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Elisabeth Kufferath\u2019s immense and varied repertoire is highlighted by contemporary works. She gave the world premiere of Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s\u2019s \u201eAdventures of the Dominant Seventh Chord\u201c in the viola version and the German premiere of his violin solo \u201eA Call\u201c.
\nComposers Thorsten Encke, Geoffrey Gordon and Johannes X. Schachtner wrote works for both solo violin and solo viola\u00a0specifically for her.
\nShe gave the world premiere of Jan M\u00fcller-Wieland\u2019s \u201cHimmelfahrt\u201d, a\u00a0work for solo viola written for and dedicated to her, and the German premiere of Elliott\u00a0Carter\u2019s \u2018Figment\u00a0IV\u2018\u00a0for viola.
\nCurrently, Moritz Eggert is composing the violin\/viola\u00a0concerto \u201ePromethea\u201c for her, a work in which Elisabeth is playing both the violin and viola\u00a0solo parts.
\nAn inspiring collaboration with Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g led to the world premiere of the revised version of the violin solo \u201cFor Eberhard Feltz 80\u201d at the Hitzacker Festival in 2022. Elisabeth Kufferath has also collaborated with composers J\u00f6rg Widmann, Zeynep Gedizlioglu, Helen Grime, Libby Larsen, Georges Lentz, Manfred Trojahn, and Jeffrey Mumford.<\/p>\n

Praised by conductor and composer Heinz Holliger as \u201cunquestionably one of the most\u00a0interesting and influential string players of her generation<\/i>,\u201c she is a player with a wide-ranging stylistic palate, and is coveted as both a chamber musician and soloist.<\/p>\n

As a concerto soloist, she has appeared with orchestras including the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, M\u00fcnchener Kammerorchester, Ensemble Oriol, Kammerakademie Potsdam and the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and has collaborated with conductors including Heinz Holliger, Christoph Poppen, Gerard Schwarz, Paul Goodwin, and Bramwell Tovey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is astonishing, the way Kufferath pivots between free and fragile, from heavenly chirping tenderness to bearing the earth\u2019s burdens, how many colors and even more nuance her playing expresses.Die Welt<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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During the 2022\/2023 season, she performed Kaija Saariaho\u2019s \u201cGraal Th\u00e9\u00e2tre\u201d with the\u00a0Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Cohen. She gave the US\u00a0premiere of Albert Dietrich\u2019s violin concerto with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and Peter\u00a0Bay and performed Luciano Berio\u2019s violin concerto \u201cCorale\u201d with the ensemble musica\u00a0assoluta Hannover.<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Kufferath has been invited to perform at Berliner Festwochen, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Schwetzinger Festspielen, Helsinki Festival, Lucerne Festival, Heidelberger Fr\u00fchling, and the Rosendal and Trondheim Festivals in Norway. She is a regular guest at the festival \u201cSpannungen\u201d in Heimbach, Germany.
\nElisabeth has shared the stage with chamber music partners including Lars Vogt, Tabea\u00a0Zimmermann, Kirill\u00a0Gerstein, Sarah Maria Sun and Tamara Stefanovich.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A member of the Tetzlaff String Quartet since its inception in 1992, Elisabeth Kufferath has\u00a0performed on the stages of some of the most auspicious halls in Europe and the\u00a0United\u00a0States, including Philharmonie Hall in Berlin, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein\u00a0in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
\nIn\u00a02015 the Tetzlaff Quartet was awarded a Diapason d\u2019Or de l\u2019ann\u00e9e for their recording of\u00a0string quartets by Berg and Mendelssohn.<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Kufferath\u2018s first solo album \u2018Libero, fragile\u2019 was released in 2017 on the GENUIN label. The disk features contemporary works for solo violin and viola and was nominated for a prize from German Record Critics\u2019 Award. Her second solo violin\/viola album \u201cTwo\u201d, featuring works by B.A. Zimmermann, Thorsten Encke, Johannes Schachtner, and Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s, was nominated for an Opus Klassik Award. klassik.com<\/span><\/a> wrote: \u201aWith this tour de force, Elisabeth Kufferath proves herself to be among the most outstanding violinists of our time<\/i>.\u2019<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Kufferath lives in Hannover, Germany with her family. She is Professor of Violin at the Hochschule for Music, Theater and Media in Hannover.
\nBoth her violin and viola were built by the German luthier Stefan-Peter Greiner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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