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Born in Tirane, Albania
Member since 01.01.2010
Biography
As the son of a violinist father and a pianist mother, it was only natural that Dorian Xhoxhi would become a professional musician. Between the ages of 5 and 15 he received violin lessons from his father, who equipped him with a solid technical foundation. In 2000 Dorian Xhoxhi left his native Albania – first for Munich to study with Ernő Sebestyén at the Musikhochschule, later for Berlin’s Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule with Stephan Picard and Antje Weithaas, the two teachers whom Xhoxhi credits with decisively influencing his artistic development.
Dorian Xhoxhi, recipient of numerous prizes and grants for his playing, began his career as an orchestral musician as a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. An internship with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in 2006 led to his first permanent engagement as a second violin in that orchestra. Following a detour to Leipzig, where from 2008 to 2010 he was leader of the second violins in the Gewandhausorchester, he came to the Berliner Philharmoniker. The musician’s hobbies include cinema, reading and, especially, cooking.
Awards
First Prize at the International Queen Sophie Charlotte and International Louise Henriette Competitions
Scholar at the Villa Musica, Mainz (since 2006)
Ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Philharmonisches Streichensemble
Philharmonic String Quartet
Berliner Barock Solisten
