Kira Koch
Germany
Despite her young age of 13, Kira Elisabeth Koch is already a
renowned violin virtuoso who is in demand internationally as a
soloist. She has played with the Accademia d'Archi Arrigoni
Orchestra, the FVG Orchestra Venice and the Undergroud Youth
Orchestra Athens. She has won many national competitions,
including several first prizes at the "Jugend musiziert"
competition, the "Carl-Schröder Competition" and the
Dussmann Competition. In addition, she has won international
prizes such as at the International Competition "Young Ludwig
Berlin", the Kocian Competition in the Czech Republic and the "Il
piccolo violino magico 2022". Since August 2020 Kira is a student
at the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gymnasium and since 2022
also a young student of the "Julius-Stern-Institute" at the
University of the Arts (UdK). Since the season 2022/23 she is
concertmaster of the children's orchestra of the Staatsoper
Berlin.
Kira was born in Berlin in 2010 and comes from a family with
German, Romanian, Hungarian and Japanese roots. She started
playing the violin at the age of 5. She received her first violin
lessons from Michiko Iiyoshi, and since 2017 she has been taught
by Michiko Feuerlein and receives talent development from
Musikwerkstatt Eden in Oranienburg.
Before her 6th birthday she won the 1st prize at "Jugend
musiziert" with full points. In 2019 and 2020, further first prizes
followed at the "Jugend musiziert" competition as a soloist and
in the scoring for string duo in duo with piano. In 2020 and 2021,
she won a first prize and a promotional prize at the nationwide
Carl Schröder Competition in Sondershausen. She won 2nd prize
at the 2020 Young Ludwig International Competition and 3rd
prize at the 2021 Kocian International Competition. At the
Dussmann Competition 2021 she won the 1st prize. At this year's
"Jugend musiziert" competition, she won 1st prize in the state
competition. At the international violin competition "Il piccolo
violino magico 2022" she won the 3rd prize.
She made her orchestral debut as a soloist at the age of 7 with
the orchestra "Concerto" of the Eden Music Workshop.
Since 2020 she has been a violinist in the children's orchestra of
the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, since 2022 as concertmaster.
In 2021 Kira participated in the exchange project "Young Classic
Dialog" and was selected for the concert series "Young Talents"
at the Musical Instruments Museum.
Kira Koch
Germany
Despite her young age of 13, Kira Elisabeth Koch is already a
renowned violin virtuoso who is in demand internationally as
a soloist. She has played with the Accademia d'Archi Arrigoni
Orchestra, the FVG Orchestra Venice and the Undergroud
Youth Orchestra Athens. She has won many national
competitions, including several first prizes at the "Jugend
musiziert" competition, the "Carl-Schröder Competition" and
the Dussmann Competition. In addition, she has won
international prizes such as at the International Competition
"Young Ludwig Berlin", the Kocian Competition in the Czech
Republic and the "Il piccolo violino magico 2022". Since
August 2020 Kira is a student at the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-
Bach-Gymnasium and since 2022 also a young student of the
"Julius-Stern-Institute" at the University of the Arts (UdK).
Since the season 2022/23 she is concertmaster of the
children's orchestra of the Staatsoper Berlin.
Kira was born in Berlin in 2010 and comes from a family with
German, Romanian, Hungarian and Japanese roots. She
started playing the violin at the age of 5. She received her first
violin lessons from Michiko Iiyoshi, and since 2017 she has
been taught by Michiko Feuerlein and receives talent
development from Musikwerkstatt Eden in Oranienburg.
Before her 6th birthday she won the 1st prize at "Jugend
musiziert" with full points. In 2019 and 2020, further first
prizes followed at the "Jugend musiziert" competition as a
soloist and in the scoring for string duo in duo with piano. In
2020 and 2021, she won a first prize and a promotional prize
at the nationwide Carl Schröder Competition in
Sondershausen. She won 2nd prize at the 2020 Young Ludwig
International Competition and 3rd prize at the 2021 Kocian
International Competition. At the Dussmann Competition
2021 she won the 1st prize. At this year's "Jugend musiziert"
competition, she won 1st prize in the state competition. At
the international violin competition "Il piccolo violino magico
2022" she won the 3rd prize.
She made her orchestral debut as a soloist at the age of 7
with the orchestra "Concerto" of the Eden Music Workshop.
Since 2020 she has been a violinist in the children's orchestra
of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, since 2022 as
concertmaster.
In 2021 Kira participated in the exchange project "Young
Classic Dialog" and was selected for the concert series
"Young Talents" at the Musical Instruments Museum.
