Martin Edelmann

Martin Edelmann, born in Bretten/Germany in 1969, received his first violin lessons at the age of five After studying with Prof. Maria Grevesmühl at the Hochschule​ für Musik und Kunst in Bremen, Martin Edelmann went to Vienna to study with Prof. Gerhart Hetzel and later with Prof. Edward Zienkowski. In 1993, he switched to the viola and joined the class of Prof Siegfried Führlinger. In addition to his studies, he received artistic impulses in masterclasses with Felix Andriewsky, Sachar Bron, Max Rostal, Igor Ozim and later with Kim Kashkashian and Barbara Westphal. Martin Edelmann already played as a substitute at the Vienna State Opera and with the Vienna Philharmonic during his studies. In 1994, he co-founded the "Hugo Wolf Quartet", in which he played as a violist for five years. With this ensemble he was honoured several times, for example with the first prize at the International Competition for String Quartets in Cremona, the first prize at the national competition "Gradus ad Parnassum" and the prize for the best string quartet at the 45th International G. B. Viotti International Competition for Chamber Music in Vercelli. 
As a chamber musician, he has performed in major concert halls such as the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Vienna Musikverein and Vienna Konzerthaus, the Mozarteum Salzburg, the "Y" in New York as well as at renowned festivals in Salzburg, the Carinthian Summer, the Schubertiade Feldkirch and the Klangbogen Vienna. Concert tours have taken him throughout Europe and North America. Edelmann was a member of the viola section of the Vienna RSO from 2007 to 2019 and has been with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra since September 2019. ​He has been a member of the Glière String Quartet since 2019.