"Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner is a living orchestra, violin soloist, composer and director - at the highest level". (Ivry Gitlis)

My vital music abstractly reflects the world as a synaesthetic integral of human sensations. The principle of my compositional process is the law of conservation of energy, which I explain as follows: Recorded energy (= daily impressions: Sounds, voices, smells, colours, movements, touches, food, etc.) - are metamorphosed after an incubation period into released energy to form a compositional cosmos or spontaneously into an improvisation. Following this concept, I want to reflect the spirit of the times in an original way with the aesthetic demand of musical beauty. My artistic vision could be described as "futuristic naturalism senza artificial intelligence". As a European pioneer in South Korea, I have an unusual spectrum of expression thanks to various kaleidoscopic musical influences and I like to be inspired by the traditional instruments (gugak) there. I find the subtle melismatic nuances within the melodic minimalist progression, onomatopoeia and the energetic, austere rhythm of this exotic East Asian musical language particularly mesmerising. Perhaps this is why the critics say that "she makes her shifting between cultures her theme" (NMZ). As a violin soloist and composer, it is important to me to tell my own sound stories and to revitalise the old tradition of interpreter-composers - walking along the New Silk Road, from East to West.

viktoriakaunzner.com

Violin soloist & composer
Stradivari-Artist

www.viktoriakaunzner.com
Facebook: @ViolinVisionary
Instagram: kaunznerviktoria

freelance violin soloist, composer, chamber musician, producer, recording artist, youtuber

UKOREVV: Universal Korean Organic Ensemble-Viktoria & Virtuosi e.V., Berlin, art. Director

2020/ 2021: Visiting professor at Zurich University of the Arts, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, Conservatorio

Superior de Música "Joaquín Rodrigo", Valencia, Conservatorio Superior de Músia "Massotti Littel", Murcia

2010-2018: Professor for violin/chamber music "German School of Music Weimar", Kangnam University, Yongin, South Korea

Education

2014-2017 SET School Vienna & Seoul National University, traditional Korean music

2011 Master violin solo/ chamber music with focus on composition HfMT Cologne

Z. Bron, K. Meyer, T. Daniel

Diplom-Instrumental Pedagogy, HfMT Cologne

2008 Diplom violin, HfM "Hanns Eisler" Berlin

CNSMD Paris & Lucerne School of Music (Eramus), MHS Karlsruhe; S. Sciarrino, K. Tchemberdji,

Baroque violin

Performance Tanzstation Seoul, Contemporary Dance Festival Prague, Tanzwerkstatt Europa

2001 Abitur Dominicus-von-Linprun Gymnasium, Bavaria, maths branch

Awards as a composer & concert violinist
3 Echo Klassik CD nominations, Critic's Choice American Record Guide, Culture Prize donated by the State of Bavaria, Starling-DeLay Symposium, Juilliard School, New York, competitions organised by the German Musical Instrument Fund, Dt. Stiftung Musikleben Hamburg, DAAD, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now e.V.,

Gerd Bucerius Scholarship from the ZEIT Foundation, World Federation of International Music Competitions,
1st Federal Youth Music Prize, violin solo

Tour schedules (analogue & online)

2022 Soloist & Composer: Violin concertos by Dinescu ("Roman Fleuve"), Montero & Kaunzner

12/ 2021 CD Release Tour "EurAsian Gold" - Medtner, Kaunzner, Liebrecht, Mamlok

Synaesthetic evergreen (under 22 degrees): sounding chocolate record (world patent) with

Universal Korean Organic Ensemble -Viktoria & Virtuosi e.V., Berlin: "New Silk Road" by Viktoria

2021: International music video duo competition for violin & flute virtuosos "Corona Encore - Coffee Mask" - artistic direction

Selection of works

2021 Pyramidale Festival Berlin: "Saiga Antilope" for violin solo and delicately strung orchestra 2020 Liebermann Villa, Wannsee: Garden Improvisation

Gonjiam Flute Festival, Seoul: "Lucid Dreams" for violin solo, flutes, baritone & orchestra

2019 Space Godo, Cultural Department of the Korean Embassy Berlin "Peace for humans & nature"

"Insect Lasagne" for Piri, Sheng, Haegeum, violin, cello, harp, piano, live electronics, live painting & dance

2018 " New Silk Road" for flute, pan flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saz, gayageum, zither, harp, percussion & piano

German House, Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea: Olympic Song

2017 Maison Hélène de Beauvoir, Goxwiller: "Bernstein & Co" for clarinet, violin, cello & piano

Korean Strings: "Silk Road" for violin & strings

Ensemble Phase: "Goldschwamm" for Piri, Sheng, Haegeum, violin & loop

2016 Goyang Youth Symphony Orchestra "Mysterium" for violin solo & orchestra

2015 T' Way Airlines: Boarding Music (take-off & landing)

Media presence

2022 CD "Love & Light" music by Martinez, Fabregas, Tartini & Kaunzner (Sony)

2021 CD "EurAsian Gold" music by Medtner & Kaunzner/ UKOREVV (Hänssler)

2020 ARD/ WDR: TV crime thriller Rentnercops: Paganini virtuoso

2019 "A Nation of Winners" (study on the medal successes of South Korean violinists, The Strad London)

SWR 2 "Soloists & their violin makers": Hilary Hahn, Daniel Müller-Schott & Viktoria Kaunzner

2018 The Strad London: Beethoven Violin Concerto Lecture

2017 CD "Les Furies", 6 solo sonatas by Ysaÿe & Kaunzner: Sojuchamäleon for

violin & Zuspiel (Hänssler)/ WDR 3 Tonart (Feature)

2015 CD "Ja(zz)smine Rice-Violin Mysteries", Dinescu, Schnyder, Bach, Meyer & Kaunzner

CD "Wild Bird", Duo 47/4 with Anna Viechtl: Schafer, Dinescu, Choi, Saint-Saëns, Kaunzer (Oehms)

Furore publishing house

• Coffee Mask for violin & flute
• CU later...in Korea (Horror Floor) for violin & flute

Concert activity

Soloist with orchestra incl. own compositions: Radio Symphony Orchestra Pilsen, Philharmonic Orchestra Jena, Bacau, Cheongju, West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Marienbad, Passau City Orchestra, "Ensemble 20/21", Cologne, "Korean Strings", among others International Shostakovich Days (Gohrisch), Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Festivals of Santander, Lausanne, Bowdoin, EurAsian Festival Seoul, Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music and others.

a. Salle Pleyel, La Scala Milan, Philharmonie & Konzerthaus Berlin, Seoul Arts Centre, Prinzregententheater & Gasteig Munich, Ensemble Garage für Neue Musik Köln (guest solo violin), Duo 47/4 for violin & harp; collaborations with D. Barenboim, C. Thielemann, A. Brendel, S. Temmingh, J. Fischer, F. Sitruk, Sharoun Ensemble & SPARK - die klassische Band, Sinus String Quartet etc.

Concertmaster Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra Seoul, Festival Orchestra of the Berlin

Philharmonic Orchestra in Zermatt

Masterclass invitations HdK Zurich, MDW Vienna, Seoul National University, Fundación Barenboim-Said