Sebastian Bohren

Sebastian Bohren pursued lessons under Jens Lohmann, followed by studies with Robert Zimansky and Zakhar Bron at the Zurich University of the Arts, with Igor Karsko at the Musikhochschule Luzern and with Ingolf Turban at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts.

Bohren has attended numerous masterclasses under tutors including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Thomas Brandis, Giuliano Carmignola, Ana Chumachenco and Dmitry Sitkovetsky.

He has collaborated with conductors such as Heinrich Schiff, Nicolae Moldoveanu and Patrick Lange, and as a chamber musician with partners including Mayuko Kamio, Thomas Demenga, Roby Lakatos, Benjamin Schmid, Maximilian Hornung, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Fabio di Casola, Orfeo Mandozzi, Dmitri Demiashkin[1] and Alexander Zemtsov.

[2] He plays a King Sloma (1710) Stradivarius belonging to the Habisreutinger Foundation, and a violin by Michael Rhonheimer.

In July 2011 he won the Lucerne-based Curt Dienemann Music Award and a scholarship from the Carl Hirschmann Foundation.