Silke Aichhorn is a German harpist who performs as a soloist as well as a chamber musician. Silke Aichhorn started studying the harp in 1981 with Ursula Lentrodt at the

Traunstein Traunstein (Central Bavarian: ''Traunstoa'') is a town in the south-eastern part of Bavaria, Germany, and is the administrative center of a much larger district of the same name. The town serves as a local government, retail, health services, ...

music school. She entered the Conservatoire de Lausanne in 1990, where she studied with French harpist Chantal Mathieu. In 1997, she earned her

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from professor Han-An Liu at the

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music ( is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as ''Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln''. In 1895 Ger ...

(Cologne University of Music). With an extensive repertoire, she has recorded with various chamber music ensembles, as a soloist with orchestra at international festivals, as well as in television and broadcasting. In addition to concert appearances in Europe, she has been a guest player in Thailand, Japan and the USA. She works regularly with the flautist Dejan Gavric and the harpist Regine Kofler. In 2006 she founded her own CD label, HÖRMUSIK.

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