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Wassili Wohlgemuth

viola

2023
Kronberg Academy Bachelor with Tabea Zimmermann, funded by the Strauss Family patronage

Wassili Wohlgemuth was born in Berlin in 2001 as the child of two musicians. At the age of five, he received his first violin lessons, and in 2008, he passed the entrance exam for a junior program at the Hanns Eisler School of Music under Johannes Kittel. Starting in 2013, he attended the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Music Gymnasium in Berlin and transferred to the class of Prof. Stephan Picard in 2015. At the age of 16, he began his bachelor's studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music under Ning Feng. Since 2021, Wassili has been studying under Prof. Carolin Widmann at the HMT Leipzig, and since 2019, he has been receiving additional instruction from Prof. German Tcakulov. 

Since 2018, Wassili has regularly participated in festivals such as the Zermatt Festival of the Berlin Philharmonic and attended masterclasses with musicians including Mihaela Martin, Saschko Gawriloff, and Igor Gruppman. Among his solo performances, he counts a concert with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.

In 2022, Wassili won the first prize at the international competition "Musica Goritiensis" and the second prize at the Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition in Gstaad. As a chamber musician, he performed at the 68th Chamber Music Week at Schloss Elmau and is a member of the Elster Trio.

Since 2023, he has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Tabea Zimmermann. His studies are generously funded by the Strauss Family patronage. 


Last updated: February 2024
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele

TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS I

Zimmermann, Kanneh-Mason, Hoppe, Students of Kronberg Academy

Participants

  • Abigél Králik violin
  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Wassili Wohlgemuth violin
  • Natalie Loughran viola
  • Nicholas Swensen viola
  • Tabea Zimmermann viola
  • Anouchka Hack cello
  • Oliver Herbert cello
  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
  • Simon Aringer double bass
  • Thomas Hoppe piano

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048

Thomas Demenga (*1954)
‘Duo? o, Du...’ for viola and violoncello

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet (viola) and violoncello op. 114

intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 ‘Pastorale’
(Arr. G. Fischer for string sextet, ca. 1810)
 

An artist talk with Tabea Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Friedemann Eichhorn will take place at 6.45 pm.

Subject to change.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Concerti Brillanti

Concerti brillanti Intermezzo

Rhee, Wohlgemuth, European Orchestra Academy

Participants

  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Wassili Wohlgemuth viola

Programme

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Simple Symphony op. 4
I. Boisterous Bourrée
II. Playful Pizzicato
III. Sentimental Sarabande
IV. Frolicsome Finale

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Lachrymae op. 48a

intermission

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Violin concerto in D minor, MWV O 3
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Menuetto – Trio
IV. Allegro con spirito

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Masters in Performance

Examination Concert by Wassili Wohlgemuth

Public examination concerts of our young soloists

Participants

  • Wassili Wohlgemuth viola
  • Mana Oguchi piano

Programme

György Kurtág (* 1926)
From „Signs, Games and Messages“ (Arr. for Solo Viola)
Perpetuum Mobile
Zank-Kromatisch
Doloroso – Garzulyéknak
... eine Blume für Tabea …

Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Sonata for Solo Viola op. 25 No. 1
Breit
Sehr frisch und straff
Sehr langsam
Rasendes Zeitmaß. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache
Langsam mit viel Ausdruck

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sonata in E flat major for Viola and Piano op. 120 No. 2
Allegro amabile
Allegro appassionato
Andante con moto

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Tickets
20 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Bach im Fluss

Bach and Accordion: Richard Galliano

Galliano, Neubauer, van der Rest, Wohlgemuth, Friedensburg, Wagner, Carmeli

Participants

  • Richard Galliano accordion
  • Oliver Neubauer violin
  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Wassili Wohlgemuth viola
  • Clara Yuna Friedensburg cello
  • Dominik Wagner double bass
  • Itamar Carmeli harpsichord

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Preludio from: Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violina BWV 1006
Sicilienne from: Sonata E flat major for flute solo BWV 1031 (Arr. Galliano)

Passion Galliano: Musette waltzes, jazz, tango, improvisations on classical music

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) (Arr. R. Galliano)
Largo from: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV 1056
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041

Richard Galliano (*1950)
Aria et Variation

CONCERT PACKAGE AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE
4-pack „Bach im Fluss“ 176 / 144 / 112 €

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 / 45 / 55 €