Professors

Prof. Frank Strauch

Photo: Alexander Burzik

Professor of Viola
Course Head Bachelor of Music

Fürstenhaus
Klostergebäude Am Palais

Frank Strauch was born in 1961 in Kaltensundheim (Rhön), he began his musical education at a music school which then led to the High School of Music Belvedere in Weimar
He then went on to study at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and completed his studies in 1986 with a degree in performance, his teachers were Professors Thomas Wünsch, Kim Kashkashian, Wolfgang Marschner, Rudolf Neel, and Karl Suske as well as members of the Amadeus and Smetana-Quartets
For his work as a quartet violist he has been honoured with different prizes in international chamber music competitions in Evian, Salzburg and Regiio Emilia
Frank Strauch began to teach in 1984 at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and in 1994 he was awarded the title of Professor of Viola
His work includes teaching young viola players, tutoring chamber groups, testing new educational forms in the Institute of School Music, as well as helping the Viola and Chamber music Course of DVG in Hammelburg for many years
He is also a teacher of the Young German Philharmonic and has often been a jury member for the Walter-Witte-Viola Competition
He is particularly interested in contemporary music and still plays in chamber orchestras and viola ensembles