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Mihaela Martin classical violinist and chamber musician

Born in Bucharest, Romania

Studies

• Starts studying violin with her father at the age of five years, continues with professor Stefan Gheorghiu, pupil of George Enescu and David Oistrach

• graduate of the National University of Music "Ciprian Porumbescu", Bucharest

Artistic Career

- artistic debut -

• Carnegie Hall, New York - New York Times: "one of the most exciting debut concerts of the year"; Washington Post (about the concert at the Library of Congress): "Mihaela Martin remains to ornament the music world for years…[She] played with the energy and virtuosity that are prerequisites for success. Her concentration is absolute, she is sure of herself and, above all, has imagination."

- violon -

•   Giambattista Guadagnini violin of 1748

- orchestras -

• BBC Symphony

• Royal Philharmonic

• Montréal Symphony

• Mozarteum Salzburg

• Gewandhaus Leipzig

• Hollywood Bowl

• Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

• Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

• Bucharest Radio Philharmonic

• Philharmonic "George Enescu", Bucharest, Romania

• National Orchestra of the Ukraine

• Boulder Symphony (Colorado)

• Prague Chamber Orchestra

• Beethovenhalle Orchestra

- conductors - 

• Kurt Masur, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, Sergiu Comissiona, Christian Badea

- musicians -

• Marfta Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nobuko Imai, Leon Fleisher,  Menahem Pressler, David Geringas, Boris Pergamenschikow, Pavel Gililov, Itamar Golan, Gérard Caussé, Frans Helmerson, Roland Pontinen

- chamber music festivals -

• Kuhmo and Korsholm, Finland

• Prades, Umea, Sweden

• Portogruar, Italy

• Kytakiushu, Japan

• Schleswig-Holstein, Germany etc...

• Ravinia, Sarasota, Verbier, Naantali and Korsholm

• recent concerts in Paris, Tokyo, Luxembourg, Townsville, Prades and New York

- recent concerts -

• Paris, Tokyo, Townsville, Prades, New York, Bucharest

Didactic Career

• since 1992 - Professor of Violin, Music Conservatory, Köln, Germany

Michelangelo String Quartet

First Prizes and Awards

• Laureate of numerous international musical competitions, among them:

  • 1978 - Second Prize at Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow

  • 1979 - First Prize in Montreal

  • 1980 - First Prize in Brussels at Queen Elisabeth Competition

  • 1982 - First Prize at the International Violin Competition, Indianapolis, USA

Recordings

•   ENESCU: Impressions from childhood/ Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3, 1992; plays with Roland Pöntinen as pianist
• KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody
• Essential Khachaturian: Masquerade/ Sabre Dance from Gayaneh/ Violin Concerto
• Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18, No. 1 & 2. Michelangelo String Quartet
• Brahms - Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor opus 102, "George Enescu" Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Mandeal - Conductor, Frans Helmerson - cello, Arte Nova Classics

Address

• Hochschule für Musik Köln, Standort Köln, Dagobertstraße 38, 50668 Köln, Germany

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