Biography
Adrian Kratzert, born in Germany in 1999 into a family of musicians, began playing the violin at the age of three. At the age of 15, he began his junior studies with Prof. Laurent Breuninger in Karlsruhe, with whom he is currently studying for a bachelor's degree.
He received other important artistic influences from Sergey Khachatryan, Sophia Jaffe, Linus Roth, Ingolf Turban and Ulf Wallin, among others. He is a scholarship holder of the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein and takes part in the intensive weeks and activities of the academy.
Adrian had his first successes at the age of ten with several 1st prizes in the "Jugend musiziert" competition.
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His solo work last season led him to performances of violin concertos (including Tchaikovsky, Beethoven) with the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim under the direction of Douglas Bostock and the Baden-Baden Philharmonic under Timo Handschuh. He gave solo concerts and duo recitals at Casino Bern, Smetana Hall Prague, Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Liederhalle Stuttgart and Laeiszhalle Hamburg. He is also active in chamber music and has recently performed at festivals such as Ponte or the Schönberger Musiksommer (NDR) as well as numerous sonata recitals together with Prof. Michael Uhde (piano).
Adrian has been a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation since 2020. As a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin-Live Music Now association, he regularly plays in retirement homes, schools and prisons in order to convey classical music away from the concert hall. He is also part of the experimental crossover trio Groove and Classic.
Since 2017 he has been playing a violin by Giuseppe Fiorini (1908) on private loan.