german premiere
next performance of Hochwald by Georg Friedrich Haas at Musikfest Berlin on 7th september in Berlin Philharmonie.
Interview with music austria
„Mit Michael Franz Woels sprach sie über die Geisterstunde der Neuen Musik, über nicht immer angebrachten Applaus und das Innen-Lebewesen ihres Instruments.“
ECHO Rising Star
Valerie Fritz has been selected as a Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) and will perform a solo program in Europe’s most renowned concert halls in the 2025/26 season.
radio broadcast: world premiere by Georg Friedrich Haas
13.05.24 at 11 pm: World premiere of the new work “Hochwald” for a singing, speaking, whispering cellist on Austrian radio Ö1.
Sir Ian Stoutzker Competition
Valerie Fritz wins second place and the audience prize in the final of the Sir Ian Stoutzker Competition at the Mozarteum Salzburg.
Part of: 265,-
Part of 265,- is the new platform for young people in Tyrol and their stories. Here, Valerie Fritz tells us what moves her.
New composition for Valerie Fritz
Georg Friedrich Haas composes a new work for violoncello solo. World premiere at the festival listening closely on April 26, 2024 in Wattens in Tyrol.
Concerto21 Foundation
Valerie Fritz becomes a scholarship holder of the Concerto21 Foundation. The three-year scholarship will support her in the realization of her own projects and provide her with professional advice from members of the Board of Trustees such as Sonja Simmenauer and Andreas Brandis.
retrospect: listening closely
The festival last May in Wattens, captured by the photographer Thomas Schrott.
portrait series by Thomas Schrott
Ein Mensch – a portrait series by austrian fotografer Thomas Schrott in the local newspaper 20er. Current issue June 2023.
Salzburger Festspiele
July and August 2023: Maurice Ravel’s children’s opera L’enfant et les sortilèges in an arrangement for four-hand piano, flute & violoncello at the Salzburg Festival.
save the date!
The new festival in Wattens/Tyrol from 17 to 21 May 2023. Duo concert with Josef Haller, Schubert Quintet with the Simply Quartet and much more!
work in progress
Commission to Alexander Bauer: New work for violoncello and 8 loudspeakers. Premiere in December 2023.
“This work is not a provocation, it is an invitation to listen.”
As part of the Lachenmann Days at the University Mozarteum Salzburg, Valerie Fritz worked with the composer on his work Pression for violoncello solo.
Ensemble NAMES
Valerie Fritz becomes a permanent member of the Salzburg-based Ensemble NAMES.
Berlin Prize for Young Artists – Finals in Berlin
Valerie Fritz and Juri Vallentin win the inaugural Berlin Prize for Young Artists.
4’33” as a silent protest
Blog des Transient Impuls Festivals – ein Beitrag von Valerie Fritz
