Veronika Eberle
Encyclopedia
Veronika Eberle is a German violinist.
Veronika Eberle has established a reputation as one of the most promising violin talents to emerge from Germany in recent years.
Highlights among future concerto appearances include debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mozarteum Salzburg (Mozartwoche), the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
, the Musikkollegium Winterthur and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, as well as return engagements with the NHK Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart and NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg.
As a recitalist, Veronika Eberle will appear in London (Wigmore Hall
), Montreal (Pro Musica Series), Frankfurt (Alte Oper), Bonn (Beethovenhaus), the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele, the Lucerne Festival
, on tour in Italy and Spain, and over the next three seasons the Konzerthaus Dortmund will feature her as one of its "Junge Wilde" artists.
She has just returned from a Summer residency at the Marlboro Festival in the USA, which she attended on the personal invitation of Mitsuko Uchida
. Her 2008/09 season also included highly successful recital debuts in New York (Carnegie Hall
), Paris (Théâtre de la Ville), Salzburg (Mozarteum) and Munich (Herkulesaal).
Veronika Eberle was born in Donauwörth
, Southern Germany, where she started violin lessons at the age of six. Four years later she became a junior student at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, with Olga Voitova. After studying privately with Christoph Poppen
for a year, she joined the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
, where she has been studying with Ana Chumachenco since 2001.
Since giving her concerto debut at the age of 10 (Münchener Symphoniker), she has appeared with some of the world's finest orchestras, and her introduction by Simon Rattle
to a packed Festpielhaus at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival
, in a performance of the Beethoven concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, spurred her international career. Highlights among her past collaborations include NDR Hamburg, Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester
Frankfurt (Paavo Järvi
), Frankfurter Museumgesellschaft Orchester, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Bamberger Symphoniker (Robin Ticciati
), Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
(Michael Sanderling
), NHK Symphony (Jiri Kout), Prague Symphony, La Fenice Orchestra (Eliahu Inbal), the Rotterdam Philharmonic (Sir Simon Rattle) and Milan's Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi.
She has also appeared at some of Europe's most distinguished festivals, including Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Schleswig-Holstein, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Salzburg Osterfestspiele, Beethovenfest Bonn, Classix Festival Brauschweig, Musikfestspiele Dresden, Dortmund "Next Generation", and Heimbach Spannungen. Lars Vogt
, Oliver Schnyder, Christian Tetzlaff
, Tatjana Masurenko and Gustav Rivinius.
Her exceptional talent, the poise and maturity of her musicianship have been recognised by a number of prestigious organisations, including the Nippon Foundation
, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust (who awarded her a Fellowship in February 2008), the Orpheum Stiftung zur Förderung Junger Solisten (Zurich), the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (Hamburg) and the Jürgen-Ponto Stiftung (Frankfurt). She won the first prize at the 2003 Yfrah Neaman International Competition in Mainz, and was awarded Audience Awards by the patrons of the Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals.
She is a current member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme
, finishing in 2012
Veronika Eberle plays the "Dragonetti" Stradivarius (1700), on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation
.
Veronika Eberle has established a reputation as one of the most promising violin talents to emerge from Germany in recent years.
Highlights among future concerto appearances include debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mozarteum Salzburg (Mozartwoche), the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is Scotland's national chamber orchestra, based in Edinburgh. One of Scotland’s five National Performing Arts Companies, the SCO performs throughout Scotland, including annual tours of the Scottish Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland. The SCO appears...
, the Musikkollegium Winterthur and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, as well as return engagements with the NHK Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart and NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg.
As a recitalist, Veronika Eberle will appear in London (Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a leading international recital venue that specialises in hosting performances of chamber music and is best known for classical recitals of piano, song and instrumental music. It is located at 36 Wigmore Street, London, UK and was built to provide London with a venue that was both...
), Montreal (Pro Musica Series), Frankfurt (Alte Oper), Bonn (Beethovenhaus), the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele, the Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival
- History :The festival was founded in 1938 with a series of concerts in the gardens of Wagner's villa conducted by Arturo Toscanini, who had formed an orchestra with members of different orchestras and soloists for the concert...
, on tour in Italy and Spain, and over the next three seasons the Konzerthaus Dortmund will feature her as one of its "Junge Wilde" artists.
She has just returned from a Summer residency at the Marlboro Festival in the USA, which she attended on the personal invitation of Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida
, born 20 December 1948, is a Japanese naturalized British classical pianist.-Career:Born in Atami, a seaside town close to Tokyo, Japan, Uchida moved to Vienna, Austria, with her diplomat parents when she was twelve years old, after her father was named the Japanese ambassador to Austria...
. Her 2008/09 season also included highly successful recital debuts in New York (Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
), Paris (Théâtre de la Ville), Salzburg (Mozarteum) and Munich (Herkulesaal).
Veronika Eberle was born in Donauwörth
Donauwörth
Donauwörth is a city in the German State of Bavaria , in the region of Swabia . It is said to have been founded by two fisherman where the Danube and Wörnitz rivers meet...
, Southern Germany, where she started violin lessons at the age of six. Four years later she became a junior student at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, with Olga Voitova. After studying privately with Christoph Poppen
Christoph Poppen
Christoph Poppen is a German conductor, violinist and academic teacher.-Professional career:As a violinist, Poppen was awarded first prize in the Kocian Violin Competition age 14...
for a year, she joined the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
, where she has been studying with Ana Chumachenco since 2001.
Since giving her concerto debut at the age of 10 (Münchener Symphoniker), she has appeared with some of the world's finest orchestras, and her introduction by Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002 has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ....
to a packed Festpielhaus at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival
Salzburg Easter Festival
The Salzburg Easter Festival is an annual festival of opera and classical music held in Salzburg, Austria during Easter week. Herbert von Karajan founded this festival in 1967 as a means of expanding the traditional Salzburg Festival during the summer...
, in a performance of the Beethoven concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, spurred her international career. Highlights among her past collaborations include NDR Hamburg, Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester
HR-Sinfonieorchester
The hr-Sinfonieorchester is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. Until 2005 it was the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, a name still used for international tours....
Frankfurt (Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi is an Estonian-American conductor, and current Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to conductor Neeme Järvi and Liilia Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians...
), Frankfurter Museumgesellschaft Orchester, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Bamberger Symphoniker (Robin Ticciati
Robin Ticciati
Robin Ticciati is a British conductor of Italian ancestry. His paternal grandfather was a composer and arranger. His father is a barrister, and his mother is a therapist...
), Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich is a symphony orchestra founded in 1868 in Zürich Switzerland, where it established its residence in the neue Tonhalle in 1895....
(Michael Sanderling
Michael Sanderling
Michael Sanderling is a German violoncellist and conductor.- Biography :Michael Sanderling, son of the contrabassist Barbara Sanderling and the conductor Kurt Sanderling, got his first cello lessons at the age of five in Berlin. At the age of eleven, he became student of Matthias Pfaender at the...
), NHK Symphony (Jiri Kout), Prague Symphony, La Fenice Orchestra (Eliahu Inbal), the Rotterdam Philharmonic (Sir Simon Rattle) and Milan's Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi.
She has also appeared at some of Europe's most distinguished festivals, including Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Schleswig-Holstein, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Salzburg Osterfestspiele, Beethovenfest Bonn, Classix Festival Brauschweig, Musikfestspiele Dresden, Dortmund "Next Generation", and Heimbach Spannungen. Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt
-Career:Lars Vogt studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. He rose to prominence after winning second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition and has since gone on to give major concerto and recital performances. In the 2003/04 season he...
, Oliver Schnyder, Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff
-Biography:Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. He began playing the violin and piano at the age of 6, and made his concert debut at 14 years old. He studied with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and with Walter Levine at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.He is...
, Tatjana Masurenko and Gustav Rivinius.
Her exceptional talent, the poise and maturity of her musicianship have been recognised by a number of prestigious organisations, including the Nippon Foundation
Nippon Foundation
is a private, non-profit grant-making organization. It was established in 1962 by Ryoichi Sasakawa, the late statesman and businessman who, following World War II, was accused, albeit not convicted, of class A war crimes...
, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust (who awarded her a Fellowship in February 2008), the Orpheum Stiftung zur Förderung Junger Solisten (Zurich), the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (Hamburg) and the Jürgen-Ponto Stiftung (Frankfurt). She won the first prize at the 2003 Yfrah Neaman International Competition in Mainz, and was awarded Audience Awards by the patrons of the Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals.
She is a current member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme was devised by BBC Radio 3 Editor Adam Gatehouse and launched in 1999. It exists as part of the BBC's commitment to nurture young musical talent. Every autumn six to seven young artists who are beginning to make a mark on the national and international...
, finishing in 2012
Veronika Eberle plays the "Dragonetti" Stradivarius (1700), on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation
Nippon Music Foundation
The Nippon Music Foundation is an organisation under the supervision of the Arts and Culture Promotion Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education...
.
External links
- http://www.bbtrust.com/2008/fellowships/veronika_eberle.html
- http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/instrumentalists/violin/veronika-eberle