Christina Brabetz

Christina Brabetz

Christina Brabetz (* born 08. October 1993 in Windhoek, Namibia as a South African-German violinist.

Biography

Christina Brabetz, born in 1993, attended the German School in Cape Town and won her first musical awards in local and national competitions and was soon acclaimed as the „most promising candidate“. At the early age of eleven she was able to demonstrate her virtuosity by playing at the famous „Hugo Landbrechts Concert Festival“. Two years later she was admitted to the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold^[1] to study with Prof. Thomas Christian. The peak of her career up to now was to win the highly remunerated TONALi GRAND PRIX, which led to a performance of Mendelssohns Violin Concerto with Kurt Masur as conductor and engagements at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the BASF^[2] concerts and other music festivals.

Instrument

Christina Brabetz plays on a violin of Paolo Antonio Testore from 1860.

Prizes and honors

• 2004 Winner of Junior String section and most promising candidate at SANLAM NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION
• 2005 Winner of the silvermedal at the at SANLAM NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION
• 2003-2006 Winner of several Gold awards at the South African Eisteddfodds
• 2010 Winner of the TONALi Grand Prix in Hamburg

References

1. ^ WDR 3 Radio Interview mit Christina Brabetz "Auf der Karriereleiter"
2. ^ Radio-Feature about the violinist Christina Brabetz

External links

• Christina Brabetz`s homepage
• Christina Brabetz´s management homepage