Katharina von Held
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Katharina von Held has been a member of the double bass section of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since 1997. She discovered her love for the double bass by way of jazz. She studied her instrument with Günther Klaus at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts; further teachers included Gary Karr, Klaus Stoll and Dieter Manderscheid. She began her career as associate principal double bass at the Mainz State Orchestra, followed by the orchestras of the Saarländischer Rundfunk and the Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra. Her chamber music activities still speak of her love for jazz. Apart from purely classical formations such as the Frankfurt Double Bass Quartet, she appears with crossover ensembles such as The Philharmonic Clowns (together with the Philharmonic’s clarinettist Christian Seibold). For many years she has also been a pedagogue, holding positions at the Hamburg Academy of Music and Theatre and the Rostock Music Academy.