Peter Rainer is a German

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ist, known by his activity as a

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and performance of chamber music. He has been performing at famous music halls such as

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, Carnegie Hall in

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, and Walt Disney Concert Hall in

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. Since 1994 he is

of the international chamber string orchestra I Palpiti conducted by Eduard Schmieder. 2005 Peter Rainer was honoured by the city of Los Angeles for his merits about culture. 1996-2000 Peter Rainer was the first

of the Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra Potsdam, and currently is

of the Kammerakademie Potsdam. Together with eight further soloist, in 1998 he founded the Persius Ensemble, a chamber music ensemble dedicated in particular to the classical nonet literature. In 2007 their CD with pieces of

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and

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was elected „CD of the week“ by Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg ( RBB). In his performances as a soloist, his special attention is devoted to contemporary and rarely performed pieces of the violin literature. In 2003, the composer Gerhard Rosenfeld wrote his 3.

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for Peter Rainer. On the occasion of an homage for

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, he founded the Merlino string quartet, distinguished by deep analysis of performance practice.Merlino Quartett
His performances with

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has been inspired also by concerts together with

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, Giuliano Carmignola, John Holloway, Kristian Bezuidenhout and Bernhard Forck. Apart from concert performances, Peter Rainer is a committed

teacher. Since 2007 he works as an assistant of Professor Uwe-Martin Haiberg at

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. He also conceptualized and executed particularly successful concerts for children.

Education

Peter Rainer has grown up in Rödelsee in

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. He started playing violin at the age of 8 years. He was studying until 1992 with Max Speermann at the Hermann Zilcher Konservatorium in Würzburg. He completed his studies in the US with Professor Eduard Schmieder at the Meadows School of the Arts, where he received his Artist Certificate in 1994 and his Master of Violin Performance degree in 1995. Musical encounters with Hermann Krebbers, Amsterdam, and Andre Gertler, Brüssel, at master classes have also shaped his early development.

References

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