Tobias Feldmann
Born in:
Fulda
Current centre of life:
Leipzig
Instrument:
Violine von Nicolo Gagliano, Naples 1769
Second, third or even fourth instrument:
None
My career aspiration as a child:
Footballer
This was the profession my parents envisioned for me:
I was never given any guidelines, but they are definitely happy with my choice!
Works or concert experiences that shaped me:
A concert on New Year’s Eve in Rome at the turn of the millennium was formative for me, when as an 8-year-old I experienced Giuseppe Sinopoli with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. But Mahler’s 2nd Symphony also moved me very much the first time I heard it.
Work with the greatest music-making pleasure (and why?):
Because of the communication on stage (and over a beer afterwards!) generally all works of chamber music. But Mozart’s violin concertos are also special in that respect, because you can be very spontaneous here and you are in very close dialogue with your musical partners.
I would like a work for my instrument by this composer (and why?):
As a violinist, I’m already really happy with the large selection of works, but a violin concerto by Mahler or Chopin would round it off!
I would get up in the middle of the night for that:
A World Cup Final!
Special / curious own concert experience:
There was almost everything from broken strings to forgotten repetitions, missing note pages, non-functioning Bluetooth pedals to a broken bow…Especially the story with the bow was bitter, because the concert was broadcast live on the radio and the bow fell out of my hand while I was adjusting the music stand before tuning. I didn’t have a spare bow with me and was lucky that an orchestra was rehearsing in the same concert hall at the same time. A violinist lent me her spare bow without further ado. Since then I always have a carbon bow with me :)
My most valuable tip for the next generation of musicians:
Not only spending the whole day in the practice room, but also pursuing other interests – no expression without impression!
That's what I wish for the future of the classical music scene:
Less cover, more content! A return from the visual to the auditory – after all, that’s what music is…
That's what I associate with Leipzig as a city of music:
I’ve been living in Leipzig for over two years now and feel incredibly comfortable here. Culturally, of course, Leizpig has a lot to offer with its history and tradition. But above all, the city offers a very high quality of life, which I enjoy very much.