LOUISE WEHR

FRANCE

  • date of birth: November 29, 1996
  • studied at the University of Music in Hanover with Prof. Ina Kertscher and Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn;
  • attended festivals such as the Festspiele Neubrandenburg, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the International Violin Festival in Lindau;
  • performed with orchestras such as the NDR, the Chamber Orchestra of the Munich Philharmonic, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester;
  • plays on a violin by Matteo Goffriller from 1727, a generous loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

Prizes: 1st Prize at the Concours Flame in Paris, finalist at the Louis Spohr Competition in Weimar (2013)

Program: 

First Round

Bach Grave and Fugue from Sonata in A minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218

Paganini Caprice No. 14

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Stravinsky Divertimento for Violin and Piano (after Le Baiser de la fée)

Semifinal

Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13

Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”

Saint-Saëns / Ysaÿe Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse

Final

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61