Brienz violin making school honors Sebastian Bohren

Born in 1987, Sebastian Bohren was a student of Jens Lohmann, Robert Zimansky and Zakhar Bron before studying in Lucerne with Igor Karsko and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Ingolf Turban. He was a member of the Stradivari Quartet from 2013 to 2020. Bohren won the Marguerite Meister Foundation Prize, the Curt Dienemann Music Prize in Lucerne and a scholarship from the Carl Hirschmann Foundation. In 2015, he was awarded a work year by the Aargau Board of Trustees.

The Swiss Violin Making School Foundation has been awarding the "Golden Bow" prize for over 20 years to "artists who contribute to the enrichment of our cultural life". The award ceremony traditionally takes place as part of the opening of the Meiringen Music Festival. Previous winners include Thomas Zehetmair, Tabea Zimmermann, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Kim Kashkashian, Isabelle van Keulen, Hansheinz Schneeberger, Thomas Demenga and Thomas Füri.