Nils Mönkemeyer

Nils Mönkemeyer (born 1978) is a German violist and academic teacher.

Career

Born in Bremen the oldest child of the guitar player Thomas Brendgens-Mönkemeyer and his wife Heidemarie Mönkemeyer, he first studied the violin at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen. He swiched to the viola in 1997, studying at the Musikhochschule Hannover with Christian Pohl. He continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Hariolf Schlichtig from 2000, graduating in 2003 with a diploma "mit Auszeichnung". He studied further from 2003 to 2004 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Veronika Hagen.[1] He took his concert exam with Schlichtig in 2006, again "mit Auszeichnung".

Mönkemeyer first played an Italian viola by Giuseppe Cavaleri from 1742, a loan from the Landessammlung Rheinland-Pfalz. He plays now an instrument built by Peter Erben, Munich.

In 2009 he was appointed professor of viola at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. He has taught at the Musikhochschule München from 2011.[2]

Mönkemeyer was patron of the project "instrument of the year", initiated by the Landesmusikrat Schleswig-Holstein, in 2014 when the viola was instrument of the year.[3]

Awards

Selected recordings

External links

Einzelnachweise

  1. Biographie beim Deutschen Musikrat
  2. Matthias Schröder: Große Liebe zur Viola, in: Westfalenspiegel 4/2011, S. 36 (Porträt Nils Mönkemeyer)
  3. Die Bratsche ist das Instrument des Jahres 2014, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2014
  4. Förderpreisträger Musik, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2014
  5. Preisträger des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs auf Erfolgskurs, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2014
  6. Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Neue Preisträger, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2014
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