Myung-Eun Schirmer

Myung-Eun Schirmer was born in Münster in 1987 and received her first violin lessons at the age of four. From 1999 to 2003 she was a junior student with Alexander Kramarov in Dortmund and Düsseldorf, then moving on to the class of Mihaela Martin, who accompanied her from her first diploma to her master’s degree and artistic diploma. She gained orchestral experience through an internship with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, as a member of the Staatskapelle Berlin’s academy and a limited contract with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Myung-Eun Schirmer won several first prizes as a soloist and with string quartets and has performed at such festivals as the Pablo Casals Festival, the Santander Music Festival and the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. She was supported by the Mannheimer Sinfonima and received a Kees Wibenga Scholarship. As a soloist, Myung-Eun Schirmer has performed with the Santander Festival Orchestra and the Bergische Symphoniker. She has been a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since 2018. Myung-Eun Schirmer plays a violin by Klaus Grumpelt.