Maximilian C. Jehuda Ewert (born 1974,
Soltau
Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its touri ...
, Germany) is a composer and
violinist. He studied both in
Augsburg with John van Buren, and later on at the
Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with
Heinz Winbeck.
His music was performed in countries like Argentina, Canada, France, Israel, Austria, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. His compositions have been awarded in 1999 by the International Brahms-Competition of the ZEIT-Foundation and in 2006 by the Oslo Grieg Society.
From 2001 until 2002 he was in residence of the
Cité internationale des arts in Paris, by a scholarship of the
Bavarian government. At the meantime he was an active violinist, playing in several orchestras, among them the Russian chamber-philharmonics
Saint Petersburg and –as a concertmaster- at the
Opéra-Comique
The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...
in Paris. Since 2001 Ewert stayed often in Argentina, where he worked together with
Oscar Nicolas Fresedo and others, performances of his tangos established him in Buenos Aires. 2006 - 2008 he attended the courses for composition of José Manuel López López, since 2008 he also studies with Walter Zimmermann. In 2007, he was invited by
Moritz Eggert to write for the young Lyons concert of the
A•DEvantgarde festival in
Munich. He was teaching at the
Berlin University of the Arts; in the same year he achieved an order by the International Days of Music in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
, where the
Arditti quartet
The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...
performed his work. In 2008, the
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM) also performed works by Ewert. Currently he lives in
Montrouge, Paris, as a freelance composer.
References
External links
Klassika.infoMusikarchiv*
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German violinists
German male violinists
German composers
Living people
1974 births
People from Heidekreis
21st-century violinists
21st-century German male musicians