Simon Julian Doggenweiler-Menkhaus

Simon Julian Doggenweiler-Menkhaus is a violinist and viola player. As a member of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker he also plays in chamber music formations, among them the Quatuor Aviron, and in 2025 he took part in the orchestra’s chamber music series “Symphoniker im Palais”. A recording by the Iris-Quartett at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf shows him on the viola in Hindemith’s parody of Wagner’s “Fliegender Holländer”. In 2021 he played as a viola player in the IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses with Hariolf Schlichtig. Doggenweiler-Menkhaus has also taken part as a guest musician in productions and concerts by Die Toten Hosen.