Saskia Niehl began learning to play the violin at the age of five and has been active in numerous orchestras since the age of nine. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the Freiburg College of Music and her master’s degree in orchestral music at the University of the Arts, Berlin. This young violinist has been a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie since 2016. She was concertmaster of the University Orchestras in Freiburg and Berlin and at Hanover College of Music, Media and the Arts where she is currently a member of Elisabeth Kufferath’s soloist class.

In addition, Saskia has performed as soloist with the Brandenburgische Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) and has deputised with many other orchestras such as the Kammerakademie Potsdam or the Hamburg Camerata.

Saskia is also equally at home in the realm of chamber music. Since 2018, she has been a member of the NERIDA Quartet, with which she has already received several prizes, including the Boris Pergamenschikow Competition Berlin and the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition.

Elke Schulze-Höckelmann was national prizewinner in the ›Jugend musiziert‹ competition and a junior student at the University of Music in Münster. She subsequently studied in Cologne and Oslo and played in the European Community Youth Orchestra. But possibly her participation »in the grass-roots democratic grammar school wind orchestra« was the decisive experience that would later lead her to feel most at home with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.
To find this out, she was previously a member of the Kassel State Theatre Orchestra, the Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen and the Philharmonia Hungarica Marl. She has been a soloist with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 1993. When she is not playing here, she enjoys playing the historical horn in various ensembles for Early Music.

Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova was born in Slovakia and began taking violin lessons at the age of six. Her move to Igor Karsko at Lucerne Music College – where she obtained her diploma in concert and solo performance with honours – was followed by continued studies with Vesselin Paraschkevov at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen.

Between 2007 and 2017, she was concertmaster of the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra in Essen and has held the same post with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra since 2016. The violinist is a very welcome guest performer with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Aachen Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova has frequently performed with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra as well as with the Kosice State Philharmonic and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.

Her particular passion is for chamber music. She is a founder member of Ensemble Ruhr, with whom she performs regularly in a variety of chamber music formations. She has been a member of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2017.

5歳でヴァイオリンを始め、16歳でヴィオラに転向。ロサンゼルスのコルバーン・スクールでポール・コレッティの指導の下、学士号を取得の後、エットーレ・コーザに師事し、エール大学で修士号を取得した。その後、数多くのマスタークラスに参加し、アメリカの国内コンクールでも度々入賞している。

欧米各地で数々の音楽祭への出演経験を持つ。また、ソリストとしてバーデン＝バーデン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団やボストン交響楽団など、数多くのオーケストラと共演している。室内楽奏者としても実績があり、アンソニー・マーウッド、イヴァン・モニゲッティ、アウグスティン・ハーデリッヒなどと共演している。

Born in Essen in 1994, Lars Henrik Radloff received his first double bass lessons from Bernardo Camatta at the age of 8. After studying as a junior student and completing his bachelor’s degree at the Cologne College of Music and Dance, he earned his master’s degree with honours from the Robert Schumann College of Music in Düsseldorf. He is currently studying for his concert exam with Rick Stotijn in Düsseldorf.

Lars Henrik Radloff has been a member of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker since September 2020. 2022 was his first season as a member of the double bass section of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. He is also a regular guest with other major orchestras, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

During his studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Jeffrey Armstrong was awarded numerous prizes, most notably the Principal’s Prize for outstanding contribution to the life of the conservatoire. He is currently enrolled in the solo class of Elisabeth Kufferath at the Hanover College of Music, Media and the Arts. In addition, Jeffrey has worked with and received memorable masterclasses from musicians such as Leonidas Kavakos, Lawrence Power, Antje Weithaas, and Eberhard Feltz among others

As a soloist, this young violinist has already performed many concerts including with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in South Africa. He recently won first prize in the UNISA National Music Competition, leading to a performance and recording with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Jeffrey regularly appears as a guest at the Wye Valley Music Festival in England. This violinist is also involved in other projects including the Cape Chamber Music Collective, which he jointly founded in South Africa, as well as the musical education project ›Arco Project‹ for disadvantaged children in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Maximilian Krome has played the clarinet with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since April 2014. He was born in Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1988 and studied with Prof. Martin Spangenberg at The Liszt School of Music in Weimar, where he gained an Artistic Diploma in June 2012. During this time he had a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation.

He is a multiple prizewinner in national competitions as well as at the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition in England. As a scholar of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation and the German Foundation for Musical Life, he played solo engagements at the opening of the Schwetzingen Mozart Festival, the Essen Philharmonic, the Margravial Opera House of Bayreuth and in Switzerland.

His concert activities focus on performances with various chamber music ensembles, with appearances, for example, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the international music festival The Next Generation at the Harenberg-Center Dortmund, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Cologne Philharmonic and at the invitation of the Academy of St.Martin-In-The-Fields in London.

From 2012-2014, Maximilian Krome was Academist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich.

Today, he regularly plays as a guest with the Chamber Academy Potsdam, the Camerata Bern and the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra.

Michaela Špačková is a brilliant and charismatic artist who, using her instrument as a voice, sees her music as a journey to connect us with our human nature. This Czech bassoonist, equally at home in classical and contemporary music, enjoys experimenting with different styles, techniques and multidisciplinary projects. She regularly performs new works for solo bassoon, most recently the world premiere of Matthieu Stefanelli’s work ›Gaïa – The Cry of the Earth‹ as part of Renaud Capuçon’s Nouveaux Horizons festival, which was broadcast on Arte.

She has also performed in renowned concert halls around the world such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Philharmonie de Paris and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, where she played at the Suntory Hall Festival together with Radek Baborák. She was principal bassoonist in the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Christoph Eschenbach and at the Akademie der Staatskapelle Berlin with Daniel Barenboim. Michaela Špačková has also received numerous awards and has won more than 20 prizes at various competitions, including the ARD Music Competition and the Prague Spring. In addition to her musical activities, Michaela is actively involved in intercultural activities, educational projects and environmental issues and enjoys spending time in nature.

1989年、ベルリン郊外の音楽家一家に生まれ、5歳よりヴァイオリンを学ぶ。少女時代を通してダンスにも力を注ぎ、音楽家をめざす決意をしたのは随分遅くなってから。州立青少年管弦楽団の一員としてオペラ制作に関わったことが決定的な転機をもたらす。

ロストック音楽・演劇大学でアクセル・ヴィルチョクとシュテファン・ヘンペルに師事。卒業演奏会ではロストック北ドイツ・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団と共演し、モーツァルトのヴァイオリン協奏曲を披露。グスタフ・マーラー・ユーゲント管弦楽団に在籍経験があり、大学在学中はタンゴ演奏にも力を注ぐ。

様々なアンサンブルの一員として経験を積み、音楽家としての幅を広げる。例えば、ダニエル・バレンボイム率いるシュターツカペレ・ベルリンのアカデミー生として歌劇場の運営の舞台裏を経験。また、イングリッシュ・バロック・ソロイスツ、そしてオルケストル・レヴォリューショネル・エ・ロマンティックでの研修を通し、古典派およびバロック音楽演奏の腕を磨く。その際、ワークショップや講義を指導するジョン・エリオット・ガーディナーとのコラボレーションは貴重な経験となる。

2018年10月にドイツ・カンマーフィルハーモニーに入団。

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Belgian cellist Marc Froncoux studied at the Music Colleges in both Brussels and Detmold, with Edmond Baert and Professor Andre Navarra respectively. He is the prize winner of several competitions such as the international Premio Vittorio Gui competition in Florence. On completing his studies, Marc Froncoux was appointed teacher of Professor Edmond Baert’s solo class in Brussels and also played solo cello at the Opera in Lucca, Italy.

Marc Froncoux has been solo cellist with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 1998. In his adopted North German home, he conducts the Oldenburg Chamber Orchestra and is regularly involved in chamber music courses for amateurs.

Along with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen he has guested in many concert venues in numerous international capitals. He is one of the section leaders in the orchestra and regularly performs in the orchestra’s series of chamber music concerts.

In his free time, Marc Froncoux enjoys spending time in the country. He trains regularly for his trekking tours in the Himalayas, thus combining healthy exercise with his search for inner calm.