Nikolaus Schlierf
Nikolaus Schlierf (1969) studied in Nuremberg with Hans Kohlhase, in Frankfurt with Jörg Heyer, and in Freiburg with Garth Knox and Johannes Lüthy. Between 1996 and 1998 he was a member of the youth orchestra of the German Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1995 to 2006 he was the solo violist of Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg. Since 2001, he has performed with Sonar Quartett Berlin, and in 2001 was the soloist at the world premiere of Boris Guckelsberger’s Requiem for Solo Viola at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is a member of Ostravská banda and he is a regular guest of the chamber ensembles Berliner Ensemble, Neue Musik Berlin, and others.
Photo by: Martin Popelář
