Selma Spahiu
viool, violin

Selma Spahiu was raised in Munich, where she took her first violin lessons with Aiko Mizushima. Before that she studied with her father and mother Anja and Arben Spahiu. They took her to Jorge Sutil, a teacher who studied under Max Rostal. A junior student at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, studying under Benjamin Schmid. Selma joined the Federal Youth Orchestra of Germany and absolved her bachelor with 1.0. She is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Ulf Wallin.

The violinist has won several prizes in the Jugend musiziert competition. In 2018 she received the audience award during the International Queen Sophie Charlotte Competition and came second in the competition Inter Cordes in Paris. In 2020, Selma won first prize in the Valsesia International Competition.

As a soloist, Selma has performed with the Bavarian States Opera, the Göttinger Symphony Orchestra, the Jungen Sinfoniker Frankfurt, the Young Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Chursächsische Philharmonie and the Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi.

Selma Spahiu plays a violin made by Enrico Rocca, Jean Baptiste Vulliaume, Testore. She is part of the German Stiftung Musikleben. The new violin is from Peter Greinert.

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Performances Selma Spahiu