Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt
Violin
Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt was born in Linz, Austria. She studied modern violin at the university ‘Mozarteum’ in Salzburg, but discovered very soon her love and passion to the baroque violin and early music.
After she graduated from Salzburg she moved to London for studies with Andrew Manze and Ingrid Seifert at the Royal College of Music. There she passed her postgraduate diploma with distinction and won several prizes at early music competitions.
In 2012 she did her masters with distinction in Austria with Michi Gaigg and was studying several years with Enrico Onofri at the conservatory in Palermo, Italy.
Beside her passionate work directing and managing Ensemble Castor she is also in great demand leading and playing in various orchestras and groups. (Incantati London, Innsbrucker Festwochen, Collegium Marianum, Il Pomo d´Oro). She has participated in many major festivals throughout Europe, as well as North and South America.
