Barbara Buntrock (18 February 1982) is a German violist and

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Life

Born in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

, Buntrock received her first violin lessons at the age of five. From 1991, she was a student of Maria Szabados-Racz at the Bergische Musikschule Wuppertal. She was five times first prize winner of the national

Jugend musiziert ''Jugend musiziert'' is a music competition for children and adolescents in Germany on regional, federal and national level. ''Jugend musiziert'' in Germany In Germany, the nationwide competition refers to young adults up to 20 years and for t ...

competition. From 1998 to 2000, Buntrock was a member of the Bundesjugendorchester, most recently as deputy

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German language, German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the Conducting, conductor, the concertma ...

. She began her viola studies in 2001 at the

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music () is a public university of music and dance located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Established in 1850 as the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln, it is one of the largest music academies in Europe, w ...

, Abteilung Wuppertal with Werner Dickel. Beginning in the winter semester 2002/2003, she studied at the Lübeck Academy of Music with Barbara Westphal, where she received her concert diploma in July 2008. Supported by the ''Gerd Bucerius Scholarship'' of the ''Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben'', she spent a year abroad (September 2005 to May 2006) at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

in New York City with Heidi Castleman. Afterwards, she completed additional studies at the

Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

with Lars Anders Tomter with the aim of obtaining her Konzertexamen. Buntrock was a scholarship holder of the

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: , or ''Studienstiftung'' for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on ac ...

. She also attended

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es at the

Verbier Festival The Verbier Festival is a two week annual international music festival which is held in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier southeast of Lausanne, Switzerland. Begun by Swedish expatriate in 1994, it has attracted int ...

, the International Music Academy of Switzerland and with Walter Levin ( LaSalle Quartet),

Gábor Takács-Nagy Gábor Takács-Nagy (born 17 April 1956''International Who's Who in Classical Music'' (25th edition). Routledge (London), p. 807 (2009) (). in Budapest) is a Hungarian violinist and conductor. He began violin studies at age 8. He attended the Franz ...

, Lukas Hagen ( Hagen Quartet) and Eberhard Feltz. As a soloist and

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ian, she performed with the

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester) is a German chamber orchestra based in Stuttgart. Its principal concert venue is the . History Karl Münchinger founded the orchestra in 1945, and served as its chief conductor until ...

, the , the , the Bochumer Symphoniker and the . From February 2009 to December 2010, Buntrock held the position of 1st solo viola of the

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

. She plays a viola built around 1650 by

Antonio Mariani Antonio Mariani was an Italian luthier in the 17th century. He is believed to have studied in Brescia under Giovanni Paolo Maggini, and was later mostly active in Pesaro from 1635 to 1695. A simple design and plain materials such as pine are typi ...

, which was formerly played by

Lionel Tertis Lionel Tertis, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (29 December 187622 February 1975) was an English viola, violist. He was one of the first viola players to achieve international fame, and a noted teacher. Career Tertis was born ...

. In September 2011, she founded the "Festival 3" as

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, a festival for chamber music in the Immanuelskirche in Wuppertal. Since 2015, Buntrock has been professor for viola at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.

Awards

* Five times winner of the national

composition * 2004: Prize winner of the ''Theodor-Rogler-Stiftung'' at the ARD International Music Competition * 2005: ''Dr. Glatt'' special prize at the

Geneva International Music Competition The Geneva International Music Competition () is one of the world's leading international music competitions, founded in 1939. In 1957, it was one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competition (WFIMC), whose he ...

* 2006: ''Zonta-Musikpreis'' and a scholarship of the DMW ( Deutscher Musikwettbewerb) * 2007: 1. Prize at the * 2008: Winner of the Federal President's Scholarship at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize * 2008: der Stadt

* 2008: Special prize for the best interpretation of a work by J.S. Bach at the ''International Primrose Competition'' in

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buntrock, Barbara German classical violists German women violists German music educators German women music educators 1982 births Living people Musicians from Wuppertal Players of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra