Axel Strauss (born 1974) is a German violinist, and a professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal. At the age of seventeen he won the silver medal at the

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in Romania and has been recognized with many other awards, including top prizes in the Bach, Wieniawski and Kocian competitions. He studied at the Music Academies of Lübeck and Rostock with Petru Munteanu. Strauss has been residing in the United States since 1996 when he began working with

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at the Juilliard School and became her teaching assistant in 1998. He was the first German artist to ever win the international Naumburg Violin Award in New York. In 2007, he was the violinist in the world premiere of "Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby", written for him by composer Aaron Jay Kernis. His recordings include the

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(BPOlive), Mendelssohn's '' Songs Without Words'' ( Naxos), the violin version of the Clarinet sonatas, op. 120, by Brahms (Organum) and the duo for violin and cello, op. 7, by Zoltán Kodály (Oehms Classics). In December 2009, Naxos released his recording of the 24 Caprices by Pierre Rode. Amadeus Press has issued a DVD featuring Strauss in concert at Steinway Hall, New York. His chamber music partners include Menahem Pressler, Kim Kashkashian, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann and

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. Srauss has appeared as soloist with the New Century Chamber Orchestra, the San Francisco Academy Orchestra, and with orchestras in Budapest, Hamburg, New York, Seoul, Shanghai, Bucharest, and Cincinnati, among others. He has also appeared as guest concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Strauss performs on a violin by

Giovanni Francesco Pressenda Giovanni Francesco Pressenda ( Lequio Berria (Cuneo), 1777 – Turin, 12 December 1854) was an Italian violin maker. He completed his apprenticeship in Turin, probably in the workshop of French violin makers such as Lété and Calot. Giovan ...

, Turin 1845.

References

Axel Strauss Personal WebsiteSchulich School of Music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Strauss, Axel Living people Place of birth missing (living people) German classical violinists Male classical violinists German male violinists 21st-century classical violinists 1974 births 21st-century German male musicians