Mirijam Contzen (born in 1976) is a German-Japanese
violinist.
Life and career
Born in
Münster, Contzen grew up in
Lünen. She began her studies at the
Musikhochschule Detmold in 1984 and from 1988 she was a master student of the violin teacher
Tibor Varga (1921–2003) from Hungary. Since 2005 she has been
artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...
of the annual International Chamber Music Festival Schloss Cappenberg, which takes place every summer at
Cappenberg Castle
Cappenberg Castle (german: Schloss Cappenberg) is a former Premonstratensian monastery, Cappenberg Abbey (german: Kloster Cappenberg) in Cappenberg, a part of Selm, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It stands on an elevation, the Cappenberg, nea ...
. The 11th concert took place from 20 to 27 May 2018. Among other musicians were
Herbert Schuch
Herbert may refer to:
People Individuals
* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
Name
* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herbert, ...
(piano),
Tobias Bredohl (piano) and
Sebastian Manz
Sebastian Manz (born 1986) is a German clarinetist.
Life and work
Sebastian Manz was born in Hanover and son of pianist Wolfgang Manz and Julia Goldstein and grandson of the Russian violinist Boris Goldstein, began studying clarinet at Musikhoc ...
(clarinet).
Recordings
on JPC
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Musicians from Münster
German classical violinists
German women violinists
Women classical violinists
21st-century classical violinists