Eberhard Feltz

Eberhard Feltz (born June 27, 1937 in Königsberg ) is a German classical violinist and violin and chamber music teacher. Feltz became internationally known as a mentor for string quartets and chamber music ensembles. He is often referred to as the "guru of the string quartet".

life and work

Eberhard Feltz was born in Königsberg in 1937. His family was expelled from Königsberg in 1945 after the end of the war. Feltz began playing the violin at the age of seven. He studied violin in Berlin with Werner Scholz , later in Saint Petersburg with Michail Waiman .

Eberhard Feltz began teaching violin and chamber music at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in 1963 . In 1985 he was appointed professor for violin and chamber music. Eberhard Feltz is in great demand as a lecturer for chamber music masterclasses. He is a regular guest at festivals such as the one in Davos or the Heidelberg Spring . Feltz often takes on responsibility in juries of chamber music competitions such as the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin.

As a mentor of chamber music ensembles, Eberhard Feltz first promoted the Vogler Quartet during GDR times , later the Berlin Kuss and Atrium , the Dutch Rubens and the German-Estonian Schumann Quartet . There were also the French Quatuor Ébène and the Amsterdam Busch Trio .

swell

• Udo Badelt: A portrait of Eberhard Feltz - musical mentor and philanthropist. Der Tagesspiegel, June 27, 2017, archived from the original on June 27, 2017 ; accessed on June 10, 2020 . 
• Feltz, Eberhard (member of the jury). In: www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de. November 2019, archived from the original on June 11, 2020 ; accessed on June 11, 2020 . 

Web links

• Literature by and about Eberhard Feltz in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Udo Badelt: Eberhard Feltz in portrait.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Eberhard Feltz. In: www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de.