover State Ope...

Dmitri Bashkirov wurde 1931 in Tiflis, Georgien, geboren. Er studierte am Moskauer Tchaikowsky-Konservatorium in der Meisterklasse von Prof. Alexander Goldenweiser. Er gewann 1956 den „Grand Prix“ am Marguerite Long Wettbewerb in Paris. Der Pianist hat in den größten Häusern mit zahlreichen berühmten Orchestern gespielt, unter Dirigenten wie Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Mazur, Zubin Mehta, Sir John Barbirolli und Walter Sawallisch. Dimitri Bashkirov ist Professor am Moskauer Konservatorium, Titual-Professor an der Excuela Superior de Musica Reine Sofia in Madrid und Professor an der international Piano Academy Lake Como in Italien. Unter seinen ehemaligen Schülern befinden sich viele Preisträger von wichtigen internationalen Klavier-Wet...

Viviane Hagner gehört zu den profiliertesten Musikerinnen ihrer Generation. Die Berliner Morgenpost schwärmte: „…eine sorgsame und gleichzeitig brillante Geigerin. Ihr Spiel versteht, Nachdenklichkeit und Leuchtkraft aufs Eindringlichste zu mischen.“ Seit ihrem Debut als Dreizehnjährige mit dem Israel Philharmonic Orchestra unter Zubin Mehta ist sie bei den großen Orchestern der Welt zu Gast, wie den Berliner Philharmonikern, den New Yorker Philharmonikern, dem Chicago Symphony Orchestra oder dem Leipziger Gewandhausorchester. Sie musizierte mit Dirigenten wie Abbado, Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Bychkov, Chailly, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Maazel, Nagano, Zinman und Zukerman. Ein schneller Blick ins Repertoire der in Berlin lebenden Künst...

Tomasz Tomaszewski, 1. Konzertmeister der Deutschen Oper Berlin, wurde in Czechowice / Polen geboren und studierte an der Warschauer Hochschule für Musik bei Prof. Wronski. Nach dem Examen, das er mit Auszeichnung ablegte, setzte er seine Studien am Leningrader Konservatorium bei Prof. Gutnikov sowie in Freiburg bei Prof. Marschner fort und besuchte Meisterkurse bei Druzhnin, Krysa, Fournier, Liebermann, Hiller und Szerny. Mit dem "Polish String Quartet" führten ihn ausgedehnte Konzertreisen durch Europa und Australien. Auch als Solist des "Polish Chamber Orchestra" konzertierte er in den verschiedensten Ländern. Tomasz Tomaszewski, der zahlreiche Preise bei internationalen Wettbewerben erhielt, ist seit 1982 erster Konzertmeister des Or...

Der in Vilnius/Litauen geborene Cellist und Dirigent David Geringas zählt zur Musiker-Elite der Gegenwart. Ein ungewöhnlich breites Repertoire vom frühesten Barock bis zur zeitgenössischen Musik zeugt von der Flexibilität und Neugierde des Künstlers. Seine intellektuelle Strenge, seine stilistische Vielseitigkeit, sein melodisches Sentiment und seine Klangsinnlichkeit haben ihm Auszeichnungen auf der ganzen Welt eingebracht. Der Rostropovich Schüler und Gewinner des 1. Preises und der Goldmedaille beim Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerb (1970) kann nunmehr auf eine jahrzehntelange Karriere zurückblicken. David Geringas musizierte weltweit mit vielen bedeutenden Orchestern und mit den größten Dirigenten unserer Zeit. Seine annähernd 100 CDs...

Supported and guided by Sir Yehudi Menuhin at a young age, Kirill Troussov is now widely recognised as one of the leading violinists of his generation. He works with renowned orchestras and is a regular guest at prestigious festivals. The international press describes his playing : “…impressive elegance, his irreproachable technique, his exceptional musical sensitivity and his sonorities of immaculate beauty…”.

Pianist Julius-Jeongwon Kim is commonly recognized as Korea’s best pianist of the current generation. He has received praise for his poetic sensitivity and energetic display of emotions; his versatile career has led to acclaimed performances on stages worldwide. Having been recognized as a child prodigy in his early days, he won first prizes at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition, the Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, and the Elena Rombro Stepanow International Piano Competition. Moreover, he won various prizes at several other international piano competitions. Since 1999, Julius-Jeongwon Kim has consistently been performing with world-renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Czech Philha...

“Absolutely convincing...an artist one might imagine of Paganini-like virtuosity...“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Nicolas Koeckert was born in Munich into a well known musical family. The young violinist has played on important international stages for many years, performing a large share of the repertoire of violin concerti and important chamber works, from Baroque to contemporary, in partnership with great musical figures. Already winner of the first Prize at the Novosibirsk International Competition for Young Violinists, and recipient of the Culture Prize of Novosibirsk, Nicolas Koeckert became the first German prizewinner at the famous International Tschaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2002. In the same year he was r...

Latica Honda-Rosenberg is among the foremost representatives of the generation of young violinists that is now established in concert life. Winning the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998 paved the way for an international career for her. The music magazine ‘The Strad’ wrote at the time: ”Her assurance and strength of will immediately brought Heifetz to mind. Her musical idiom and her playing are eloquent, expressive, sensitive and variegated, or in short: wonderful, uplifting.” Born the child of a Croatian cellist and Japanese singer, Latica Honda-Rosenberg grew up in Germany and commenced playing the violin at the age of four. She became a young pupil of Tibor Varga at the Detmold School of Music when she...

Krzysztof Wegrzyn, the Founder and Honorary President of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover was born in Gdansk, Poland. He studied in Warsaw, Freiburg and London. His musical personality has been strongly influenced by Wolfgang Marschner, Yfrah Neaman and Dorothy DeLay. He was the winner of the Karol Szymanowski- and Rodolfo Lipizer Competitions and was a laureate at another renowned international competitions (Spohr, Montreal). His concert activities have taken him around the world and he has made numerous recordings for radio, television and CD. His broad repertoire also features works by Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Nono, Schnittke, Pärt and Penderecki. Krzysztof Wegrzyn served as concertmaster of the Hanover State Ope...

Born in the heart of Siberia, Natalia Prishepenko started her musical education with her mother, Tamara Prischepenko, a famous USSR teacher and her mentor until today. She performed in many venues and won many international competition in the ex-USSR (Wienlawski and All Union competitions) before entering Lübeck’s Musikhochschule in 1989, staying until the end of her studies with David Geringas. In the following years, she won many famous competition prizes (Paganini in 1990, Tokyo in 1992 and Queen Elisabeth in 1993). She therefore became internationally known and started touring as a solist in many places around Europe, Russia and Japan. During 18 years (from 1994 until 2012), Natalia Prischepenko was the Artemis Quartet first violin. ...

Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt ist einer der führenden Cellisten seiner Generation, unserer Zeit.Mstislav Rostropovitch Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt konnte schon während seines Studiums bei David Geringas und Aldo Parisot bei zahlreichen Wettbewerben auf sich aufmerksam machen: So verlieh ihm beim Internationalen Rostropovitch-Wettbewerb die Jury unter dem Vorsitz von Mstislav Rostropovitch den Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris und zusätzlich den Preis für zeitgenössische Musik. Zudem gewann er den Preis des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs in Bonn und den 1. Preis beim International Australasian Cello Competition in Neuseeland. Er ist Preisträger des Internationalen Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerbs in Moskau sowie des International Leonrad Rose Cello Competi...

Als Preisträger bei den größten internationalen Violinwettbewerben (Tschaikowsky, Königin-Elisabeth und Indianapolis) erregt Marco Rizzi viel Aufsehen und wird besonders für die Qualität, die Kraft und die Stärke seiner Interpretationen geschätzt. Er erhält auf Empfehlung von Claudio Abbado den„Europäischen Musikförderpreis“. Marco Rizzi tritt regelmäßig in den größten Musikzentren Europas und Amerikas auf unter der Leitung von nahmhaften Dirigenten und mit prestigereichen Orchestern. Er ist  Widmungsträger zahlreicher zeitgenössischer Werke von Komponisten wie u.a. A. Corghi, L. Francesconi, F. Vacchi, C. Galante und U. Leyendecker. Einspielungen für die Deutsche Grammophon, Amadeus, Nuova Era, Dynamic, Warehouse, e...

Seit 70 Jahren spielt Prof. Haiberg Violine - bis heute. Sein Wunsch ist,auch zusammen mit jungen Lernenden, immer tiefer in die Geigenkunst einzudringen, ein immer tieferes Verständnis für die Wunder einer Partitur aufzubringen. Alle seiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen sind bedeutende Künstler, egal aus welcher Schule sie kommen, und alle besinnen sich auf deren Urväter Rodolphe Kreutzer und Pierre Rode, deren Werke für Prof. Haiberg eine fast tägliche Quelle der Freude sind. Außerordentlich dankbar ist er, daß die meisten seiner ehemaligen SchülerInnen ihr Auskommen in Kulturorchestern oder an Hochschulen gefunden haben, einige wurden sogar zu weltbekannten MusikerInnen. Herr Prof. Uwe Martin Haiberg schloss sein Studium in 1966, mi...

Boris Petrushansky`s highly original creativity and vivacious personality have gained him wide recognition as a concert pianist. Born in 1949 in Moscow, he started playing piano at the age of five, supported by a strong musical family, and had among his teachers the eminent Heinrich Neuhaus. After studying with Lev Naumov, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1975, having already distinguished himself in major international competitions, for example at Leeds in 1969, Munich in 1971, and Terni in 1975, where he won first prize. Ever since the summer of 1975 when he gave two unforgettable recitals at the “Festival dei due Mondi” at Spoleto and the “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” Festival (substituting Richter), Petrushansky has...

Born in the heart of Siberia, Natalia Prishepenko started her musical education with her mother, Tamara Prischepenko, a famous USSR teacher and her mentor until today. She performed in many venues and won many international competition in the ex-USSR (Wienlawski and All Union competitions) before entering Lübeck’s Musikhochschule in 1989, staying until the end of her studies with David Geringas. In the following years, she won many famous competition prizes (Paganini in 1990, Tokyo in 1992 and Queen Elisabeth in 1993). She therefore became internationally known and started touring as a solist in many places around Europe, Russia and Japan. During 18 years (from 1994 until 2012), Natalia Prischepenko was the Artemis Quartet first violin. ...

Seine reiche Erfahrung mit dem großen klassischen Repertoire und die stilistische Vielseitigkeit in eigenen Arrangements verbinden sich bei Eckart Runge zu einem künstlerischen Gesamtbild. So schrieb der Tagesspiegel: ‚Dieser Grenzgänger der Klassikszene hat zauberische Wandlungsfähigkeit jenseits aller Schubladen und Etiketten.‘ Dreißig Jahre Eckart Runge prägte durch alle Besetzungswechsel hindurch das charakteristische Profil des Artemis Quartetts, mit dem er weltweit konzertierte. Die Diskographie des Ensembles, exklusiv bei Warner classics/Erato, wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, ua viermal mit dem ECHO-Klassik und dem Diapason d’Or. Komponisten wie Jörg Widmann, Mauricio Sotelo, Lera Auerbach, Thomas Larcher und Eduard De...

Croatian cellist Monika Leskovar (born Kreutztal, Germany, 1981), studied with Dobrila Berković-Magdalenić at Elly Bašić Music School in Zagreb and later with Valter Dešpalj. In 1996 she became a student of David Geringas at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where - since 2006 - she is an assistant. In masterclasses she worked together with Mstislav Rostropovitch and Bernard Greenhouse. Winner of several prizes at international cello competitions - International Tchaikovsky for Young Musicians (Sendai, 1995), Antonio Janigro (Zagreb, 1996), Rostropovich (Paris, 1997), Eurovision Grand Prix (Vienna, 1998), Roberto Caruana “Stradivari” (Milano, 1999), International ARD (Munchen 2001), 5th Adam (New Zealand, 2003)....

Celebrated for her brilliant qualities as a first class cellist, Xenia Jankovic carries out a worldwide career as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Born into a family of Serbian and Russian musicians, Xenia debuted with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at age nine. From the beginning of her career, her teachers of most important influence were Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Fournier, André Navara, György Sebök and Sándor Végh. The public and critics alike have enthusiastically acclaimed Jankovic’s recitals in world famous concert halls as well as her concerts as soloist with orchestras such as The London Philharmonic, Budapest Philharmonic, Ljubljana Philharmonic Orchestras and the Madrid Radio, RSO Berlin and Copenhagen Ra...

The horn player and conductor Radek Baborák is one of the most outstanding figures on the classical music scene. Since beginning his solo career over twenty-five years ago, his extraordinary musical performances have enthralled audiences in the most important cultural venues around the world. He has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, Vladimir Askhenazy, James de Priest and Marek Janowski. Baborák is a regular guest at prestigious festivals such as the: Salzburger Osterfestspiele; Maggio musicale, Fiorentino; Pacific Music Festival; the White Nights Festival, St.Petersburg; the Chamber Music Garden, Suntory Hall; International Music Festival, U...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...

Seine reiche Erfahrung mit dem großen klassischen Repertoire und die stilistische Vielseitigkeit in eigenen Arrangements verbinden sich bei Eckart Runge zu einem künstlerischen Gesamtbild. So schrieb der Tagesspiegel: ‚Dieser Grenzgänger der Klassikszene hat zauberische Wandlungsfähigkeit jenseits aller Schubladen und Etiketten.‘ Dreißig Jahre Eckart Runge prägte durch alle Besetzungswechsel hindurch das charakteristische Profil des Artemis Quartetts, mit dem er weltweit konzertierte. Die Diskographie des Ensembles, exklusiv bei Warner classics/Erato, wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, ua viermal mit dem ECHO-Klassik und dem Diapason d’Or. Komponisten wie Jörg Widmann, Mauricio Sotelo, Lera Auerbach, Thomas Larcher und Eduard De...

Croatian cellist Monika Leskovar (born Kreutztal, Germany, 1981), studied with Dobrila Berković-Magdalenić at Elly Bašić Music School in Zagreb and later with Valter Dešpalj. In 1996 she became a student of David Geringas at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where - since 2006 - she is an assistant. In masterclasses she worked together with Mstislav Rostropovitch and Bernard Greenhouse. Winner of several prizes at international cello competitions - International Tchaikovsky for Young Musicians (Sendai, 1995), Antonio Janigro (Zagreb, 1996), Rostropovich (Paris, 1997), Eurovision Grand Prix (Vienna, 1998), Roberto Caruana “Stradivari” (Milano, 1999), International ARD (Munchen 2001), 5th Adam (New Zealand, 2003)....

Boris Petrushansky`s highly original creativity and vivacious personality have gained him wide recognition as a concert pianist. Born in 1949 in Moscow, he started playing piano at the age of five, supported by a strong musical family, and had among his teachers the eminent Heinrich Neuhaus. After studying with Lev Naumov, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1975, having already distinguished himself in major international competitions, for example at Leeds in 1969, Munich in 1971, and Terni in 1975, where he won first prize. Ever since the summer of 1975 when he gave two unforgettable recitals at the “Festival dei due Mondi” at Spoleto and the “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” Festival (substituting Richter), Petrushansky has...

Wenzel Fuchs comes from a region where traditional wind music is highly valued. The Innsbruck native, scion of a musical family, was already playing the clarinet as a child in various wind ensembles. After first studying in Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, he went to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he had the opportunity of playing as a substitute with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Vienna Volksoper, then moving to the Austrian Radio (ORF) Symphony Orchestra and in 1993 to the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his work in the orchestra, Fuchs is active as a soloist and chamber player in, among other groups, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic Wind Soloists, Philharmoni...

Wenzel Fuchs comes from a region where traditional wind music is highly valued. The Innsbruck native, scion of a musical family, was already playing the clarinet as a child in various wind ensembles. After first studying in Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, he went to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he had the opportunity of playing as a substitute with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Vienna Volksoper, then moving to the Austrian Radio (ORF) Symphony Orchestra and in 1993 to the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his work in the orchestra, Fuchs is active as a soloist and chamber player in, among other groups, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic Wind Soloists, Philharmoni...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...

Wenzel Fuchs comes from a region where traditional wind music is highly valued. The Innsbruck native, scion of a musical family, was already playing the clarinet as a child in various wind ensembles. After first studying in Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, he went to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he had the opportunity of playing as a substitute with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Vienna Volksoper, then moving to the Austrian Radio (ORF) Symphony Orchestra and in 1993 to the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his work in the orchestra, Fuchs is active as a soloist and chamber player in, among other groups, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic Wind Soloists, Philharmoni...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...