Anne Loeser

Supported by Brian & Sally Hasell

Born in Germany, Anne pursued her passion for the violin at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule. In 2000, she joined the first violin section of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Performing at Auckland Town hall with Dr. Franz-Paul Decker during my trial in 1999 - the stars all aligned unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.

Before making New Zealand her home, Anne played in the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and Hesse State Theatre Orchestra in Wiesbaden. She also belonged to the award-winning Orfeo Quartet, which won a scholarship for a year of postgraduate study in Budapest with Sandor Devich of the Bartok Quartet. With the Quartet, Anne toured Europe and South America.

Anne's principal violin teacher and mentor during her teenage years was Prof. Helmut Heller, Wilhelm Furtwängler's concertmaster in the Berlin Philharmonic. More recently, she has worked with many inspiring musicians, including Norbert Brainin of the Amadeus Quartet, Thomas Kakuska of the Alban Berg Quartet, Hermann Voss and Peter Buck of the Melos Quartet, and Shmuel Ashkenasi of the Vermeer Quartet.

Anne's love for chamber music has seen her play in various ensembles throughout Germany and New Zealand - spanning from baroque music played on authentic instruments (NZBarok, L'arpa Festante/Munich) to modern. She is a member of the Koru Piano Trio and serves as concertmaster of the Days Bay Opera Orchestra. Anne has also performed as a soloist in Germany, New Zealand, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

When she's not performing, Anne tutors violin and viola, conducts amateur orchestras, enjoys reading, explores New Zealand's outdoors, works in her garden, and bakes delectable German cakes for the entire orchestra.

The violin is some of the oldest technology that anyone uses in their regular employment. It is virtually unchanged in 500 years.