Nikitassova teaches in Munich
Plamena Nikitassova, the former concertmaster of the Johann Sebastian Bach Foundation in St. Gallen, has been appointed professor of baroque violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM).
Plamena Nikitassovas artistic focus is the study of the violin repertoire of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, with the aim of performing works from the 17th to 19th centuries by exploring the theoretical source material and the technical characteristics of the period.
In addition to her busy concert schedule as a soloist and chamber musician, Plamena Nikitassova was concertmaster of the Johann Sebastian Bach Foundation in St. Gallen from 2013 to 2017. In 2020, she also founded the chamber music series in Basel In the course of time.
Plamena Nikitassova, born in Varna, Bulgaria, began playing the violin at the age of five and was awarded a scholarship at the age of 16, which took her to Switzerland to study music. She studied classical violin at the Geneva University of Music and at the Vienna University of Music. After meeting the violinist Jaap Schröder (Amsterdam), Nikitassova turned to early music and completed her studies in Renaissance and Baroque violin with Chiara Banchini at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2005.
