Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici leads the Münchner Virtuosen, Berlin München Wien Philharmonic Octet and other chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras in performances, worldwide tours and recording projects. A long-time First Concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the charismatic violinist has appeared with the Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble, NHK Symphony Orchestra and other major orchestras around the world. His masterclasses for concertmaster auditions are in great demand.

 

"If you have a concertmaster like Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, this all embracing Gesamtkunstwerk in life and music of Devil's violinist, you do not need a soloist" (Süddeutsche Zeitung). The Münchner Merkur wrote: "Lorenz Nasturica- Herschcowici gave a splendid solo-performance filled with virtuosic elegance in the Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello, together with Daniel Müller-Schott."

 

Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici completed his violin studies with Stefan Gheorghiu; after finishing his studies, he moved with his family to Israel. He was principal concert master of the Munich Philharmonic from 1992 to 2022. Prior to this, he held the same position with the orchestra of the Finnish State Opera in Helsinki. He has appeared as soloist together with such eminent conductors as Sergiu Celibidache, Christian Thielemann, Paavo Järvi, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta and Valery Gergiev. Video and CD recordings of many of these concerts have been released.

After Sergiu Celibidache's passing in 1996, Mr. Nasturica-Herschcowici founded the Trio Celibidache with which he has gone on numerous tours at home and abroad. In 2000 Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici joined the Berlin Philharmonic Octet as first violinist. He has performed as a member, concert master and soloist with a large number of Berlin Philharmonic ensembles such as the Philharmonic Virtuosos of Berlin, the Sextet of the Berlin Philharmonic as well as the Sinfonietta Berlin. In 2012 he founded the Philharmonic Octet Berlin München Wien, bringing together concertmasters and soloist members of the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic and Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

 

 

Lorenz and Stradivari Ensemble
“Panda” Lorenz and Stradivari Ensemble is a group of musicians playing string instruments created by the great Italian masters of the 17th–18th centuries: Nicolo Amati, Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini and Mateo Goffriller. Each of the instruments played by the ensemble's musicians has its own history full of amazing events.

 

The ensemble was created in 2015 on the initiative of Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici. The ensemble consists of 20 people - leading soloists of the Symphony Orchestras. The ensemble includes the leads soloists of the Mariinsky Orchestra. The musicians play ancient instruments, most of which were made between 1700 and 1780.

 

Lorenz and Stradivari Ensemble’s extensive repertoire includes works from Baroque to Piazzolla, from Vivaldi to Stravinsky, and the best examples of “light music” (fragments of Viennese operettas, Argentine tangos...), which acquire a special sound thanks to the timbres of unique instruments. Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici - Panda plays Antonio Stradivari “ex-Heifetz” violin (1732).