Mirijam Contzen (born in 1976) is a German-Japanese

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

ist.

Life and career

Born in

Münster Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...

, Contzen grew up in

Lünen Lünen () is a town with around 86,000 inhabitants in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund, on both banks of the Lippe (river), River Lippe. It is the largest town of the Unna (district), Unna district and part of the R ...

. She began her studies at the

Musikhochschule Detmold A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

in 1984 and from 1988 she was a master student of the violin teacher Tibor Varga (1921–2003) from Hungary. Since 2005 she has been

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

of the annual International Chamber Music Festival Schloss Cappenberg, which takes place every summer at Cappenberg Castle. The 11th concert took place from 20 to 27 May 2018. Among other musicians were Herbert Schuch (piano), Tobias Bredohl (piano) and Sebastian Manz (clarinet).Recordings
on JP^C

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Contzen, Mirijam 1976 births Living people Musicians from Münster German classical violinists German women violinists Women classical violinists 21st-century classical violinists