Petra Müllejans (born 1959 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

) is a German violinist, conductor and pedagogue, known especially for her work in historical performance practice and as a co-founder and performer with the

Freiburger Barockorchester Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds". History The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. ...

. Müllejans received her first violin lessons at the age of eight in

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. At age 12, she was accepted as a student at the Düsseldorf Academy of Music; among her teachers was the violin teacher, musicologist and Bach researcher Helga Thoene. At 21, she moved to the

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ("University of Music Freiburg or Freiburg Conservatory of Music") is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music. ...

, where she studied with Rainer Kussmaul; it was during this period that she developed an interest in the

Baroque violin A Baroque violin is a violin set up in the manner of the baroque period of music. The term includes original instruments which have survived unmodified since the Baroque period, as well as later instruments adjusted to the baroque setup, and moder ...

. After graduation, she supplemented her training by working with

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical ...

in Salzburg. In 1987 she was co-founder of the

, whose musical direction she shares with her colleague

Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried Graf von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Early life Born into the ancient Brandenburgish noble von der Goltz family, as the son of Conra ...

. She also appears as soloist and chamber musician with the Freiburg Baroque Consort. Petra Müllejans is Professor of Baroque Violin at the

and at the

Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938. At present around 900 studen ...

. Müllejans also performs with a group called "Hot and Cool" in concerts and recordings of klezmer, tango, Czardas and jazz music.Das Tango- und Klezmer-Ensemble Hot & Cool um Petra Müllejans legt seine neue CD vor
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1959 births Musicians from Düsseldorf Living people Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg 21st-century German classical violinists German women classical violinists {{Germany-musician-stub