Annette Schmidt-Barnekow
2nd Violins
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Annette Schmidt-Barnekow was born in Lübeck and received her first violin lessons at the age of six. She was a member of the National German Youth Orchestra and studied with Axel Gerhardt at the Berlin University of the Arts, with Michael Vogler at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music and with Winfried Rademacher at the Trossingen Music Academy. In addition, she attended chamber music courses with the Vogler Quartet and Trio Fontenay as well as master courses with Nora Chastain and Ulf Wallin. From 2000 to 2002 Annette Schmidt-Barnekow was a member of the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. After a one-year internship with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, she became a regular member of its second violin section in 2003.