HERWIG ZACK

Herwig Zack was born in Frankfurt/Main.

He started to play the violin at age 5 and studied with Karl-Albrecht Herrmann, Edith Peinemann and Max Rostal. Scholarships from the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes" and from the "Rotary Foundation" made it possible for him to complete his education at Indiana University in Bloomington/Ind./USA as a member of the violin class of the legendary Josef Gingold. Herwig Zack has been awarded several prizes at national and international competitions.

From 1982 to 1995 Zack held the position of 1st Concertmaster of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

As a soloist, Herwig Zack has performed and recorded under the baton of conductors such as Karl Münchinger, Ferdinand Leitner, Uri Segal, Yutaka Sado, Paul Nadler and Gilbert Varga; his musical partners have included Henryk Szeryng, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Trevor Pinnock, Bernd Glemser, Peter Nagy and Grigori Zhislin, among many other renowned artists. He has toured Europe, the USA, Australia, Japan, China, South America and Africa. Zack maintains a large repertoire of music including the famous masterpieces for violin as well as many lesser known and infrequently played compositions. He has extensively recorded for labels such as Decca, Bayer Records, Podium, Mediaphon, Amadeo and A.M. Classic International. The international press acknowledges the “exceptional virtuosity” (El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile), the “sheer perfection” (South China Morning Post, Hongkong), the “elegance and clarity” (The New York Times) of his playing and praises “the unique beauty and clarity of his sound” (Ongaku No Tomo, Tokyo, Japan), calling his performance “a demonstration of artistic superiority and maturity” (Frankfurter Allgemeine, Deutschland).

Since 1980, when he was appointed associate assistant instructor at Indiana University in Bloominton, Indiana, USA, Zack has enthusiastically dedicated himself to teaching as well and has held Master Classes in Europe, Japan, China, the USA and Chile. Since 1994 he has been Professor for Violin and Chamber Music at the "Hochschule für Musik" in Würzburg. Several of his students have won prizes at prestigious competitions, both national and international; others have become members of well-known German orchestras, some in leading positions.

BERND ZACK

Bernd Zack was born in Frankfurt/Main and studied piano with Wolfgang Schamschula (Mainz), Vitaly Margulis (Leningrad / Freiburg i. Br. / Los Angeles), James Tocco (Bloomington, Ind. /USA), Nikita Magaloff (Geneva) and Leonard Hokanson (Frankfurt/Main). Among his teachers were also Hartmut Höll, Josef Gingold, Franco Gulli and Janos Starker, whose classes in Chamber Music and Vocal Accompaniment ("Liedbegleitung") he attended. He received grants and scholarships from the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes" and the "Märkische Kulturkonferenz".

He has been awarded several prizes at national and international competitions. Since his debut at age 16, Bernd Zack has been acclaimed both as a soloist and as a chamber musician in concert halls across Europe and overseas. Numerous recordings—broadcast and CD—demonstrate the outstanding qualities of this versatile artist. The "Bläservereinigung der Berliner Philharmoniker" (Chamber Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic wind players), the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, violinists Christian Tetzlaff and Saschko Gawriloff and other internationally renowned artists are among his chamber music partners.

From 1981 to 1983, Bernd Zack was an associate assistant instructor at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. In 1985, at the age of 28, he was named Professor for Piano at the "Hochschule für Musik" in Lübeck and in 1995 at the "Hochschule für Musik und Theater" in Rostock.

He has held Master Classes in Europe, Chile, Japan and Taiwan and has been a jury member of prestigious competitions.

His students have appeared in concerts in important halls such as the "Alte Oper" in Frankfurt/Main, the "Musikhalle" in Hamburg and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Several of his students are already teaching at renowned schools of music.