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<\/a>Herwig Zack was born in Frankfurt\/Main. He started to play the violin at age 5 and studied with Karl-Albrecht Herrmann, Edith Peinemann and Max Rostal. Scholarships from the \u201cStudienstiftung des deutschen Volkes\u201d and from the \u201cRotary Foundation\u201d made it possible for him to complete his education at Indiana University in Bloomington\/Ind.\/USA as a member of the violin class of the legendary Josef Gingold. <\/p>\nFrom 1982 to 1995 Zack held the position of 1 st Concertmaster of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, Herwig Zack has performed and recorded under the baton of conductors such as Karl M\u00fcnchinger, Ferdinand Leitner, Uri Segal, Yutaka Sado, Paul Nadler and Gilbert Varga; <\/p>\n
his musical partners have included Henryk Szeryng, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Trevor Pinnock, Grigori Zhislin, Peter Nagy, Bernd Glemser and Ingo Goritzki, among many other renowned artists. He has toured Europe, the USA, Australia, Japan, China, South America and Africa. <\/p>\n
Zack maintains a large repertoire of music including the famous masterpieces for violin as well as many lesser known and infrequently played compositions.
He has extensively recorded for labels such as AVIE Records, Decca, Bayer Records, Podium, Mediaphon, Amadeo and A.M. Classic International. <\/p>\n
The international press acknowledges the \u201cexceptional virtuosity\u201d (El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile), the \u201csheer perfection\u201d (South China Morning Post, Hongkong), the \u201celegance and clarity\u201d (The New York Times) of his playing and praises \u201cthe unique beauty and clarity of his sound\u201d (Ongaku No Tomo, Tokyo, Japan), calling his performance \u201ca demonstration of artistic superiority and maturity\u201d (Frankfurter Allgemeine, Deutschland).
Johannes Saltzwedel of Kultur SPIEGEL praises his \u201capparently infinite musical empathy\u201d, for Robert Maxham of FANFARE \u201ceven Oistrakh didn\u2019t bring to the Ysaye Ballade the vibrancy with which Zack plays it\u201d, Roderic Dunnett in The Strad calls him \u201can established master\u201d, for Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International, \u201che is another Milstein in the making\u201d.<\/p>\n
Since 1980, when he was appointed associate assistant instructor at Indiana University in Bloominton, Indiana, USA, Zack has enthusiastically dedicated himself to teaching as well and has held Master Classes in Europe, Japan, China, the USA and Chile.
Since 1994 he has been Professor for Violin and Chamber Music at the \u201cHochschule f\u00fcr Musik\u201d in W\u00fcrzburg. He has been appointed Guest Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts \u2013 Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku starting April 2015. Several of his students have won prizes at prestigious competitions, both national and international; others have become members of well-known German orchestras, some in leading positions. <\/p>\n
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