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Born in Lucerne, Switzerland
Member since 01.01.1997
Biography
Strictly speaking, Christoph Streuli owes the fact that he is a violinist today to a classmate. He was enrolled in violin lessons, and because the teacher had another opening, the eight-year-old Christoph Streuli simply went along with his friend. After passing his university entrance qualification, he studied first at the Winterthur Musikhochschule with Rudolf Bamert, then Konzertmeister of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, and in the master course of Aida Stucki. He continued his studies at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Herman Krebbers.
Christoph Streuli further honed his skills in masterclasses given by Franco Gulli, Walter Levin and the Melos Quartet. Before joining the Berliner Philharmoniker, he was deputy leader of the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn and a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Streuli, whose interests include film and literature, and who enjoys skiing, was a longtime member of the Scharoun Ensemble, and plays in various chamber music formations, including the Berliner Barock Solisten and (with David Riniker) in the Feininger Trio.
Ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Behind the music: Violinist with altitude
Christoph Streuli in Lucerne
Christoph Streuli takes us on a tour of Lucerne, the city of his birth. He shows us the school of music, beautifully situated above Lake Lucerne, and unpacks the secrets of the second violin section. And he explores a hypothetical question - what if Bedřich Smetana’s work My Fatherland had been written about Switzerland, instead of the composer’s native Czech Republic?
