Johanna Pichlmair has been playing in the first violin section since March 2020. The 31-year-old violinist studied at the Mozarteum University Salzburg under Igor Ozim,

  The 27-year-old was selected as concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra by its musicians and Kent Nagano, conductor of the ensemble and general music

  Born in Moson, Hungary, in 1873, Carl Flesch received his first violin lessons at age five from a saddler who played at the local church.

  Austrian-born violinist and pedagogue Max Rostal died at age 86. He served distinguished teaching positions on faculty at the Berlin University of Music, Guildhall School of