Stefanie Frieß
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Stefanie Frieß was born in Hamburg. She originally studied violin at the Lübeck Music Academy, then viola with Barbara Westphal. She also attended courses with Serge Collot, Nobuko Imai, Siegfried Führlinger and Walter Levin. During her student days, she toured Europe with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. This was followed by positions with the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hamburger Camerata. In 1993 Stefanie Frieß first played with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra; she has been its member since 2013. Her favourite piece is “Die Frau ohne Schatten”.