Mihaela Martin

The Romanian artist Mihaela Martin is one of the most outstanding violin virtuosos of her generation. Her father gave her her first violin lessons when she was five years old. Later, she studied with Stefan Gheorghiu, who in turn was a student of George Enescu and David Oistrakh.
At the age of 19, Mihaela Martin won second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, followed by other major prizes in Montreal, Sion, and Brussels. First prize at the Indianapolis International Violin Competition launched her international career. She has performed with leading orchestras, such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. She has worked with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Dutoit, and Neeme Järvi.Chamber music occupies a very important place in Mihaela’s life. In addition to participating in numerous chamber music festivals, she has been a founding member of the Michelangelo String Quartet since 2003, with which she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Boulez Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Library of Congress, the Concertgebouw, and the Theatre de Champs Élysée.Since 2017, she has been the artistic director of the Rolandseck Chamber Music Festival. Mihaela Martin is a professor at the Cologne University of Music, the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, and the Kronberg Academy.
She also gives master classes around the world and is a regular member of the jury of major international competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth (Belgium), Indianapolis (United States), Enescu (Romania), and Tchaikovsky (Russia).
Mihaela Martin plays a J G Guadagnini violin dating from 1748.