Valentina Brodbeck, born in Zurich in 2004, grew up in a family of musicians. She started playing the violin at the age of three and was taught first by Mio Yamamoto and later by Professor Jörg Hofmann. In 2018 she joined the ZHdK PreCollege and at the same time moved to the violin class of Professor Philip A. Draganov. Valentina is currently studying at the Zurich University of the Arts with Professor Andreas Janke. She has received further musical impulses at masterclasses, including with Professor Ingolf Turban and Professor Sophia Jaffé.
She has taken part in various competitions, as a finalist at the SJMW and as a semi-finalist at the international Kloster Schöntal Competition.
Valentina performs not only as a soloist but is also a passionate orchestral and chamber musician. From 2019 to 2022 she was a member of the MKZ chamber orchestra (including as concertmaster and section leader) and regularly took part in projects of the Sinfonietta ZHdK (including as concertmaster).
Photo: Léon Brodbeck