Katharina Weiß

Katharina Weiß was born in Hamburg in 1985. At the age of twelve she became a junior student of Nora Chastain at the Lübeck Music Academy. She then continued her education with Antje Weithaas at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and with Thomas Brandis at the Lübeck Music Academy. She was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic’s orchestral academy and was invited as a guest leader of the second violins by the Bavarian State Orchestra. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Gotha Philharmonic of Thuringia and the World Youth Orchestra. Katharina Weiß is a passionate chamber musician and has performed at renowned festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Classic Con Brio Festival, appearing with such artists as Leif Ove Andsnes, Albrecht Mayer and Gustav Rivinius. Since 2017 Katharina Weiß has been a member of the first violin section of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra.