Permanent orchestral position for HfMT cellist

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Victoria Constien, concert exam student in Prof. Sebastian Klinger's cello class, has been selected for a permanent position at the Hamburg State Opera.

With Victoria Constien, Clara Grünwald, Benedikt Loos and Phillip Wentrup, four students from Prof. Klinger's cello class have already made their way into Hamburg's major orchestras in recent years, including the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Philharmonic State Orchestra.

Vita
Victoria Constien was born in Göttingen in 1994 and received her first cello lessons at the age of six.
In 2009, she was accepted as a junior student into the Institute for the Early Promotion of the Musically Gifted (IFF) at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in the class of Prof. Leonid Gorokhov. She also completed her Bachelor's degree there in 2016 and her Master's degree in 2019.
Victoria Constien is currently completing her studies at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama with Prof. Sebastian Klinger.
As a scholarship holder of the orchestra academies of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (2016/2017) and the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam (2018/2019), she was also able to gain first-class experience in orchestral playing. In the 2022/2023 season, she is also under contract as a permanent substitute in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Victoria Constien is a multiple 1st national prize winner of the "Jugend musiziert" competition and has received numerous special prizes in this competition. Her concert activities include chamber music and solo performances with various orchestras. She made her concert debut with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra in 2010.
Victoria Constien received artistic inspiration in masterclasses with Anner Bylsma, among others. Jaap ter Linden, Martin Löhr, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Jens Peter Maintz, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Trevor Pinnock.