About me

The German violinist Norman Alexander Spaeth is a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including multiple first prizes at the national competition “Jugend musiziert”, finalist of the International Grumiaux Violin Competition in Brussels, as well as winner of the “Ruggiero Ricci” university competition at the Mozarteum University Salzburg (2025). In 2023, he was also awarded the sponsorship prize of the Tyrolean Classical Instrumentalist Award.

As a soloist, he has performed with the Orchestra of the Philharmonie Bad Reichenhall, the Tyrolean Chamber Orchestra Innstrumenti, the Webern Chamber Philharmonic of the mdw, the Innphilharmonie Rosenheim, as well as the Geringas Chamber Orchestra in Berlin. As a prizewinner of the selection competition of the International Summer Academy of the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, he appeared in July 2025 as soloist with the Webern Chamber Philharmonic of the mdw under the direction of Vladimir Kiradjiev in Baden. This concert was presented to a wide audience as part of the ORF Lower Austria benefit concert for “Licht ins Dunkel” and was broadcast by ORF Lower Austria.

A particularly significant artistic moment came in 2026, when he performed Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor on the composer’s original violin made by Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa, which is currently owned by the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg.

Born in 2003, Spaeth began his artistic training as a pre-college student at the Mozarteum University Salzburg at the age of ten. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree there with Hagai Shaham. His former teachers also include Kirill Troussov, Esther Hoppe, and Pierre Amoyal.

He has further received artistic inspiration in masterclasses with Zakhar Bron, Vadim Gluzman, Daniel Hope, Christoph Poppen, Natalia Prischepenko, Benjamin Schmid, Erik Schumann, Ingolf Turban, and Maxim Vengerov.

Chamber music is of particular importance to him. He took part in the chamber music project “Mit Musik Miteinander” of the Kronberg Academy, where he devoted himself intensively to chamber music.

Norman Spaeth plays a violin made by the Rosenheim-based luthier Bernd Ellinger.