TASSILO PROBST

The violinist Tassilo Probst (born in Munich, 2002) received his first violin lessons at the age of 4. As a private student of Prof. David Frühwirth, he became a junior student at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich at the age of 12 and is now continuing his studies there with Prof. Ingolf Turban after completing his Abitur at the age of 16.  He is currently being taught by Prof. Linus Roth Leopold Mozart Centre of the University of Augsburg, Germany. He receives additional musical impulses at the Zakhar Bron Academy in Interlaken/Switzerland with Prof. Zakhar Bron.

At the age of 14 he made his concert debut with Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, and at 16 he played Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz. Since then he has been welcomed as a soloist with a wide variety of orchestras in Germany and abroad, and has worked with renowned conductors. In 2020 he was presented as a young artist by München TV, BR Klassik and by Daniel Hope on ARTE TV’s Hope@Home. He is also a prize-winner of renowned national and international competitions, such as Rubinstein, Bechstein, Wieniawski/Lipinski, Spohr, Enescu, Tibor Varga and many more.

Tassilo is a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and plays a violin by “Giovanni Grancino” (Milan 1690).

PROGRAMME

FIRST ROUND

SESSION 1

J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
E. YSAŸE: Sonata No. 3, Op. 27

SESSION 2

R. SHCHEDRIN: Variations and Theme
L. VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
F. KREISLER: Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6

SEMI-FINALS

C. FRANCK: Sonata in A major
KOH CHENG JIN: Before Daybreak
M. WEINBERG: Rhapsody on Moldovan Themes, Op. 47 No. 3

FINALS

W.A. MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

GRAND FINAL

J. BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77