Antje Weithaas - violin
„ Antje Weithaas counts among the great violinists of our time." (FonoForum)
It is hardly possible to imagine a better advocate of music than Antje Weithaas. The art of the music itself and its communication are always her main focus. Today, she is one of the most sought-after soloists and chamber musicians of her generation. Her wide range of repertoire includes the great concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann and modern classics by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Ligeti and Gubaidulina, but also rarities such as the violin concertos by Korngold, Hartmann and Schoeck.
Antje Weithaas has been invited to peform with leading German orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker and the major German radio orchestras, as well as with numerous major international orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony and the leading orchestras of the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Asia. She has worked with such renowned conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Neville Marriner, Yuri Temirkanov, Yakov Kreizberg, Sakari Oramo, and Carlos Kalmar. As the new artistic director of the Camerata Bern, she will collaborate in the 2009/2010 season, among others, with Xavier de Maestro and Alexander Lonquich. Other highlights of the season are a concert at the Mozart Week in Salzburg with Leif Ove Andsnes, Kim Kashkashian, Nicolas Altstaedt and Jörg Widmann, as well as a performance in Berlin where she will play Brahms' Double Concerto with cellist Johannes Moser and the Konzerthausorchester conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. Furthermore, as Artist in Residence at the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, she will perform the Beethoven und Widmann Violin Concertos and also direct the orchestra in several programs.
Antje Weithaas is particularly active in the chamber music field with musical partners such as Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff, Clemens Hagen, Silke Avenhaus, Sharon Kam and Lars Vogt. The Arcanto Quartet, with violinist Daniel Sepec, violist Tabea Zimmermann and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, continues to be a special focus for Antje Weithaas' chamber music activities. After a triumphant concert debut in Stuttgart in June 2004, the Arcanto Quartet quickly went on to perform at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, Wigmore Hall London, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Cologne, Konzerthaus Vienna, Auditorio Nacional de Musica Madrid as well as at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and the festivals of Edinburgh, Helsinki and Montreux, and tours to Japan and Israel. In the 08/09 season they gave their debuts at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Kunstfest Weimar, Tonhalle Zürich and Philharmonie Berlin. The 2009/2010 season will open with a tour of Japan in September, followed by a residency in London. The quartet has invited Jörg Widmann, Silke Avenhaus and Olivier Marron to participate in several chamber concerts at Wigmore Hall. In October 2010, the Arcanto Quartet will introduce itself to the North American audiences. Among other venues, their tour will lead them to Carnegie Hall and the Vancouver Recital Series. Following the resounding success of their first CD with Bartók's String Quartets No. 5 and 6, a second CD was released last season (Brahms String Quartet op. 51 No. 1 and Piano Quintet op. 34 with pianist Silke Avenhaus). A third CD for the Harmonia Mundi label is also planned, with works by Ravel, Dutilleux and Debussy. Antje Weithaas herself has also released several highly praised recordings of Brahms' and Mendelssohn's sonatas, as well as works by Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Fauré with Silke Avenhaus on the CAvi-music label.
Antje Weithaas began playing the violin at the age of four and later studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin with Professor Werner Scholz. In 1987, she was the winner of the Kreisler Competition in Graz, and went on to win the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1988 and the International Violin Competition in Hannover in 1991. After having taught at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Antje Weithaas became professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in 2004. Her violin was built by Peter Greiner in 2001.
It is hardly possible to imagine a better advocate of music than Antje Weithaas. The art of the music itself and its communication are always her main focus. Today, she is one of the most sought-after soloists and chamber musicians of her generation. Her wide range of repertoire includes the great concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann and modern classics by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Ligeti and Gubaidulina, but also rarities such as the violin concertos by Korngold, Hartmann and Schoeck.
Antje Weithaas has been invited to peform with leading German orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker and the major German radio orchestras, as well as with numerous major international orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony and the leading orchestras of the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Asia. She has worked with such renowned conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Neville Marriner, Yuri Temirkanov, Yakov Kreizberg, Sakari Oramo, and Carlos Kalmar. As the new artistic director of the Camerata Bern, she will collaborate in the 2009/2010 season, among others, with Xavier de Maestro and Alexander Lonquich. Other highlights of the season are a concert at the Mozart Week in Salzburg with Leif Ove Andsnes, Kim Kashkashian, Nicolas Altstaedt and Jörg Widmann, as well as a performance in Berlin where she will play Brahms' Double Concerto with cellist Johannes Moser and the Konzerthausorchester conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. Furthermore, as Artist in Residence at the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, she will perform the Beethoven und Widmann Violin Concertos and also direct the orchestra in several programs.
Antje Weithaas is particularly active in the chamber music field with musical partners such as Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff, Clemens Hagen, Silke Avenhaus, Sharon Kam and Lars Vogt. The Arcanto Quartet, with violinist Daniel Sepec, violist Tabea Zimmermann and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, continues to be a special focus for Antje Weithaas' chamber music activities. After a triumphant concert debut in Stuttgart in June 2004, the Arcanto Quartet quickly went on to perform at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, Wigmore Hall London, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Cologne, Konzerthaus Vienna, Auditorio Nacional de Musica Madrid as well as at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and the festivals of Edinburgh, Helsinki and Montreux, and tours to Japan and Israel. In the 08/09 season they gave their debuts at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Kunstfest Weimar, Tonhalle Zürich and Philharmonie Berlin. The 2009/2010 season will open with a tour of Japan in September, followed by a residency in London. The quartet has invited Jörg Widmann, Silke Avenhaus and Olivier Marron to participate in several chamber concerts at Wigmore Hall. In October 2010, the Arcanto Quartet will introduce itself to the North American audiences. Among other venues, their tour will lead them to Carnegie Hall and the Vancouver Recital Series. Following the resounding success of their first CD with Bartók's String Quartets No. 5 and 6, a second CD was released last season (Brahms String Quartet op. 51 No. 1 and Piano Quintet op. 34 with pianist Silke Avenhaus). A third CD for the Harmonia Mundi label is also planned, with works by Ravel, Dutilleux and Debussy. Antje Weithaas herself has also released several highly praised recordings of Brahms' and Mendelssohn's sonatas, as well as works by Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Fauré with Silke Avenhaus on the CAvi-music label.
Antje Weithaas began playing the violin at the age of four and later studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin with Professor Werner Scholz. In 1987, she was the winner of the Kreisler Competition in Graz, and went on to win the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1988 and the International Violin Competition in Hannover in 1991. After having taught at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Antje Weithaas became professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in 2004. Her violin was built by Peter Greiner in 2001.
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Photo: Marco Borggreve
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Photo: Marco Borggreve