Martin Frieß

Martin Frieß has been playing the trumpet since he was six years old. After many years of playing in trombone ensembles and youth orchestras in Southern Germany, he studied with Fritz Wesenigk and Konradin Groth at the Berlin University of the Arts. During this time, he was a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. He also pursued studies with Pierre Thibaud as the recipient of a DAAD scholarship. In 1991 he joined the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra as a second trumpet player. His favourite pieces are “Le Sacre du printemps”, “Salome”, “Tosca”, “Così fan tutte” and “Wozzeck”.