Nathalie Schmalhofer

The German-Canadian violinist Nathalie Schmalhofer studied with Prof. Linus Roth and Prof. Ida Bieler in Düsseldorf and with Prof. Herwig Zack in Würzburg. Her training was complemented by participation in master classes with Prof. Christian Altenburger, Augustin Hadelich and Kent Nagano. She is currently continuing her training as a master’s student with Prof. Tobias Feldmann in Leipzig.

The young musician has received awards and scholarships such as the Cultural Prize of the City of Bobingen (2007), full scholarships for the Aspen Music Festival and the Eastern Music Festival (USA), the Swabian Music Promotion Prize (2019), the 1st prize of the Alois Kottmann Prize, as well as a special prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition.

In 2022, Nathalie Schmalhofer was selected by Gidon Kremer for the “Chamber Music connects the world” project in Kronberg to perform chamber music together with Christian Tetzlaff and Steven Isserlis. Nathalie has performed as a soloist with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre Prague Symphony and the Winston-Salem Symphony, among others. In 2021/22 Nathalie was a member of the Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy and has been a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra since the beginning of the 2022/23 season.

Nathalie Schmalhofer plays on an Omobono Stradivarius – a kind loan from CANIMEX INC. from Québec, Canada.

Photo: Ludwig Schmalhofer