Barbara Lüneburg

Barbara Lüneburg performing on the violin and the viola has made herself a name as both an interpreter of classical and contemporary music.

She won various violin competitions, including the "Prize for the Best Interpretation of Contemporary Music", awarded at the 4th International Music Competition for Young Culture in Düsseldorf, which displays her special interest in the new music field. Barbara Lüneburg has premiered numerous solo- and chamber music works throughout her career.

In addition to being a member of various chamber music and contemporary music ensembles, she regularly performs as a soloist of classical and new music in Germany and abroad. Barbara Lüneburg records for radio broadcast, CD- and TV- productions and plays at various international music festivals such as Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, Bodensee Festival, Bregenzer Festspiele (Austria), Gaudeamus Festival, the Munich Biannual and the Tongyeong International Music Festival (Korea).

As an improvisor she shared the stage with Joel Ryan, Jaap Blonk, Andy Moor and many others.

As a recipient of grants and scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Scholarship of the German People she studied a/o. at the Tshaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Zorija Schichmurzaeva and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London) with David Takeno.

Barbara Lüneburg is a founding member of ensemble Intégrales.

Currently she’s working on her PhD thesis on "An investigation of the performer's role as an interface between composer and instrument and between composition and audience in contemporary music" at Brunel University/London. She teaches arts and contemporary music at Medienhochschule Darmstadt.