CURRICULUM VITAE
Marie Spaemann (Vienna, 1988) started playing the cello at the age of seven. Among her teachers were Georg Baich, Rudolf Leopold, Hildgund Posch, Orfeo Mandozzi and Howard Penny. She started her studies in 2004 with Reihard Latzko at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Since 2007 she has been studying with Valter Despalj at the Zagreb Academy of Music. She also attended master classes with David Geringas and Frans Helmerson.
Already at young age she was recognized as an outstanding talent, having won two important national competitions: Austrian (Prima la Musica) and German (Jugend musiziert). That was followed by first prizes at international competitions in Liezen, Austria and Gorizia, Italy. Her most recent success were the First Prize and Special Prize at the 16th Johannes Brahms international competition held recently in Pörtschach, Austria.
As a soloist she performed in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Japan, including solo performances with orchestras (Zagreb Philharmonic, Internationale Donauphilharmonie, Corynthian Symphony Orchestra and Amici Musici). Particularly successful was her recital at the Wiener Konzerthaus within the concert series Musica Juventutis, where she was reinvited to play again in May 2010. She is also an enthusiastic chamber music player, having performed in different ensembles in Austria, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Japan, Russia and Croatia.
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