Lena Neudauer (born 1984) is a German violinist.

Life

Born in Munich, Neudauer started playing the violin at the age of 3. She first took lessons with Helge Thelen and later with Sonja Korkeala. At the age of 11, she attended the

Mozarteum University Salzburg Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the "Mozarteum" name in Salzburg municipality; the International Mozarteum ...

and studied with

Thomas Zehetmair Thomas Zehetmair (born 23 November 1961) is an Austrian violinist and conductor. Biography Zehetmair was born in Salzburg, and studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where both of his parents taught. His festival debut was at age 16. He was in ...

and finally with

Christoph Poppen Christoph Poppen (born 9 March 1956) is a German conductor, violinist and academic teacher. Career Poppen was born in Münster. As a violinist, he was awarded first prize in the Kocian Violin Competition age 14. He studied the violin with Kur ...

. Already at the age of 15, Neudauer won the 4th International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg in 1999 (Mozart Prize – 1st Prize). In 2013 she was a member of the jury at the 8th edition of the same competition. In 2010, she was appointed professor for violin at the

Hochschule für Musik Saar The Hochschule für Musik Saar is a conservatory of music in Saarbrücken, Germany and dates back to 1947. From 1994 until 2002, it was named ''Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater'' (University of Music and Drama Saarbrücken). Since ...

in Saarbrücken. Since the winter semester 2016, she has held a professorship for violin at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Munich The University of Music and Theatre Munich (), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former ''Führerbau'' of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstr ...

. She owes much of the inspiration for her artistic work to her collaboration with ,

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and

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. As a soloist she played with orchestras like the

Münchener Kammerorchester The Munich Chamber Orchestra (, or MKO) is a German chamber orchestra based in Munich. Its primary concert venue is the Prinzregententheater, Munich. The MKO also gives concerts in Munich at such venues as the Pinakothek der Moderne and the ', an ...

, the Orchestre National de Belgique, the Polnischen Kammerphilharmonie, the Nürnberger Symphoniker, the

Brandenburger Symphoniker The Brandenburger Symphoniker is a German orchestra based in Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel (; ) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin ...

and the

Münchner Symphoniker The Munich Symphony Orchestra (Münchner Symphoniker) is a German orchestra based in Munich. The orchestra gives subscription concerts at the Herkulessaal and the Prinzregententheater and, to a lesser degree, at the Philharmonie am Gasteig, al ...

and under the direction of conductors such as

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Mariss Jansons Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian Conducting, conductor, best known for his interpretations of Gustav Mahler, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Strauss, and Russian composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, ...

and

Wojciech Rajski Wojciech Rajski (born 9 July 1948) is a Polish conductor, and the founder and current Artistic Director of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot. His recordings can be heard on such labels as Deutsche Grammophon, Dux Records, and EMI C ...

.Lena Neudauer
on Info Concert

Prizes-awards

*1999: 4th International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg (Mozartpreis – 1. Preis, Publikumspreis, Richard-Strauss-Preis) *2000: European Cultural Promotion Prize of the European Cultural Foundation "Pro Europa" *2002: Promotion of the highly gifted

Konzertgesellschaft München The Konzertgesellschaft München is a non-profit association dedicated to the cultivation and promotion of classical music and, since 2017, jazz. Through the international singing competition Vokal genial, which took place annually alternating with ...

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