Prof. Gidon Kremer

Prof. Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. First violin lessons at the age of four. Master pupil of David Oistrach at the Moscow Conservatory. Numerous prizes and honours, e.g. Ernst von Siemens Music Award, Frankfurt Music Award, Prize of the der Accademia Musicale Chigiana, ECHO 1999, Bremer Music Festival Award 1999, Unesco Award 2001, Tchaikovsky Prize, Paganini competition and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The recording "After Mozart" with the Kremerata Baltica received the 2002 Grammy Award in the category "Best Chamber Ensemble" and an ECHO 2002. Worked with the best orchestras and conductors worldwide and recorded more than 100 CDs for various labels.. His repertoire includes Classic and Romantic works as well as 20th century compositions by der Klassik und der Romantik Kompositionen des 20. Jahrhunderts wie Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, Sofia Gubaidulina, Luigi Nono and Aribert Reimann. 1981 founded the chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, consisting of young Baltic musicians, and a chamber music festival in Lockenhaus/ Austria. Performances with this orchestra in numerous music festivals and concert halls. 2002-2006 artistic director of the Basle Festival "les muséiques". Gidon Kremer plays a "Nicola Amati" violin built in 1641. Since 2004 honorary professor for Violin/ Chamber Music at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin.