Permanent position for HfMT violinist with top German orchestra

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Magdalena Kraus, who completed her Bachelor's degree at the HfMT 2021 in violin under Professor Tanja Becker-Bender, has passed her probationary year with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.

Vita
Magdalena Kraus (*27.03.1997) received her first violin lessons at the age of 5 with Angelika Dallinger at the Landesmusikschule Eferding, from whom she also received viola lessons from 2006-2017. In 2011, she was accepted as a student of the "Academy for Gifted Students" at the Anton Bruckner Private University in the class of Prof. Josef Sabaini. She then went on to the Hamburg University of Music and Drama, where she completed her Bachelor's degree in the class of Tanja Becker-Bender until her graduation in July 2021. Since October 2021, she has been a master's student in the class of Thomas Reif - also an HfMT alumnus from Tanja Becjer-Bender's violin class - at the "Universität Mozarteum Salzburg".
Magdalena Kraus is a multiple 1st prize winner at national level of the Austrian youth competition "prima la musica" and was the winner of the "Nibelungenförderpreis" in 2017. She was also kindly provided with an instrument from the "Instruments for Talents" foundation until 2019. During her studies, she was supported by scholarships from the Oscar Vera Ritter Foundation and the Franz Wirth Memorial Foundation. Since 2019 part of "Live Music Now Hamburg" in various ensembles and since the 2022/23 season member of the organization "Musethica". In the course of her career, Magdalena has performed with various chamber music ensembles on major Austrian stages and at international festivals such as the "International Victonia Arts Festival" in Malta. Orchestral playing was already one of Magdalena's greatest passions at a young age. After playing in various youth orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra or the JSO Oberösterreich, she was able to gain her first experience in a professional orchestra in various festival orchestras such as the Camerata Davos. In January 2020, she entered the professional orchestra through an academy position in the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. This was followed two years later by a temporary contract in the 2nd violin section of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has been a regular substitute in the DSO Berlin, the Munich Philharmonic and the WDR Symphony Orchestra. Since September 2022, she has been part of the Bamberg Symphony's 2nd violin section after winning an audition.

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is one of the most renowned orchestras in Germany: since 1946, it has been delighting audiences around the world with its characteristically dark, round and radiant sound. With well over 7,000 concerts in more than 500 cities and 63 countries, they have also become a cultural ambassador for Bavaria and the whole of Germany as the Bavarian State Philharmonic Orchestra and regularly tour the world. The orchestra has received many prizes and awards, including for its countless record and CD productions. In 2018, the Bamberg Symphony received the award for the "Best Concert Program of the Season".