Felix Schwartz’s career as a musician was launched by two prizes at the International Music Competition in Geneva. While still a student, he was engaged at the Staatskapelle Berlin as principal viola, and as a soloist has worked with such artists as Daniel Barenboim, Michael Gielen, Elena Bashkirova, Yefim Bronfman, Giora Feidman, Nikolaj Znaider and Pinchas Zuckerman. A dedicated chamber musician, he founded the Trio Apollon, with which he has made numerous recordings, including Wasserspiele, awarded the Echo Classic Prize in 2006. Together with Daniel Barenboim and Matthias Glander he recorded Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio in 2006 for EMI. Felix Schwartz is professor of viola at the Rostock Musikhochschule as well as being a mentor at the West-Eastern Divan Workshop for Orchestra and Chamber Music, under the aegis of Daniel Barenboim, in Seville.