Elisabeth Weber is one of the most versatile violinists of her generation:passionate chamber musician and soloist, experienced concertmaster, distinguished pedagogue and, last but not least, enthusiastic specialist for historical performance practice. She has been inspired by chamber music collaboration with musicians such as Boris Pergamenschikow, Martin Helmchen, Tabea Zimmermann, Martin Spangenberg or in a duo constellation with cymbalist Luigi Gaggero.

She is a member of the Orphelian Quartet, which is dedicated to string quartet literature on historical instruments.Chamber music concerts have taken Elisabeth Weber to the Wigmore Hall London, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Brigdewater Hall Manchester and Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

As a concertmaster of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Zurich Chamber Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Elisabeth Weber has worked with conductors such as Christian Zacharias, Claudio Abbado, András Schiff and Daniel Harding.She also enthusiastically conducts chamber orchestra projects from the concertmaster’s position.The constant expansion of her repertoire, her interest in contemporary music, but also her passion for historical performance practice – inspired by specialists such as Frans Brüggen, Rachel Pdger and Jesper Christensen – enriches her musical perspectives.

Florian Richter, born in 1985 in Oschatz, received his first violin lessons at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig under Prof. Klaus Hertel. In 2000 he switched to the viola, and in 2001 he went to the Belvedere Castle Music High School in Weimar in the class of Prof. Erich Wolfgang Krüger.

From 2004 to 2014 the multiple national prize winner of “Jugend musiziert” studied at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar under Prof. Ditte Leser / Prof. Erich Krüger and completed his training with a concert examination.

He also received important musical inspiration from master classes with Prof. Alfred Lipka, Prof. Dietmar Hallmann, Prof. Hartmut Rohde, Prof. Martin Spangenberg and Prof. Norbert Brainin, among others. Florian Richter was a scholarship holder of the Hans and Eugenia Jütting Foundation, the German Foundation for Music Life and the Carl Flesch Academy. As a soloist, he has played under the direction of Johannes Klumpp, Helmuth Rilling, Stefan Solyom, Michael Sanderling and Marek Janowski, among others. In January 2020, Florian Richter made his solo debut with the “Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden” under the direction of Bruno Weil. From 2010 to 2012, Florian Richter was principal viola player of the Staatskapelle Weimar, and from 2012 to 2017 he held the same position with the Stuttgart State Orchestra. From 2010 to 2017, he was also involved in the viola department at the Belvedere Castle Music High School in Weimar. Florian Richter then accepted the call to the Nuremberg University of Music as Professor of Viola from 2017 to 2024. Florian Richter has been principal viola player of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden since August 2017. Since April 1, 2024, he has been the new professor for viola at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar. The 39-year-old, who had already taught as a viola professor in Nuremberg since 2017, is following a call to his former alma mater.

Frithjof-Martin Grabner studied in Leipzig with Prof. Achim Beyer and Prof. Konrad Siebach double bass and chamber music with Prof. Gerhard Bosse.

He has won prizes at international competitions and has performed in numerous symphony concerts as a soloist and continuo player of the great oratorios. Grabner was committed 18 years as a principal bass player in various orchestras: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, State Opera “Unter den Linden” Berlin. As a guest, he played at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, the Berlin Opera Houses, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Dresden Philharmonic, and many others. Frithjof-Martin Grabner is a member of renowned ensembles such as the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, the Chamber Orchestra “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach”, the Leipzig Consort, the New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, the Berlin Bach Academy and the “Skyline Symphony”. He played at radio, television and CD recordings.

He has toured throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Israel. Grabner taught at the Academy of Music “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin and is now a professor of double bass at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig. He gave Masterclasses in Denmark, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the Czech Republic and at several international festivals. www.grabner.de

Ludmilla Kogan began piano lessons at the age of 6 and became a junior student at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin at the age of 12 in the class of Prof. Galina Iwanzowa, where she also began her regular studies in 2007. From 2009-2010, her Erasmus studies took her to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she studied in the class of Prof. Martin Hughes. From September 2011, Ludmilla Kogan continued her studies at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music and Theater in Leipzig in the class of Prof. Gerald Fauth and graduated in February 2014 with top marks and distinction and the two titles of Diploma Pianist and Diploma Music Teacher. This was immediately followed by a chamber music master’s degree in piano trio at the UdK Berlin with the Artemis Quartet. The final concert of this course in February 2017 was also rated top marks.

Ludmilla Kogan is the first prize winner of national and international competitions (e.g. international Brahms competition) in various categories (solo, duo, trio, accompaniment), and has received various special prizes. Major solo and chamber music performances, including with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Frankfurt/Oder State Orchestra, have taken her to well-known stages such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Komische and Deutsche Oper Berlin and also the Chorin Monastery. Ludmilla Kogan can also be heard regularly at Glienicke Palace in Berlin with her duo partner Alexander Malter (piano). Concert tours have taken her to Poland, Japan, Spain, Italy, Finland and Switzerland.

Ludmilla Kogan is a former scholarship holder of the German Foundation for Music Life, the Karl and Else Wilke Foundation and the YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now Berlin and Leipzig association. Since 2016, Ludmilla Kogan has been employed as a répétiteur for high strings, with a focus on viola, at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar.

Anja Kleinmichel studied piano with Alan Marks and Gabriele Kupfernagel at the University of Music “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin as well as chamber music and song composition at the Leipzig Academy of Music and Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”.

She is a sought-after piano accompanist and performs mainly chamber music in various ensembles. Their special interest is in New Music.
Master classes, among others, at the Ensemble Modern and a stay as a scholarship holder of the Forum Neues Musiktheater of the Staatsoper Stuttgart, were among the important artistic suggestions.

Anja Kleinmichel completed an additional study for improvisation and created in the duo “track of the sounds” music to silent films. In addition to her work as a pianist and lecturer at the Leipziger Musikhochschule, she writes texts about music.