"Highest sound culture combines with existential expression: a momentous event."
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After his time at boarding school with the Regensburger Domspatzen in Pielenhofen, in 1994 Manuel Druminski was accepted as a scholarship holder into a support program for highly musically gifted people at the University of Music in Munich.
Educated in Munich, starting 1997 as a young protégé in Prof. Kurt Gunter's class, and continuing 2003 as a full student in Prof. Ana Chumachenco's class, the repeatedly awarded scholarship holder successfully started his career 2009 at the young age of 26 years old as 1st concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra Freiburg and switched as concertmaster to the Munich Symphony Orchestra 2017. From 2022 to 2024 he was concertmaster of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and from September 2024 he will continue his professional career as concertmaster of the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra of the Augsburg State Theater.
Manuel Druminski appears both as a soloist and in chamber music formations. He is particularly successful in a duo with the Russian pianist Tatiana Chernichka.
Manuel Druminski is a regular guest at well-known festivals, such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Rheingau Festival, ZMF (Tent Music Festival Freiburg), Lucerne Festival and many others.
Since 2016/2017, Manuel Druminski has regularly received invitations to give masterclasses and chamber music courses: at the Teatro del Lago in Frutillar (Chile),
at the Universidad de Talca (Chile), the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá (Colombia) and MUSON in Lagos (Nigeria).
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Since 2017/2018 Manuel Druminski has been teaching at the royal educational centre in Kuwait, the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre and from 2022 as professor of the University For Musical Arts Kuwait as well as director of the music department of Harmony Academy.
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In February 2019, Manuel Druminski received the honor of playing for Pope Francis at the Vatican´s World Bishop´s Conference.
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In November 2019, Manuel Druminski received the commission from Hollywood to record the part of the solo violin of the soundtrack for the movie Francesco.
From September 2024, Manuel Druminski will take up his new position as concertmaster of the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra of the Augsburg State Theater.
ORCHESTRA
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2009-2017
1. Concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Freiburg
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2017-2018
Concertmaster of the Munich Symphonics
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starting 2022
1. Concertmaster of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
CHAMBER MUSIC
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Harriet Bushman (Kuwait)
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SOLIST
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Freiburger Symphonieorchester
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
Kammerorchester Bad Brückenau
Rheingaufestival
Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival
Luzern Festival
Zeltmusikfestival Freiburg
Ravinia Festival
u.v.a.
FOR CHILDREN´S
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A story by Janosch,
set to music by Wilfried Hiller
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presented by Lauschelieder
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Witty music for little ears