Thomas C. Wolf

A native of Vienna, from the age of six Thomas C. Wolf studied violin with Edith Bertschinger and Günter Pichler in his hometown, taking chamber music lessons with members of the Alban Berg Quartet. He participated in master courses with Max Rostal and Sandor Végh and won the Dr. Karl Böhm Prize of the Vienna Philharmonic. At the early age of twenty, he was appointed first concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic, becoming concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra shortly thereafter. In 1989 he became first concertmaster of the Orquesta do Porto; since 1990 he has been concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra.