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Born in Offenburg, Germany
Member since 01.02.2000
Biography
Sebastian Krunnies was only four when he took his first viola lessons. After studying music and medicine in Freiburg, he continued his music studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum and Berlin’s Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule. Before coming to the Berliner Philharmoniker, he gained his first orchestral experience in the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra and in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. Sebastian Krunnies is a member of the string trio Echnaton.
Ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Behind the music: Sebastian Krunnies
Video portrait
With Sebastian Krunnies in Central Park, New York
You’ve all heard the jokes, and you may know the clichés, but beyond these, there is a world of magic to discover around the viola. In New York’s Central Park, Sebastian Krunnies tells us what he loves most about his instrument.
