Artist & Educator

Ida Bieler (Phil Channing, Los Angeles)

Described by Fanfare Magazine as “a specialist in everything, from Bach to new-music premieres…” violinist Ida Bieler is renowned as a musician of extraordinary scope. A winner of prestigious competitions on three continents, she has enjoyed an exceptional solo, collaborative and recording career worldwide, and is one of the most sought-after teachers of her generation.

Bieler has performed the canon of major violin concertos with over forty orchestras on four continents, including the premiere of Penderecki’s second violin concerto under the direction of the composer.  Her groundbreaking achievement as the first American woman appointed concertmaster of a major European orchestra, the “Gürzenich Orchestra” of Cologne, led to a major ensemble career in Germany’s legendary Melos String Quartet and the acclaimed Xyrion Piano Trio. Over the course of a celebrated performing career spanning more than thirty years she has also produced an impressive catalogue of solo and chamber recordings with such labels as Naxos, MDG, Harmonia Mundi Musique, Coviello and Genuin. Awards and prizes have included the Cannes “Classical” award, the Echo “Klassik”, Fono Forum’s “Stern des Monats”, and Strad’s “Chamber Music Selection.”

Ida Bieler has performed and been a frequent guest artist in major international festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Music Academy of the West, and the Ravinia and Marlboro festivals.  One of today’s preeminent pedagogues, Bieler has held full professorships in Germany, England, Austria, and the US, and leads annual masterclasses worldwide. Bieler’s outstanding students are international prize laureates, thriving chamber musicians, and winners of positions in major orchestras. Since 2013 she has been Artist-Teacher of Violin at UNCSA, and is a new faculty member of NYU’s Steinhardt School of Music and Performing Arts.

January 2023

“Ida Bieler could be described as a specialist in everything, from Bach to new-music premieres…  The quality of music and of execution leaps from comfortable to magnificent in the two solo sonatas. No other recording combines such tonal suavity with this depth of understanding. The received impression is that Bieler is playing her own music, perhaps even improvising it. For which Hindemith—and you and I—can only be grateful. A marvelous disc!”

James H. North | Fanfare Magazine

Solo Violin and Chamber Music, Germany

July 9 – 17, 2023

International Chamber Music Academy Ochsenhausen, Germany

Information and application: https://www.icmusicacademy.com

Application deadline: April 15, 2023

Solo Violin, Italy

July 23 – 30, 2023

Palazzo Ricci, Europäische Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Montepulciano, Italy

Information and application: https://www.palazzoricci.com/home

Course fee: EUR 250,00 & EUR 50,00 (application)

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