Cast

1st Violin

Solveigh Rose

Born in Lübeck, Solveigh Rose went to the Berlin University of the Arts after studying at the Lübeck Academy of Music and studied with Thomas Brandis, the former 1st concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Scholarships from the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” and the “Jürgen Ponto Stiftung” supported her studies until she won an audition as 1st violinist with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra in 1990.
From 2000-2009 she performed with the Trio Kairos throughout Germany and in several European countries, as well as at the International Music Festival Puebla, Mexico, where she also gave a master class. She has recorded several CDs as a chamber musician for the Musicaphon label. Recently she has been playing in a new piano trio formation in the Brahms Trio Hamburg, together with Clemens Malich and Wolf Harden.
Her solo appearances have included the Berlin Symphony Orchestra with Beethoven's Violin Concerto, the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra under Gerd Albrecht with Mozart's 5th Violin Concerto and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra under Kent Nagano with the world premiere of “The Seasons of Life” by Régis Campo. Productions with SFB, the former Rias Berlin and NDR complemented these.
In addition to her commitment as an orchestral and chamber musician, Solveigh Rose devotes herself intensively to the promotion of young talent as a lecturer at the Hamburg Conservatory and at the Initiative Jugend-Kammermusik Hamburg. Since 2023, she has been playing a violin made especially for her by Hamburg master violin maker Klaus C. Grumpelt.

Performances

• Tonangeber
• 1st chamber concert

photo: Claudia Höhne

Violin

Kathrin Wipfler

Kathrin Wipfler was born near Stuttgart in 1992. She was a junior student of Emily Körner in Stuttgart, then studying with Elisabeth Kufferath in Hanover and, as an exchange student, with Nora Chastain in Zurich for one year. During her studies, she was supported for five years by the String Instrument Collection of the State of Baden-Württemberg. She also attended numerous master courses given by Nora Chastain, Mi-Kyung Lee, Donald Weilerstein, Mauricio Fuks and András Keller, among others. A passionate chamber musician, in 2016 she received a scholarship to attend the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival in Vermont, USA, where she had the opportunity to work and perform with members of the Cleveland, Juilliard and Brentano String Quartets. She has also performed chamber music with Elisabeth Kufferath and Donald Weilerstein. Kathrin Wipfler gained orchestral experience as an intern and regular substitute at the NDR Radio Philharmonic in Hanover, at the NRD Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Stuttgart State Orchestra. Since 2018 she has been a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra.

Performances

• Tonangeber
• 1st chamber concert

photo: Claudia Höhne

Viola

Iris Icellioglu

Iris Icellioglu was born in Îzmir in 1994 and studied viola at Dokuz Eylul Conservatory. In 2017 she took up master studies in Frankfurt and Munich with Roland Glassl. She gained orchestral experience in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and as 2nd principal with the Karsiyaka Chamber Orchestra, among others. Since November 2017 she is a scholarship holder of Yehudi Menuhin Live Musik Now. From 2018 to 2020 Iris Icellioglu was a member of the Orchestra Academy and since the season 22/23 a member of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.

Performances

• Tonangeber
• 1st chamber concert
• 6th chamber concert

photo: Foto: Claudia Höhne

Cello

Arne Klein

Arne Klein was born in 1960 and began playing the cello when he was six. Like many children, he played as a hobby, without great ambition. Only shortly before graduating from secondary school did the wish to make more of this hobby arise. Arne Klein studied with Wolfgang Mehlhorn at the Hamburg Academy of Music and the Performing Arts, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in 1990. One year before, he had already been engaged by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Even during his student days, but also within orchestral life, Arne Klein has always enjoyed playing in smaller chamber music formations. Working on chamber music works independently is a welcome change from orchestral playing. The sensitive communication demanded of the individual musicians as they pursue their common goal is a great challenge leading to wonderful results.

Performances

• Tonangeber
• 1st chamber concert

photo: Claudia Höhne

Alanah Chrispeels

Biography will be published shortly.

Performances

• Tonangeber
• Frühlings Erwachen

photo: Alanah Chrispeels