German violinist Nadja Zwiener takes up the role
The Cologne University of Music and Dance (HfMT) in Cologne, Germany, has announced the appointment of German violinist Nadja Zwiener as its new professor of historical violin and viola. She will begin in the winter semester of 2025–26.
Zwiener was a founding member of the Kuss Quartet while studying at the Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin, and continued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She performs on a 1723 violin by David Tecchler.
Zwiener has been the concertmaster of the English Concert ensemble since 2007, and was the concertmaster of the Bachakademie Stuttgart’s Gaechinger Cantorey from 2016–2022. In 2023, she founded the Collegium Musicum ’23 ensemble at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig. She has also played with early music groups including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, the English Baroque Soloists, and frequently performs as guest leader of the B’Rock ensemble.
News of the appointment was shared by the school in a social media post: ‘Welcome to the HfMT!’
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