AYCA Winner 2008
Sarah Deborah Struntz Sara Deborah Struntz - Violin
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German-born violinist Sara Deborah Struntz, 24, is enjoying a wide-ranging performing career as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician, playing on both modern and period instruments. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2004 with First Class Honours and finished her postgraduate studies with Natalia Boyarsky and Adrian Butterfield (baroque) at the Royal College of Music (RCM) with a Masters of Music and Artist Diploma. At present she is appointed Phoebe Benham Junior Fellow at the RCM.

Recently she performed as a soloist with the Vienna Jeunesse Orchestra at the Wiener Konzerthaus, as well as Beethoven Concerto with the Eastbourne SO, but she regularly returns to play at hospitals and care homes. She won the Richard III Prize for Early Music at the RCM and Eastbourne Yong Soloist Compeition in 2006, and in February 2008 won a Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists. In masterclasses like IMS Prussia Cove and Keshet Eilon, Israel, she was inspired by some of the foremost musicians like Yehudi Menuhin, Ana Chumachenco, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Rachel Podger and Sir Roger Norrington. Her love of chamber music shows in regular appearances with her string quartet Chiaroscuro, and Ensemble Amaranthos, and she is in demand by the best baroque ensembles in the UK. Aware that every talent bears a responsibility, Sara Deborah strives for bringing music's message and beauty to life and reaching to her listeners' hearts.

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28 April 2008
 
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