Anton Steck

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Anton Steck (* 1965 near Freudenstadt ) is a German violinist and conductor .

Life

Anton Steck began studying the modern violin with Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn in Karlsruhe and the baroque violin with Reinhard Goebel in Cologne. After his studies he worked as concertmaster with Musica Antiqua Cologne and the French ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski . With these ensembles he gave concerts all over the world and took part in more than 30 CD productions. In 1996 he co-founded the Schuppanzigh Quartet , of which he is the first violinist. From 2005 to 2008 he was concert master of Concerto Köln . In 1997 he made his debut as a conductor with the Handel Festival Orchestra Halle , and has been the artistic director of this ensemble since 1999.

In addition to his intensive preoccupation with the instrumental music of the Baroque era, Steck increasingly deals with virtuoso violin music before 1830. His repertoire ranges from early Baroque sonatas to violin concertos by Louis Spohr . The recording of the unknown sonatas KV 55–60 by Mozart and the sonatas by Johann Georg Pisendel have won several international record awards.

In addition to his busy concert activities, Anton Steck has been professor of baroque violin and director of the baroque orchestra at the State University of Music in Trossingen since 2000 . He is married to Marieke Spaans , who also teaches at the Trossingen University of Music. With her and other musicians, he founded the Ensemble Antonianum in 2009 .

Anton Steck plays a Jakob Stainer from 1658 and an Alessandro Gagliano from 1701.

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SURNAME Steck, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH at Freudenstadt