Madeleine Carruzzo (born 1956 in Sion, Switzerland) is a Swiss violinist. Since 1 September 1982 she has been a member of the Berlin Philharmonic.[1][2] She was the first female member of the orchestra.[3][1][4][5][6]
Life
editMadeleine Carruzzo first received guitar lessons and later came to the violin. She graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Detmold where she studied under Tibor Varga.[1]
After studying, she applied to the Zurich Chamber Orchestra as the concertmaster and to the Berlin Philharmonic as an ensemble member. While she was rejected in Switzerland, because at that time a female was not wanted in the position of concertmaster, she received an invitation from the Berlin Philharmonic to an audition on 23 June 1982. There, she succeeded, in competition with 12 other players.[5]
Apart from her work with the Berlin Philharmonic, Madeleine Carruzzo is also active in various chamber music ensembles, including the Metropolis Ensemble Berlin, the Venus Ensemble, and the Philharmonic Streichersolisten.
External links
edit- Madeleine Carruzzo at the official site of the Berliner Philharmonic
- Madeleine Carruzzo at discogs.com
References
edit- ^ a b c Madeleine Carruzzo at the official site of the Berliner Philharmonic www.berliner-philharmoniker.de[dead link]
- ^ "Dirigentinnen | Berliner Philharmoniker".
- ^ 'berlin-in-lights-the-woman-question', 2007/11/16 at nytimes.com accessed 12 February 2017
- ^ Die Pionierin (Literally: The Female Pioneer): Madeleine Carruzzo, 54 Berliner Morgenpost (17 October 2010)
- ^ a b Eine ist immer die Erste (Literally: One is always the first) TAZ (1 December 2013)
- ^ Hart besaitet (Literally: 'Hard strung') Der Tagesspiegel (26 August 2007)
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