Eberhard Feltz (born 27 June 1937) is a German classical
violinist
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and
chamber music
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pedagogue.
[Udo Badelt: A portrait of Eberhard Feltz.][Eberhard Feltz. In: www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de.] Feltz became internationally known especially as a mentor for string quartets and chamber music ensembles.
He is often called the "guru of the string quartet".
Life
Feltz was born in
Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was na ...
in 1937.
His family was expelled from Königsberg in 1945 after the end of the war.
Feltz began playing the violin at the age of seven.
He studied violin in Berlin with
Werner Scholz, later in St. Petersburg with Michail Waiman.
Feltz began to teach violin and chamber music in 1963 at the
Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"
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.
In 1985, he was appointed professor for violin and chamber music.
Feltz is in great demand as a lecturer for chamber music
master class
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"Masterclass" is als ...
es. He is a regular guest at festivals such as the one in Davos or the
Heidelberger Frühling
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.
Feltz often assumes responsibility on juries of chamber music competitions such as the ''Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb'' of the
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
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in Berlin.
As a mentor of chamber music ensembles, Feltz initially supported the
Vogler Quartet
The Vogler Quartet is a German string quartet based in Berlin. It was founded in 1985 and has been playing together with an unchanged line-up since 1986.
History
Together with the Petersen Quartet, also based in East Berlin, it was one of the ...
, later the Berlin
Kuss Quartet
The Kuss Quartet with Jana Kuss (violin), Oliver Wille (violin), William Coleman (viola) and Mikayel Hakhnazaryan (cello) is a Berlin-based string quartet. It was founded in 1991 at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" by the two violinists ...
and Atrium Quartet, the Dutch Rubens Quartet and the German-Estonian
Schumann Quartet.
In addition, he took care of the French
Quatuor Ébène
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Classical String quartet
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and the Amsterdam Busch Trio, among others.
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German classical violinists
German music educators
1937 births
Living people
Musicians from Königsberg