Jörg Faßmann (born 1966) is a German violinist and academic teacher for music.

Career

Born in Dessau, Faßmann received his first violin lessons at the age of five. He won prizes in various competitions for young people and made his debut as a soloist with orchestra at the age of nine. He studied at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with and in the master class of

Gustav Schmahl Gustav Schmahl (29 November 1929 – 4 October 2003) was a German violinist and university lecturer. He was the only student of David Oistrach from the GDR. Schmahl worked at times as concertmaster of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and fro ...

at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber The Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (Carl Maria von Weber College of Music; also/formerly known as Dresden Conservatory or Dresden Royal Conservatory) is a university of music in Dresden, Germany. History The Hochschule opene ...

Dresden. In 1987, he joined the

Staatskapelle Dresden The Staatskapelle Dresden (known formally as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden) is a German orchestra based in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Founded in 1548 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it is one of the world's oldest and most highly re ...

and became its deputy conductor in 1989 as 1st concertmaster. Since 1992, he has held a lectureship at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden and was appointed professor in 2011. In addition, he is in great demand as a soloist and

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 ...

partner in Europe, the US and Japan and has conducted master classes in Spain, Germany and the US. He was co-founder of the Dresden String Trio in 1995, which has since developed a broad repertoire, extensive CD- and radio recordings and has been a guest at festivals like for example the Rheingau Musik Festival, the MDR Musiksommer and the

Walkenrieder Kreuzgangkonzerte The Walkenrieder Kreuzgangkonzerte have been the annual music festival of Walkenried Abbey in Lower Saxony Göttingen (district), Göttingen district since 1983. Since 2010, the Walkenried Abbey venue has been part of the World Heritage Site ...

. In addition, he is the 1st violinist of the 2005 founded

Ensemble Frauenkirche Dresden The Dresden Frauenkirche (german: Dresdner Frauenkirche, , ''Church of Our Lady'') is a Lutheran church in Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. Destroyed during the Allied firebombing of Dresden towards the end of World Wa ...

. With Cornelia Osterwald and Lenka Matějáková, he gave concerts as the "Barocktrio Dresden-Leipzig". Since 2016 he plays with Lenka Matějáková, Andreas Kuhlmann, Matthias Wilde and Dariya Hrynkiv in the "Ensemble International".''Jörg Faßmann''
Sandstein und Musik e.V. Faßmann plays on

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of the " Il Cannone Guarnerius" violin from the master workshop of the

luthier A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o ...

Joachim Schade (

Halle/Saale Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anh ...

Recordings (selection)

* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ''Sinfonie A-Dur KV 134'' (Sächsische Tonträger, 1997) * Salomon Jadassohn: ''Viertes Trio für Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncello op. 85'' (Institut für deutsche Musikkultur im östlichen Europa, 2003) * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ''Sinfonien und Serenaden'' (B.T.M., 2004) *

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

: '' La favorite'' – Arr. for two violins by Richard Wagner with texts by Michael Dissmeyer (D. Oehms, 2005) *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

: ''Musik für Violine und Klavier'' (Chr. Frank, 2012)

References

External links

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''Jörg Faßmann''
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Dresdner StreichTrio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fassmann, Jorg German classical violinists German male classical violinists German performers of early music German music educators 1966 births Living people Musicians from Dessau-Roßlau