FOLKWANG UNIVERSITY OF ARTS ESSEN
A wonderful place with wonderful people
Last but not least, the Folkwang University of the Arts is special on account of its unique historic buildings and the many special people who have always been – and still are – here: Pina Bausch (dancer and choreographer), Armin Rohde and Caroline Eichhorn (actors), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violinist), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor), Hagen Rether (cabaret artist), Timm Rautert (photographer) to name just a few, did their study at the Folkwang. A whole array of important cultural, scholarly and creative pathways has been forged here. And every single day new highlights are being reached – in terms of aesthetics, content and setting cultural directions for the whole region and the international scene.


Zofia Spendel
1990 born in Gliwice/Poland
2009 - 2012 K. Lipinski Musikakademie Breslau, BA KA
2012 - 2014 K. Lipinski Musikakademie Breslau, MA Klasse Dr. Elzbieta Wolenska
2013 - 2014 Folkwang University of Arts Essen, Erasmus, with Prof. Gunhild Ott
2014 - 2016 Folkwang University of Arts Essen, MA Orchesterzentrum Dortmund, with Prof. Gunhild Ott
2016-2018 Folkwang University of Arts Essen, MA Professional Performance with Prof. Gunhild Ott
since 2018 Folkwang University of Arts Essen, with Prof. Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann
prizes and scholarships:
2008 Competition for Flute in Sosnowiec - Auszeichnung
2009 Flute FEstival in Sochaczew - Auszeichnung
2017 - 2020 Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Rhein-Ruhr
Orchestra:
2012 - 2014 Niederschlesische Philharmonie und Grünberger Philharmonie/Polen - substitute
2014 Ensemble Musikfabrik – Kooperation with Orchesterzentrum
2015 Sommer Oper Bamberg
since 2016 Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen - reg. Aushilfe, 1. Flöte
2016-2017 Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Praktikum
since 2017 Klassiche Philharmonie Bonn – reg. Aushilfe, 2. Flöte
2018 Beethoven Orchester Bonn - Aushilfe
CuE Youth Academy – Leitung Thomas Hengelbrock
Staatskapelle Halle - Akademie - waiting list
Shantala Valentin
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