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Facts
Born in Niš, Serbia
Member since 01.09.1995
Biography
Maja Avramović’s musical gifts were already evident at the age of two. She could already play melodies that her mother had taught her on the piano. Her mother, however, wanted her daughter to play a different instrument from her own, and for this reason had Maja learn the violin. Her school years were spent in a boarding school for musically-talented children, where in 1981 she completed her violin training and received a first diploma.
After settling in West Germany, she studied in the master classes of Igor Ozim, gaining her artist’s diploma, and became the first scholarship-holder of the Ivo Pogorelich Foundation. She went on to study with Hermann Krebbers in Amsterdam. After playing with several orchestras, she came to the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1994. She is also active as chamber-music player with, among others, Divertimento Berlin, the brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, the clarinettist Paul Meyer and her former colleague Guy Braunstein. Her hobbies include golf, walking, reading, travel, and cinema.
Awards
Several first prizes at national competitions
