Katrin Scholz

Katrin Scholz (born 13 March 1969) is a German classical violinist.

Life

Born in Kleinmachnow, Scholz visited the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. After finishing school she studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" with Werner Scholz and at the conservatory in Bern with Igor Ozim.

Scholz was a soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, the German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the New Japan Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. She has worked with the conductors Gerd Albrecht, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Gabriel Feltz, Vladimir Jurowski, Alexander Lazarev, Hannu Lintu, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Ryosuke Numajiri, Eiji Ōue, Michael Sanderling, Peter Schreier and Ulf Schirmer.

Since 1995 she has also given concerts in double function as conductor and soloist of the Kammerorchester Berlin in European countries as well as in Japan, the US, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia.

In October 1998, at the age of 29, Katrin Scholz was appointed full professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.

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