In world-class orchestras
Four Weimar cello students win auditions for the Berlin Philharmonic and the Dresden Staatskapelle
The Weimar cello class of Prof. Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt has once again proven that it is one of the most successful in Germany: no fewer than four students and alumni have won positions in world-renowned orchestras.
Graduate Moritz Huemer won the audition to become a cellist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, while students Constantin Heise and Michael Wehrmeyer were accepted into the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The fourth in the group, cello student Minjoung Kim won her audition to become Deputy Principal cellist of the Dresden Staatskapelle.
‘I am very happy that my students are now taking the step into professional life, and that with such world-class orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Dresden Staatskapelle, where three of my students are already concertmasters of the cellos,’ says Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, cello professor at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. ’It's a great new experience and I wish them lots of joy in the process!’
The 25-year-old Austrian Moritz Huemer completed his bachelor's degree in Prof. Schmidt's cello class in Weimar from 2018 to 2022. ‘I am overjoyed to have won the audition for this dream job with the Berliner Philharmoniker,’ says Moritz Huemer.
‘It was a long and intensive preparation phase, which fortunately paid off. I was lucky enough to be able to study with the best teachers. One of the most important was Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt in Weimar, without whom this success today would certainly not have been possible.’
With 23-year-old Constantin Heise and 22-year-old Michael Wehrmeyer, two Weimar bachelor students have also made it into the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker for the next two years.
‘I'm very happy about the place in the academy and looking forward to the upcoming time in Berlin. Even the multiple temporary jobs last season were absolute highlights for me every time,’ explains Constantin Heise, who was born in Frankfurt (Oder) in 2001.
‘Of course, being accepted into the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker is fantastic,’ adds Michael Wehrmeyer, who was born in Berlin in 2002. ’The Philharmoniker sound, the full commitment, not being afraid to take risks and the sense of community: all of this has impressed me very much.’
[5 November 2024]