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Eberhard Feltz (born 27 June 1937) is a German classical violinist and chamber music pedagogue. [1] [2] Feltz became internationally known especially as a mentor for string quartets and chamber music ensembles. [1] He is often called the "guru of the string quartet". [3]
Feltz was born in Königsberg in 1937. [2] His family was expelled from Königsberg in 1945 after the end of the war. [1] Feltz began playing the violin at the age of seven. [2] He studied violin in Berlin with Werner Scholz, later in St. Petersburg with Michail Waiman. [2]
Feltz began to teach violin and chamber music in 1963 at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". [1] In 1985, he was appointed professor for violin and chamber music. [2] Feltz is in great demand as a lecturer for chamber music master classes. He is a regular guest at festivals such as the one in Davos or the Heidelberger Frühling. [2] Feltz often assumes responsibility on juries of chamber music competitions such as the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb [4] of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin. [2]
As a mentor of chamber music ensembles, Feltz initially supported the Vogler Quartet, later the Berlin Kuss Quartet and Atrium Quartet, the Dutch Rubens Quartet and the German-Estonian Schumann Quartet. [1] In addition, he worked with the French Quatuor Ébène, the Amsterdam Busch Trio, the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
Feltz's book 'Genauer als Worte. Intuitives Finden – 44 Übungen' was published by Davos Festival Foundation in 2017. [5]
The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik, it is the oldest university school of music in Germany.
Udo Zimmermann was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor. He worked as a professor of composition, founded a centre for contemporary music in Dresden, and was director of the Leipzig Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He directed a contemporary music series for the Bayerischer Rundfunk and a European centre of the arts in Hellerau. His operas, especially Weiße Rose, on a topic he set to music twice, have been performed internationally, and recorded.
Jörg Widmann is a German composer, conductor and clarinetist. In 2023, Widmann was the third most performed living contemporary composer in the world. Formerly a clarinet and composition professor at the University of Music Freiburg, he is composition professor at the Barenboim–Said Akademie. His most important compositions are the concert overture Con brio, the opera Babylon, an oratorio Arche, Viola Concerto, Kantate and the trumpet concerto Towards Paradise. Widmann has written musical tributes to Classical and Romantic composers. He was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 2018 and the Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 2023. He was Gewandhaus Composer of the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig and Composer in Residence for the Berlin Philharmonic.
The Signum Quartet is a string quartet based in Bremen, Germany. Founded in 1994, it has been playing in the current formation since 2016.
Joshua Epstein is an Israeli musician, classical violinist and music educator. The recipient of many international prizes from violin competitions and recording labels, Epstein's work as a soloist and chamber musician is extensive. Equally extensive is his influence as a professor of violin, which extends over more than half a century. Epstein continues his work at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he has lived and taught since 1978.
Konstantía Gourzí is a Greek composer and conductor. She is professor of ensemble conducting and new music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
Peter Ludwig Gülke is a German conductor and musicologist.
Dieter Ammann is a Swiss composer who plays bass guitar, trumpet, cornet, and keyboard.
Peter Bruns is a German cellist and university professor.
Dieter Rexroth was a German musicologist, dramaturge and cultural manager. He was intendant of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin from 1996, responsible also for choirs and orchestras in Berlin. He worked for major festivals including Frankfurter Feste at the Alte Oper, Young Euro Classic in Berlin and the Kasseler Musiktage. He wrote or edited books about composers including Paul Hindemith, Hans Werner Henze and Wolfgang Rihm.
Friedhelm Krummacher is a German musicologist.
The Mendelssohn Scholarship, awarded by the Prussian State from 1879 to 1936, was revived in 1963 by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. The Foundation awards the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Prize once a year per competition opened to particularly talented students at one of the 23 recognised music academies in Germany.
Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn is a German violinist and music educator.
Caspar Frantz is a German pianist and music educator.
Barbara Buntrock is a German violist and music educator.
The Schumann Quartet is a German string quartet founded in Cologne in 2007, consisting of the three brothers Erik Schumann (violin), Ken Schumann (violin) and Mark Schumann (violoncello) as well as the viola player Veit Hertenstein. It is not named after the composer Robert Schumann, but after the three Schumann brothers.
The Kuss Quartet with Jana Kuss (violin), Oliver Wille (violin), William Coleman (viola) and Mikayel Hakhnazaryan (cello) is a Berlin-based string quartet. It was founded in 1991 at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" by the two violinists of the ensemble and has been playing in its current formation since 2008.
Peter Herrmann was a German composer and academic teacher. He composed three operas and a ballet, but mainly instrumental music both for orchestra and chamber music. His works have been performed internationally; his second string quartet was awarded a prize at the Prague Spring International Music Festival. He was professor of composition at the Musikhochschule Leipzig from 1969, serving as its rector from 1984 to 1987.
Pauline Sachse is a German violist, chamber musician, and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theather Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
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