CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS 2021

Tobias Reifland is winner of numerous national and international competitions.
Since 2020 he is principal violist in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra...

In 1997 Naoko won 1st Prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, becoming the first violist in 21 years to win this prize. She has been a welcome guest at international concert venues ever since. Prior to that she won the International Competition in Geneva in 1996 as well as winning 1st Prize at the International Instrumental Competition in Markneukirchen, Germany in 1995...

Hailed as “The Giant of the Nordic Viola” in The Strad, Lars Anders Tomter is one of today’s most influential violists. Born in Hamar, Norway, Mr. Tomter began to play the violin and viola at a very young age and went on to study with prominent professors including Leif Jørgensen at the Oslo Music Conservatory and the Norwegian State Academy, Max Rostal, and Sándor Vegh...

In 2000 Danusha Waskiewicz gained international recognition, winning the ARD competition in Munich, also receiving the Brüder Busch Gesellschaft and Wilhelm Weichsler special prizes. She began her orchestral career in the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and, at only 25 years of age, she became a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Two years later she advanced to the position of Principal Viola.

Photo: Frank Jerke

Thomas Hoppe is widely recognized as one of the finest piano partners of his generation.
As pianist of the ATOS Trio he performs worldwide and has won many prizes and awards since the group´s inception in 2003.
Since April 2018 he has been professor of piano chamber music at the Folkwang University in Essen....

Yumi Sekiya is the official piano accompanist at internationally renowned music competitions (ARD Music Competition Munich, International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen, Tokyo International Viola Competition) as well as at international master classes in Europe and Japan...