Romanian-born artist Mihaela Martin is one of the most outstanding violin virtuosos of her generation, her playing displaying a chameleon-like versatility of musical expression. Following her prize-winning appearances in the Tchaikovsky, Montreal, Sion and Brussels competitions, Mihaela Martin’s Gold Medal performance at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis launched her international career.
Equally at home as a soloist with orchestra and as a chamber music performer, Mihaela Martin’s performances in season 2023-2024 include performances with the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Berlin Academy for American Music, appearances at the Verbier Festival, Enescu Festival, Festival Academy Budapest, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Kronberg Festival, Santander International Festival, Ravinia Festival, Suntory Hall.
She has performed with leading orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. She has worked with conductors such as Manfred Honeck, Andrew Davis, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Andrew Litton, Thierry Fischer, Thomas Sanderling, Constantine Orbelian, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Neeme Järvi and Paavo Järvi.
Chamber music has a very important place in Mihaela Martin’s life. In addition to participating in many chamber music festivals, she is a founding member of the Michelangelo String Quartet with whom she has performed in Carnegie Hall, Piere Boulez Saal (Berlin), Wigmore Hall (London), Library of Congress, Concertgebouw, and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
Since 2017, she is artistic director of the Chamber Music Festival in Rolandseck, Bad Honnef and frequently collaborates with musicians Daniel Barenboim, Sergei Babayan, Lera Auerbach, Kirill Gerstein, Denis Kozhukhin, Sharon Kam, Nobuko Imai and Gábor Takács-Nagy.
Mihaela Martin is a professor at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin and the Kronberg Academy. She gives masterclasses throughout the world and is a regular jury member at important international competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth (Belgium), Indianapolis (USA), Concours musical (Canada), Enescu (Romania) and Tchaikovsky (Russia).
