Johannes Pramsohler is a

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist, conductor and record producer, specialised in

Historically informed performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of Western classical music, classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of ...

, currently based in

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Biography

Johannes Pramsohler was born 5 April 1980 in

Sterzing Sterzing (; it, Vipiteno ) is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is the main town of the southern Wipptal, and the Eisack River flows through the medieval town. History Origin The town traces its roots to 14 B.C., when Nero Claudius ...

in the autonomous Italian province of

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and studied at the Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi in

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, at the Paris Conservatoire CRR, at the

Mozarteum 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” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Mo ...

, at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

and at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

in London. His main teachers were Georg Egger, Jack Glickman,

Rachel Podger Rachel Podger (born 1968 in England) is a British violinist and conductor specialising in the performance of Baroque music. Career Podger was born to a British father and a German mother. She was educated at a German Rudolf Steiner school then ...

and

Reinhard Goebel Reinhard Goebel (; born 31 July 1952 in Siegen, West Germany) is a German Conducting, conductor and baroque violin, violinist specialising in early music on Historically informed performance, authentic instruments and professor for historical perf ...

. Already during his studies he played with many of the leading period instrument orchestras such as

Concerto Köln Concerto Köln is an ensemble specialising in music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The group formed in 1985, one of many groups associated with the surging interest in period instruments in that decade. Its members consisted mainly o ...

, the

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre, London, associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera Artistic Associate at Kings Place, and h ...

, Les Arts Florissants and the

Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...

. As part of his career development he was member of the 2007

European Union Baroque Orchestra The European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) is a training initiative which allows young performers of baroque music from the European Union to gain orchestral experience as part of their career development. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between ...

. Often invited as guest concertmaster, Johannes Pramsohler led orchestras such as

The King's Consort The King's Consort is a British period music orchestra founded in 1980 by the English conductor and harpsichordist Robert King (b. 1960, Wombourne). The ensemble has an associated choral group, Choir of The King's Consort. Together, they have mad ...

Le Concert d'Astrée Le Concert d'Astrée is an instrumental and vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Baroque music. It was founded In 2000 by Emmanuelle Haïm, and has been in residence at the Opéra de Lille since 2004 and has established an international ...

, Arte dei Suonatori, the

and the

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. He is founding member and artistic director of the London-based

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. 2014 saw his soloist debut with the

Budapest Festival Orchestra The Budapest Festival Orchestra ( Hungarian: ''Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar'') was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players", as ''The Times'' put it. Its aim was to make ...

. He regularly performs as a guest of the

Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic (german: Berliner Philharmoniker, links=no, italic=no) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. History The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...

with their Early Music ensemble

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. Pramsohler is known for his pioneering work of rediscovering works by neglected composers such as

Giovanni Alberto Ristori Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692 - 7 February 1753) was an Italian opera composer and conductor. He was the son of Tommaso Ristori, the leader of an opera troupe belonging to the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony August II the Strong (based in ...

Johann Friedrich Meister Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (, 25 December 1711 (baptised) – 8 October 1772), also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau and enjoyed great suc ...

Johann Georg Pisendel Johann Georg Pisendel ( – 25 November 1755) was a German Baroque violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra in Dresden as concertmaster, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe. He was the leading violinist of ...

Johann Friedrich Fasch Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. Life Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north o ...

and Johann Jakob Kress. In 2019, Pramsohler teamed up with French video artist Pierre Nouvel and set designer Damien Caille-Perret regarding the creation and development of a multimedia live performance of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

Musical Offering ''The Musical Offering'' (German: or ), BWV 1079, is a collection of keyboard canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single musical theme given to him by Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of P ...

. In 2020, they launched a live show touring Europe. The performance features three giant rear-projected video screens with five musicians connected to the videos through click tracks using

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s and Soundbrenner Pulse technology. The show debuted at Toblach's Gustav-Mahler-Hall in Italy and also played at Rouen Opera House in France.

Ensemble Diderot

In 2008 Johannes Pramsohler founded the

Ensemble Diderot Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus * ''Ensem ...

, a Paris-based ensemble specialising in

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

from the 17th and 18th centuries. The group released its first album in 2014 on Audax Records and has since released seven more recordings.

Recordings

In March 2012 Pramsohler released his first solo recording "Pisendel - Violin concertos from Dresden" on the label Raumklang to great critical acclaim. It was nominated for an

International Classical Music Award The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards (later called MIDEM Classical Awards) formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines ...

. In 2013 Pramsohler set up his own record label Audax Records. The first CD was released on October of the same year and was nominated for the

Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik The Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik ("German Record Critics' Award") was established in Germany in 1963 by publisher Richard Kaselowsky with the aim of setting the "most rigorous standards for supreme achievement and quality" in the field ...

. The label has since produced 21 albums as well as a Baroque CD for children accompanied by a colouring book. In April 2018 the album "French Sonatas" on which Pramsohler plays with harpsichordist Philippe Grisvard was awarded a

Diapason d'Or The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the ...

as well as the

. In August 2019 also the album "Sonatas for two violins" won the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In September 2019 "The Paris Album" was awarded a Diapason d'Or.

Discography

* 2012 "Pisendel - Violin concertos from Dresden (International Baroque Players) * 2013 "Johannes Pramsohler" (with Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord) * 2014 "The Dresden Album" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2015 "Bach & Entourage" (with Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord) * 2015 "Montanari - Violin concertos" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2016 "Meister - Il giardino del piacere" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2016 "Mondonville - Trio sonatas op. 2" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2017 "Ristori - Cantatas" (Ensemble Diderot, María Savastano) * 2017 "Bach & Weiss" (with Jadran Duncumb, baroque lute) * 2018 "French Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin" (with Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord) * 2018 "German Cantatas with Solo Violin" (with Nahuel di Pierro (bass), Andrea Hill (mezzo-soprano), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass), Ensemble Diderot) * 2018 "Violin concertos from Darmstadt" (with Darmstadt Baroque Soloists) * 2019 "Sonatas for two violins" (with Roldán Bernabé) * 2019 "The Paris Album" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2019 "The London Album" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2019 "Echoes of the Grand Canal" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2020 "Hellendaal 'Cambridge' Sonatas" (with Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord, and Gulrim Choï, cello) * 2020 "Leclair - Trio sonatas op. 4" (Ensemble Diderot) * 2021 ''Sonatas for three violins'' (Ensemble Diderot) *2021 ''The beginning of the violin concerto in France -''

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(World premiere), Corrette, Aubert, Exaudet (World premiere), Quentin (Ensemble Diderot)

Instrument

Pramsohler plays a 1713 Pietro Giacomo Rogeri violin made in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

and previously owned by

and instruments made by Roger Graham Hargrave, Tilman Muthesius and Michael Stauder.

References

External links

Official website

Ensemble Diderot

International Baroque Players

Raumklang

Audax Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pramsohler, Johannes Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Baroque-violin players Austrian performers of early music Living people 1980 births People from Sterzing