Christina Brabetz
Christina Brabetz (born 8 October 1993 in Windhoek, Namibia ) is a South African- German violinist.
Life
Brabetz attended the German School in Cape Town, earned at regional and national music competitions prizes and was awarded the title of Most Promising Candidate. At the age of eleven she appeared as a soloist with an orchestra at the Hugo Lambrechts Concerto Festival in Cape Town. Two years later she was admitted to the violin class of Thomas Christian at the Academy of Music in Detmold. The highlight of her career was in 2010, the victory of TONALi Grand Prix, followed by a solo concert under the direction of Kurt Masur, as well as, inter alia, Concerts at the Festspiele Mecklenburg -Vorpommern, joined BASF's concerts and other festivals.
Instruments
The German Music Foundation presents Christina Brabetz a violin by Giambattista Guadagnini (Turin 1779) from the German Musical Instrument Fund.
Prizes and awards
- 2004 winner of the department Strings ( Junior), and winner of the title " the most promising candidate" of the Sanlam National Music Competition
- 2005 winner of the silver medal at the Sanlam National Music Competition
- 2003-2006 winner of gold awards at the Eisteddfodds in Cape Town, South Africa
- 2010 winner of the TONALi Grand Prix in Hamburg
- 2012 Prize of North Rhine- Westphalia for young artists