Annette-Barbara Vogel

* in Germany; German-American violinist and teacher; studied in Essen and in the USA; professor of violin at the University of Western Ontario (Canada); soloist and founder of the Magisterra Soloists. She was admitted to the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen at the age of eleven; there followed studies with Herman Krebbers at the Sweelinck Konservatorium Amsterdam, chamber music with Walter Levin of the LaSalle Quartet at the Musik-Akademie Basel, a month at the Menuhin Academy with Yehudi Menuhin, and the Artist Diploma with Dorothy DeLay at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory. As a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician she has appeared in more than 35 countries on six continents; her discography comprises more than fifteen albums on various labels. Professorships took her from the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen by way of the University of Iowa to Canada, where she has taught at Western University since 2004 and heads the string area; in 2020 she received the Forest City London Music Award. Four albums connect her with Cybele. Three were made in 2002: Strings attached, with duets for violin and cello by Glière, Pleyel and Fiorillo alongside Fulbert Slenczka; a recital of works for violin and piano by Enescu, Reger, Brahms and Lutoslawski with Ulrich Hofmann; and an album of chamber music by Hans Gal, his Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 17 and the Sonata for Cello and Piano op. 89, together with Slenczka and René Lecuona. In 2011 came French Women Composers, with music for violin and piano by Louise Farrenc, Lili Boulanger and Pauline Viardot-Garcia, recorded with Ayako Tsuruta and honoured with the Outstanding Award of the International Record Review.