Mirella Ziegler
15 years, violin
Mirella Ziegler was born on November 5, 2005 in Berlin. She started playing the violin at the age of five. At the age of 10 she had her first solo performance with a chamber orchestra (Bach Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041). Today she is a student at the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Gymnasium for musically gifted students in Berlin. Her teacher is Zoya Nevgodovska, lecturer at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin. Masterclasses by Prof. Lena Neudauer (Munich), Prof. Olga Zolotareva (Gent), Kevork Mardirossian (Bloomington) and Prof. Christoph Schickedanz (Hamburg) round off her musical education. Mirella has won many prizes at national and international music competitions: In 2016 she won the competition "ConTakt" and thus earned her instrument In 2016 and 2017 she won first prizes in the German competition "Jugend musiziert". In 2019 she won the Grand Prix of all age groups at the international violin competition "Hedwig Prize" in Strzegom / Poland. In 2020 she won a first prize and two special prizes as a soloist at the international online competition “Nouvelles Étoiles” in Paris / France, as well as another first prize in the “Ensemble” category. Mirella has a rich festival experience: In 2017 she performed with Rahel Rilling, Hila Karni and Michal Friedlander at the “Prelude Concerts” in Berlin. In 2018 she was a soloist at the "ArtDialog" festival in Biel / Bienne (Switzerland). In 2018 she performed at the "Jovenes Talentos de Europa" festival in Madrid. In June 2019 + 2020 she was a participant in the "Young Classic Dialog" festival in Berlin. In 2019 she appeared in Moscow at the "Moscow Meets Friends" festival at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and in 2020 again at the online festival of "Moscow Meets Friends".Back to festival overview
Five questions for the artists
What does the instrument have that you play that the others don't? What do you especially love about him? What annoys you about him? The violin is a very versatile instrument; you can use it to create an infinite number of different timbres. The special thing about the instrument is that you can shape and phrase every single note you play as you like: tender, coarse, suffering, combative - there are countless ways of expressing emotions or with the bow on the string to tell a story. This whole range of possibilities for creating a single note or phrase has always fascinated me. I definitely don't mind anything about the instrument, I'm very happy that I decided to start playing the violin at that time. You would never want to do without the music of which composer in your life? The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has always appealed to me and to this day I would never have to do without it in my life. What are you reluctant to do? I don't particularly enjoy studying for school. I would prefer to do something else during this time, like listening to music or going out, but if there is a job at school, that is just not possible. Do you do sports? Which? I do not any sport at the moment. What makes you angry? In some situations I can get a little impatient, for example if something does not work as easily as I imagine, or if something takes a very long time. It can happen that I get angry, but in general I'm more of a calm person.
Mirella Ziegler was born on November 5, 2005 in Berlin. She
started playing the violin at the age of five. At the age of 10
she had her first solo performance with a chamber orchestra
(Bach Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041).
Today she is a student at the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Gymnasium for musically gifted students in Berlin. Her
teacher is Zoya Nevgodovska, lecturer at the Hanns Eisler
Music Academy in Berlin. Masterclasses by Prof. Lena
Neudauer (Munich), Prof. Olga Zolotareva (Gent), Kevork
Mardirossian (Bloomington) and Prof. Christoph Schickedanz
(Hamburg) round off her musical education.
Mirella has won many prizes at national and international
music competitions:
In 2016 she won the competition "ConTakt" and thus
earned her instrument
In 2016 and 2017 she won first prizes in the German
competition "Jugend musiziert".
In 2019 she won the Grand Prix of all age groups at
the international violin competition "Hedwig Prize"
in Strzegom / Poland.
In 2020 she won a first prize and two special prizes as
a soloist at the international online competition
“Nouvelles Étoiles” in Paris / France, as well as
another first prize in the “Ensemble” category.
Mirella has a rich festival experience:
In 2017 she performed with Rahel Rilling, Hila Karni
and Michal Friedlander at the “Prelude Concerts” in
Berlin.
In 2018 she was a soloist at the "ArtDialog" festival in
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland).
In 2018 she performed at the "Jovenes Talentos de
Europa" festival in Madrid.
In June 2019 + 2020 she was a participant in the
"Young Classic Dialog" festival in Berlin.
In 2019 she appeared in Moscow at the "Moscow
Meets Friends" festival at the Moscow Tchaikovsky
Conservatory and in 2020 again at the online festival
of "Moscow Meets Friends".
Five questions for the artists
What does the instrument have that you play that the others don't? What do you especially love about him? What annoys you about him? The violin is a very versatile instrument; you can use it to create an infinite number of different timbres. The special thing about the instrument is that you can shape and phrase every single note you play as you like: tender, coarse, suffering, combative - there are countless ways of expressing emotions or with the bow on the string to tell a story. This whole range of possibilities for creating a single note or phrase has always fascinated me. I definitely don't mind anything about the instrument, I'm very happy that I decided to start playing the violin at that time. You would never want to do without the music of which composer in your life? The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has always appealed to me and to this day I would never have to do without it in my life. What are you reluctant to do? I don't particularly enjoy studying for school. I would prefer to do something else during this time, like listening to music or going out, but if there is a job at school, that is just not possible. Do you do sports? Which? I do not any sport at the moment. What makes you angry? In some situations I can get a little impatient, for example if something does not work as easily as I imagine, or if something takes a very long time. It can happen that I get angry, but in general I'm more of a calm person.Back to festival overview
