Violist Nils Mönkemeyer Signs with IMG Artists

The German violist will receive general management from Elena Kostova

German violist Nils Mönkemeyer has signed with IMG Artists for general management, where he will be represented by Elena Kostova — a senior vice president at the company's London office.

As a performer, Mönkemeyer focuses on innovative programming, recording world premieres of previously unknown 18th-century viola works, contemporary repertoire, and his own arrangements.

Much of this programming can be found on his CD recordings with Sony Classical. His 2023 album Dance for Two, featuring recorder player Dorothee Oberlinger, contains works from over a thousand years of music history, mostly in their own arrangements for this special instrumentation.

In the current season, Mönkemeyer returns to venues including the Wigmore Hall, Musikverein Vienna, Royal Library Copenhagen, LAC Lugano, NFM Wroclaw, Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Prinzregententheater Munich, and Alte Oper Frankfurt.

Mönkemeyer is also a committed pedagogue and has held a professorship at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich since 2011.

"A classical music representative is so much more than a booking agent, as they tend to shape our lives in many ways, and I am beyond excited to join IMG Artists to pursue my musical journey together with the incredible Elena Kostova as my general manager and Bibi Thomas-Gandara as my assistant,"  Mönkemeyer said. "I look forward to the future with great excitement for everything that is to come."

"For a long time, I have the deepest appreciation for Nils’s artistic qualities which are of the highest caliber and versatility which have righteously earned his reputation as one of the world’s leading violists," said Elena Kostova. "In addition, Nils’s deep commitment to innovative programming, enthusiasm for pedagogy and strong collaborative approach are features which have secured him a special place within classical music community."

"I am therefore immensely honored that Nils has decided to join IMG’s roster and that I will personally have an opportunity to join him on his musical journey."