Her repertoire includes the Six Sonatas and Partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Six Sonatas for solo violin by Eugène Ysaÿe, the 24 caprices by Paganini, the violin concertos by Mozart, as well as those by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Brahms, Schumann, Karłowicz, Wieniawski, Szymanowski, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Bartók and Shostakovich.
Her musical roots belong to the violin tradition of Eastern Europe. She was the youngest student of the Polish violin icon Wanda Wilkomirska (herself trained by Eugenia Umińska, Irena Dubiska, Ede Zathureczky, and Henryk Szeryng). Wanda Wilkomirska devoted many years to her, providing her with individual and almost daily instruction.
Katharina Cording also studied with Sören Uhde, a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York. She graduated with honors from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, where Helmut Zehetmair and Ruggiero Ricci were among her teachers.
In Lübeck she had lessons with Ida Haendel, who described her as a “brilliant violinist“ and invited her to be featured in a report by NDR. In 2001, she participated in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Katharina Cording has performed in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, England, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
She shares her knowledge as a lecturer at the academy of music in her hometown of Würzburg (since 2008), at the University of Würzburg (since 2005), and in international masterclasses.
Katharina Cording plays a violin by Jörg Wunderlich from Markneukirchen.
