{"id":4780,"date":"2016-10-26T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vwonlineluxury.com\/?p=4780"},"modified":"2018-08-12T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T05:29:36","slug":"the-first-german-prize-winner-tchaikovsky-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwonlineluxury.com\/en\/the-first-german-prize-winner-tchaikovsky-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The first GERMAN prize-winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #b38a34;\"><strong>Nicolas Koeckert<br \/>\nThe first GERMAN prize-winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XRXdHABRbRo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #b38a34;\"><strong>Nicolas Koeckert<br \/>\nHonorary Professor of Cello and Chamber Music<br \/>\nHong Kong Music and Performing School<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The German-Brazilian violinist Nicolas Koeckert, who comes from a traditional musical family, was born in Munich, Germany. At the age of 5 he received as a gift his first violin from his grandfather. Nicolas started his academic studies when he was 16 at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik W\u00fcrzburg with Grigori Zhislin. Continuing his studies with Zakhar Bron at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik K\u00f6ln from 1998, Nicolas started to perform regularly as an international soloist. In 2005 he graduated with highest distinctions and two years later finished his Master&#8217;s degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In 2001, he won the first prize at the \u2018International Competition for Young Violinists Novosibirsk\u2019 in Russia, where he also received the special prize for the best performance of the commissioned composition and the \u2018Cultural Prize of Novosibirsk\u2019. In 2002 Nicolas Koeckert became the first German to win a prize at the world-famous \u2018International Tchaikovsky Competition\u2019 in Moscow. As a recognition for his artistic achievements in the same summer he was awarded with the \u2018Artist Promotion Prize of the Bavarian Government\u2019. In the year 2003, he was prize winner at the Montreal International Musical Competition and also was awarded the second prize at the \u2018Liana Isakadze International Violin Competition\u2019 in St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nicolas performs regularely as a soloist with leading orchestras from Europe, Asia, Brazil, Mexico and North Amerika like \u2018Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al\u2019, \u2018Russian National Symphony Orchestra\u2019, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbr\u00fccken Kaiserslautern, \u2018KBS Symphony Orchestra\u2019, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, \u2018Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019, \u2018Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica Brasileira\u2019, \u2018Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Teatro Nacional Brasilia\u2019, Orquestra Experimental de Repert\u00f3rio, \u2018Norrk\u00f6ping Symphony Orchestra\u2019, Capella Istropolitana, \u2018Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra\u2019, \u2018Georgian Chamber Orchestra\u2019 and Munich Chamber Orchestra, collaborating with conductors such as Lawrence Foster, Sir Colin Davis, Michail Jurowski, Jonathan Nott, Asher Fisch, Jos\u00e9 Serebrier, Christoph Poppen, Saulius Sondeckis, Theodor Guschlbauer, Andris Nelsons, Ari Rasilainen, Ira Levin, Nicholas Milton, Marc Piollet, Emil Tabakov, Victor Pablo P\u00e9rez, Osvaldo Ferreira, Fabio Mechetti, Benjamin Northey, Gabriel Feltz and Markus Poschner, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">For the Bavarian Radio Station, the violinist has recorded various pieces like Ballade Sonata for solo violin No. 3 by Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe, Edvard Grieg&#8217;s Sonata in C minor, the Sonata by Maurice Ravel, Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 and Melody, Op. 42\/3 by Tchaikovsky, the B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k&#8217;s Solo Sonata, Antonio Bazzini&#8217;s Dance of the Goblins, Sibelius and the Second Violin Concerto of Karol Szymanowski.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The CD recording released by Naxos and featuring the Russian and Slavonic Miniatures by Fritz Kreisler was twice selected as the Recording Of The Month in 2006 by both The Strad Magazine and in 2004 by Naxos in Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nicolas teaches regularly and gives masterclasses in Germany and abroad. He is a teacher at the Vienna Conservatory.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas Koeckert The first GERMAN prize-winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition Nicolas Koeckert Honorary Professor of Cello and Chamber Music Hong Kong Music and Performing School The German-Brazilian violinist Nicolas Koeckert, who comes from a traditional musical family, was born in Munich, Germany. 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