Artistic brilliance and innovative programming – these are the trademarks with which Nils Mönkemeyer has made the viola the subject of considerable attention, thereby also establishing himself as one of the most outstanding viola players of our time.

His programmes span the range from original discoveries and first ever recordings of 18th century viola literature, through to contemporary works and his own arrangements. In his international appearances, Mönkemeyer has worked with well-known conductors including Sylvain Cambreling, Joana Mallwitz, Kent Nagano and Markus Poschner, as well as having appeared as soloist with top-class orchestras such as the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Münchener Kammerorchester. During the 2021/22 season, concert tours will take him to London, Vienna and to the Schubertiad festival.

This extraordinary musician also follows his heart; founded together with Caritas Bonn, the chamber music festival ›Klassik für Alle‹ makes music accessible to everyone. In addition, this sought-after viola player has been a professor at Munich’s College of Music and Drama – where he himself was a student with Hariolf Schlichtig – since 2011.

As an exclusive Sony Classical artist, he has released numerous award-winning albums. After his celebrated debut in 2019, Nils Mönkemeyer is now returning to the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

Reinhard Goebel, a conductor who specialises in 17th, 18th and early 19th century music, is revered as an »early music icon«. In demand worldwide, he acts not only as a mediator of historical performance practice to modern orchestras and early music ensembles alike, but also as an inexhaustible source of repertoire treasures.

In 1973 he formed the legendary Musica Antiqua Köln which he has directed for 33 years. Since then, he has inspired and polarised the contemporary orchestral landscape with his unique ability to amalgamate his passion for music with a detailed knowledge of musicological sources. Reinhard Goebel’s multifaceted works have won numerous awards: in 1984 he was awarded the Buxtehude Prize by the city of Lübeck, in 2015 he was selected by BBC Music Magazine as one of the top 20 best violinists of all time and he was awarded the Bach Medal of the city of Leipzig in 2017.

The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen has for years maintained a musical friendship with the conductor and gives regular concerts under the direction of his baton; the 2021/22 season is no exception. He will also be appearing with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk as well as with the Swedish Radio Orchestra Stockholm. After the immense success of his CD series ›Beethoven’s World‹, the series ›New Mozart‹ with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg – in which largely previously unrecorded arrangements and works by Mozart will feature – will also be appearing during the 2021/22 season.