Elke Bär

Elke Bär received her first violin lessons at the age of five in her hometown of Dresden. After moving on to the viola, she won a third prize in the Music Competition of the GDR. Three years later, she began studying with Günter Jahn at the Dresden Music Academy Carl Maria von Weber. For years, Elke Bär played as a substitute in the Staatskapelle Dresden. In 1993, the year she graduated, she became a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Since 2002 she has also been a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

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