Eva-Christina Schönweiß

Eva-Christina Schoenweiss has been the prinicipal second violinist of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) since 1997. She received highest honors for her artist’s and master’s degrees in Vienna, where she studied with Gerhart Hetzel (concertmaster of the...

Stefan Hempel

One of the most versatile violinists of his generation, Stefan Hempel won numerous prizes in competitions such as the Max Rostal Competition, Michael Hill International Violin Competition New Zealand and „Schubert und die Musik der Moderne“ in Graz, Austria. Since...

Christoph Schickedanz

Born in Darmstadt in 1969, German violinist Christoph Schickedanz began a multifaceted concert career after receiving awards as a soloist and chamber music interpreter at various competitions in Europe and the USA. Professor Schickedanz is now one of the most...

Christian Styma

At the age of five, Christian Styma began playing the violin with Eberhardt Riese in Hann. Münden. At the age of 11 he was admitted as a young student, received the Förderpreis of the Peredur Foundation and studied in Kassel, Detmold, Hannover and Essen with Ulf...

Valerie Rubin

The native New Yorker, Valerie Rubin is a prominent pedagogue in the tradition of of her teachers Ivan Galamian and Sandor Vegh. She studied violin at the Juilliard School of Music and at the Mozarteum Salzburg and took part in master classes with Yehudi Menuhin,...