Mark Gothoni · Violin

BIOGRAPHY

Mark Gothoni is from Finland and studied with Ana Chumachenco, Shmuel Ashkenasi and Sándor Végh. After winning prizes at international competitions, his versatile concert career began with the "Debut of the Year" award at the Finnish Jyväskylä Arts Festival. As a soloist and chamber musician, Mark Gothoni has made a name for himself on all continents, performing in the most prestigious halls - Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lincoln Center New York, Wigmore Hall London, Kioi Hall Tokyo, as well as at music festivals from Kuhmo in Finland to the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. He has been first violinist of the Orpheus Quartet since 2004, as well as a member of the Mozart Piano Quartet, with whom he is under exclusive contract to the CD label MDG – Dabringhaus&Grimm. From 1996 to 2004 he worked as concertmaster with the Munich and Zurich Chamber Orchestras, among others. From 2004 to 2008 he was Musical Director of the European Union Chamber Orchestra. His teaching career has taken him to McGill University in Montreal and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, among other places, before he was appointed professor of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts. Along the way, he gives master classes around the world, including Tokyo University of Arts, Liceu Barcelona, Western University of Ontario, Campos do Jordao, Brazil. From 1998 to 2011 Mark Gothoni was artistic director of the "Festivo" music festival in Rauma, Finland. Since 2001 he has directed the chamber music courses of the Savonlinna Music Academy.