One of the most creative and versatile musicians of his generation, German-born Friedemann Eichhorn’s artistic activities range from performing early Baroque music on period instruments to classical and contemporary works with renowned orchestras and chamber music partners. Recent highlights include performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach, and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Sir Antonio Pappano. Among many other works, Friedemann Eichhorn rediscovered and first recorded the complete violin concertos of French virtuoso Pierre Rode. He has also given the world premieres of Fazıl Say’s Violin Concerto No. 2, Violin Sonata No. 2 and Tristan und Isolde transcriptions.

Eichhorn is a founding member of the Gropius Quartett and the Phaeton Piano Trio. He studied with Valery Gradow at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim, with Alberto Lysy at the International Menuhin Music Academy and with Margaret Pardee at The Juilliard School, and earned a PhD in musicology from the University of Mainz. Eichhorn holds a violin professorship at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar and is artistic director of the Kronberg Academy. He plays the ‘ex-Huberman’ violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume from 1856.