Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.
ViolinSpecialMasterclass (VSM) cannot be used. - Pumuckl456 ( discussion ) 15:02, Apr. 4, 2019 (CEST)

Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner (born May 28, 1982 in Deggendorf ) is a German violinist , composer , poet , music producer and university professor .

Live and act

Kaunzner grew up in the Bavarian Forest and made her solo debut with the Pilsen Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1995 at the age of twelve . She has won numerous young talent prizes at national and international music competitions, including the 1st Federal Prize at Jugend musiziert in 1998 and prizes at the International Kocian Violin Competition.

In 1999 she gave the first performance of the violin concerto by Franz E. Spannheimer , conducted by the composer , at the Prinzregententheater in Munich .

After graduating from high school, she studied music at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe with Josef Rissin and Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn , the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler (where she received her diploma), at CNSMD Paris with Olivier Charlier , the Lucerne Music Academy with Sebastian Hamann and at the Musikhochschule Cologne at Zakhar Bron . She studied composition a. a. with Salvatore Sciarrino at the Mozarteum Salzburg , Katja Tchemberdji , music theory with Astrid Bolay and Thomas Daniel and media composition. She also took master classes with Yehudi Menuhin , Igor Oistrach and Natalia Gutman, among others . She studied the baroque violin and recorded works by Giuseppe Tartini .

Kaunzner played her works Mysterium and Silk Road for violin and orchestra with the Jena Philharmonic, EuroArabClassic, Ensemble 20/21 Cologne, Korean Strings. She played as a soloist and chamber musician in Paris, Salzburg, Ljubljana, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Spain. She was also guest concertmaster at the Zermatt Festival of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra Seoul.

With the Sinus Quartet she gave the world premiere of the 13th string quartet by her teacher Krzysztof Meyer at the 1st International Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch .

Together with the harpist Anna Viechtl, she founded Duo 47/4 for violin and harp in 2003 . Since 2009 she has been a member of the Ensemble Garage for New Music in Cologne.

In 2014 she gave a recital at Mullae Art Center Seoul with her own works and Korean instruments, music by Violeta Dinescu and an arrangement by Cages 4'33 ″ for silent violin, mobile phone and wisdom on cardboard. As a tribute to the reunification of Korea and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she directed and starred in Milan Mihajlovic's Munich studio while shooting her fusion song Lucid Dreams .

In 2018 she finished her concert Jasmine Rice for violin, Asian instruments, harp, marimba western orchestra and light. This was followed by a CD with Sonatas No. 1 & 2 by Nikolai Medtner and her piece Golden Sponge (Aplysina Aerophoba) for violin, piri, Haegeum, Sheng, percussion & field recordings, a work commissioned by the Ensemble Phase Seoul , with which she also premiered including light show.

Kaunzner has worked with Daniel Barenboim, Sasha Boldachev, Constantinos Carydis, Gamin, Christian Thielemann, Adrian Brendel , Julia Fischer, Peter Ovtcharov, Stefan Temmingh, Florence Sitruk, the Sharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic and Spark .

Broadcasters such as DeutschlandRadio , BR , WDR , Bayerisches Fernsehen , ARTE , TV Korea, KBS, Ucrain TV documented their artistic work.

Since 2013 she has been playing the ex-Midori David violin by Guarneri del Gesù on loan . Otherwise she plays on a violin by Tomaso Eberle (built 1742).

Teaching and jury work

From 2010 to 2018 she taught as professor of violin and chamber music at Kangnam University in South Korea. She also gives master classes in Germany, Korea and the Middle East, including for the Fundación Barenboim-Said in Palestine. In 2014 she founded ViolinSpecialMasterclass (VSM) and gives courses in her Victory Academy Berlin . She was also a juror at competitions in Europe and Asia.

Awards / grants (selection)

  • 1998: 1st Federal Youth Music Prize, violin solo
  • 1993–2001: repeated prizewinner at the International Kocian Violin Competition & National Youth Music Competition
  • 2002: Prize winner at the Queen Sophie Charlotte International Violin Competition
  • 2005 + 2007: Prize winner at the Concours Flame , Paris
  • 2006/2007: Erasmus / Socrates grant
  • 2005–2011: Scholarship holder at Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now eV Berlin and Cologne
  • 2013: Scholarship from the Juilliard School , Starling Delay Symposium
  • 2014: Sudeten German Culture Prize for performing and performing arts, donated by the state of Bavaria

Works (selection)

  • Jasmine Rice - for improvising violin, Asian instruments, Western instruments & light (2012/18)
  • Boarding music for the Korean airline: "A Delightful T'Way Dream" & "A Delightful T'Way Journey" (2015)
  • Mysterium for violin & orchestra (2008/16) WP with Goyang City Youth Orchestra, 2016
  • Golden Sponge - Aplysina Aerophoba (gold sponge ) for violin, piri, haegum, sheng, electronics & light (2017) UA 2017 Mullae Arts Center Seoul, Ensemble Phase
  • Bernstein & Co , quartet for violin, clarinet, cello, piano & audience (2017), premiere 2017 Maison Hélène de Beauvoir Goxwiller with Ulrich Roman Murtfeld, Stefan Breith and Dörte Sehrer
  • Lucid Dreams for voice, violin & ensemble, Fusion: Oriental-Asian / Classic / Electro (2017/18)
  • Seidenstrasse for violin & string orchestra (2017) World premiere in 2017 with Bundang Chamber Orchestra, Kang DschangU, Seongan Arts Center
  • The Golden Key for solo harp (based on Grimm) (2016) World premiere by Florence Sitruk, Burg Herstelle, Beverungen
  • CU later ... in Korea for singing violin, flute & two chopsticks (2011) premiere Bongeunsa Temple Seoul with Philipp Jundt 2011
  • Winter solstice for violin and viola on Japanese haiku verses (2008), world premiere in 2008, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now eV Cologne with Koichi Aoki

Discography

  • 2003 Dialogues , songs and duets, ANTES Edition BM-CD 31.9181
  • 2015 Ja (zz) smine Rice - Violin Mysteries with Sorin Creciun, Wonsun Choi, Roman Salyutov, Veit Hertenstein, Solo Musica
  • 2015 Wild Bird - Duo 47/4 for violin and harp with Anna Viechtl, Oehms Classic
  • 2017 Les Furies - 6 solo sonatas by Eugène Ysaÿe & Viktoria Kaunzner: Soy chameleon for violin and field recordings, Hänssler Classic
  • 2019 EurAsian Gold: Nikolaj Medtner: Sonata No. 1 & 2 for violin and piano, with Oleg Poliansky & Golden Sponge (in negotiation)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viktoria Kaunzner. In: Solo Musica. October 29, 2017, accessed on March 15, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ Kaunzner, Viktoria Elisabeth. In: GEDOK COLOGNE. August 2, 2017, accessed on March 15, 2019 (German).
  3. ^ German Foundation for Music Life. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Lucid Dreams. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  5. ^ Professor of Violin Viktoria Kaunzner. In: German School of Music / Kangnam University. October 23, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (American English).
  6. ^ The Strad: Victory Academy Berlin. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ winners-2002-2005. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ winners-2006-2009. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Viktoria Kaunzner receives art prize from the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft. In: CHRISTIAN FORUM. May 19, 2014, accessed April 4, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Kaunzner, Viktoria Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, composer, poet, producer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Deggendorf