Weithaas becomes director of the Joachim Competition
Antje Weithaas, the former long-time director of the Camerata Bern, and Oliver Wille take over the artistic direction of the International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Hanover.
The competition will be further developed under the direction of Weithaas and Wille. The next competition will take place in Hanover in fall 2021. Krzysztof Wegrzyn, the founder and previous artistic director, will remain closely associated with the competition as honorary president.
In Antje Weithaas, born in 1966, the Foundation has recruited the first prizewinner of the first Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in 1991 for the position of conductor. Weithaas was artistic director of the Camerata Bern for almost ten years and was responsible for its musical profile. Her own CD recordings include the complete recordings of the solo sonatas and partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach and the solo sonatas by Eugène Ysaÿe.
Oliver Wille, born in 1975, continues the competition's close cooperation with the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH). He has been a professor of string chamber music there since 2011. Wille is also a founding member of the Kuss Quartet and has been the director of the Hitzacker Summer Music Days since 2015.
