Clemens Malich

Clemens Malich was born in 1967 in Freising, Germany and received his first cello lessons at the age of 4 from his father. He lived in Istanbul for five years before he studied at the conservatories of Munich, Würzburg and Hamburg with W. Nothas, J. Berger and W. Mehlhorn, as well as in London with W. Pleeth.
He played in the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Sergiu Celibidache, Leonard Bernstein and Bernstein and Lorin Maazel. As a soloist
and chamber musician, he has won prizes in various competitions, gives concerts in Europe and concerts in Europe and South America and and is a regular guest at festivals. He
cellist of the Brahms Trio Hamburg and the Goldberg of the Goldberg String Trio. His CD recordings have been broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
As professor for violoncello he teaches at the
at the Academy of Music and Theater in
Hamburg. Since 2003 he has also conducted the
three orchestras of the Mendelssohn orchestra family, among others, at the Philharmonie Berlinl, the KKL Luzern as well as the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie. In 2017 he was
together with the orchestra with the
European Culture Prize and in 2022 with the
the Opus Klassik in 2022.

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Joanna Kamenarska

Joanna Kamenarska studied with Josif Radionov in Sofia and with Ruggiero Ricci and Igar Ozim in Salzburg. She has been performing since her earliest childhood and continues to do so in Germany and abroad. She won various prizes, for example a third prize at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 2002. Her broad-ranging solo repertoire encompasses everything from baroque to contemporary avant-garde music. As a soloist, Joanna Kamenarska has appeared with orchestras such as the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the Hamburger Camerata, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra as well as orchestras in Bulgaria and elsewhere. Her numerous musical partnerships have resulted in two CD recordings: the first was “Initio” with pianist Irina Georgieva, released by the Bulgarian label Gega New; in 2019 a duo album with pianist Moisès Ferández Via appeared on the label Urtext Classics in Tanglewood in the USA. Joanna Kamenarska plays a violin built by J. B. Guadagnini in 1740 (Ex-Flesch), on loan to her from a private donor. Joanna Kamenarska has lived in Hamburg since 2007, when she began a one-year appointment as concertmaster at the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. In 2008 she became associate concertmaster at the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Since February 2018 she has been teaching in the orchestral studies programme at the Hamburg Academy of Music and Theatre.

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Moses Mendelssohn Kammerorchester

In order to bring not only the great symphonic works but also smaller chamber orchestra pieces to the stage, the director of the Felix Mendelssohn Youth Orchestra (MJO), Prof. Clemens Malich, established the Moses Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra (MKO) in 2019. Rarely performed or almost forgotten works, such as those by composer Joseph Boulogne, are particularly dear to this orchestra.

The orchestra rehearses as needed and on a project basis in a fixed chamber orchestra formation. In this way, the nearly 20 selected musicians are able to quickly develop new pieces and bring them to the stage.

Outstanding in the first year of existence were performances with the Bundesjugendballett (BJB) under the artistic direction of John Neumeier, both in the Hamburg club Gruenspan and on the main stage of the Hamburg State Opera. In the following season, the MKO was a guest at the Thalia Theater and performed on stage together with the ensemble members of the "Embassy of Hope" and the Thalia Theater on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the UN Refugee Aid.

In addition to Prof. Clemens Malich, Solveigh Rose (Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg) and Michael Holm (Youth Chamber Music Initiative Hamburg) also work intensively with the young people.

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Naomi Seiler

Naomi Seiler began performing early on with her siblings in the Seiler Quartet, and joined the class of Jürgen Geise at the Mozarteum Salzburg as a junior student when she was 14. She continued her studies with Ulrich Koch in Freiburg and with Hirofumi Fukai in Hamburg. The winner of several awards performs both chamber music (including with the Seiler Quartet and Via Salzburg in Toronto) and as a soloist in Germany, France, Italy, South America and Japan, combined with radio and television appearances. Naomi Seiler has been principal viola of the Philharmonic State Orchestra since 1989. A sought-after chamber musician, she is a champion of chamber music within her own orchestra and teaches at the Hamburg Academy of Music and Theatre.

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Landesjugendorchester Hamburg

The Hamburg State Youth Orchestra was founded in 1968, making it the oldest youth orchestra in the Hanseatic city. The approximately 80 musicians aged between 14 and 25 work together with youthful esprit on important works of orchestral literature in two work phases per year. The repertoire of the self-chosen programmes includes everything from baroque concertos and romantic symphonies to contemporary works and cross-genre projects. The LJO Hamburg considers itself lucky to have had the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra as a sponsor orchestra since autumn 2023. This allows the young musicians to benefit from the knowledge and skills of the orchestra professionals and promotes mutual exchange through rehearsal visits, rehearsals with teachers and joint projects.
The members of the LJO Hamburg not only work hard on the music, but also on the organisation required to make music together. The board of the self-governing orchestra cooperates closely with the Landesmusikrat Hamburg e. V. The LJO Hamburg has been sponsored by the Landesmusikrat since 2005 and is funded by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media. In 2021, the First Mayor of Hamburg, Dr Peter Tschentscher, took over the patronage of the Landesjugendorchester Hamburg.

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