With his recent success at the 2026 Singapore International Violin Competition that awarded
him the Second Prize, Michael Germer has proved to be one of the foremost talents of his
generation.
In 2021, Germer had his debut in the Danish Radio Concert Hall playing Saint-Saens Violin
Concerto No. 3 and has since then as a soloist collaborated with conductors such as Christoph
Eschenbach, Lahav Shani, Andris Poga, Felix Mildenberger, Marc Soustrot, Pierre Bleuse and
Gabrielle Teychenné and has played with the Turin Symphony Orchestra, Webern Symphony
Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Haifa
Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Copenhagen, Université Geneva
Symphony Orchestra and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
As a passionate chamber musician Germer has collaborated with artists such Alexandra
Cononuva, Alexander Sitkovestky, Andreas Brantelid, Adrien La Marca, Ava Bahari, Benjamin
Schmid, Enrico Pace, Johan Dalene, Nils Mönkemeyer, Marianna Shirinyan, Nikolaj
Szeps-Znaider, Natalie Clein, Polina Leschenko, Silke Avenhaus, The Danish String Quartet, The
Shanghai String Quartet, Thorleif Thedéen and Yura Lee.
His performances have been broadcast live on Austria’s national radio – ORF, on the Danish
National Radio and on MEDICI.TV. At the age of 16, Germer began his studies at the
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel AvivUniversity, with Prof. Dora Schwarzberg, but had
already won the “Grand Prize” and 1st prize at the Grumiaux International Violin Competition
2019, the 1st prize at the Postacchini International Violin Competition 2019 and the “Special
Prize” at the Kreisler International Violin Competition 2019, during which he performed in the
famous Golden Hall of the Musikverein, Vienna at the gala finals. In 2020 Germer won 2nd
prize and the “Prize for Best Interpretation of Paganini” at the Khachaturian International Violin
Competition and later same year won 1st prize at the Danish String Competition as well as the
“Orchestra Prize”
.
He plays on a 1765 G. B. Guadagnini and a 1721 D. Montagnana lent to him by the Augustinus
Foundation and the Rin Collection and is a Larsen Strings Artist.
