Petra Müllejans, violin

Petra Müllejans’ performance on the Baroque violin is truly remarkable in that she combines historically informed style with emotional spontaneity.  After studying in Düsseldorf, New York and Freiburg, she completed her studies in performance with Rainer Kußmaul in Freiburg.  The sound of the Baroque violin has always fascinated her, leading to studies with Helga Thoene in Düsseldorf and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg.

A founding member and co-artistic director of the Freiburger Barockorchester, she has performed as leader of the orchestra and as a soloist for many years.  Another important aspect of her work is chamber music with soloists: with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Consort and The Age of Passions she plays works from the 17th and 18th centuries. For her recordings with the Consort she has received top recording awards (Diapason d'Or). Her extraordinary and spontaneous musicality is particularly evident when she performs Klezmer, Tango and Czardas music. For her, these ‘escapades’ are not at variance with Baroque music; on the contrary they are a vital contribution to her musical development.

Petra is a regular guest at the world’s most prestigious music festivals. She teaches the Baroque violin at the Freiburg Conservatory and is professor of Baroque violin at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.