Sara Göbel

Violine

Testimonials

Voices from mentors, musicians, and the press.

Prof. Timothy Chooi

Associate Professor of Violin & Head of Strings at the University of Ottawa

Sara is an outstanding visionary and artist ….she carries the mentality to boldly stride into the 21st century while bringing the timeless musicality of an old soul.

Prof. Ulf Schneider

Professor für Violine an der HMTM Hannover

Ich schätze Sara als eine außergewöhnlich talentierte, fantasievolle, sensible und hochmotivierte Geigerin. Sie sprüht voller Ideen, die sie mit großer Begeisterung und geigerischem Können musikalisch umsetzt. Ihr Spiel ist ausdrucksstark und flexibel, und sie verfügt über alle geigerischen Möglichkeiten für eigenständige Interpretationen.

By Michael Schäfer

Göttinger Tageblatt

Zusammen mit dem Göttinger Symphonieorchester begeisterte die Solistin am Donnerstag in der Lokhalle ihre Zuhörer mit ihrem hochvirtuosen, leidenschaftlichen Spiel.

By Michael Schäfer

Göttinger Tageblatt

Die junge Musikerin (…) spielt mit feurigem Temperament, mit geradezu riesigem Ton.

By Michael Schäfer

Göttinger Tageblatt

Sie war den enormen virtuosen Anforderungen dieses hochromantik schwärmerischen Konzerts in einem Maße gewachsen, wie man es in dieser Altersstufe nur selten erlebt.

By Rainer W. Janka

OVB Heimatzeitungen

Schön war die natürliche Verzahnung von Orchester und Solisten, mitreißend die Rasanz und anspringend die Leidenschaft, mit der selbst jeder Ton der schnellen Läufe mit Leben erfüllt war. Die Solisten Alexander Gilman (der Chef des Ensembles) und Sara Göbel wetteiferten um süß singenden und betörend schönen Geigenton und schienen sich im Allegro schier zu umtanzen, so freudig bewegt und belebt war alles.

Biography

Sara Göbel, born in 2002 in Hanover, discovered her passion for the violin at the age of five. Her talent soon took her to the Institute for Highly Gifted Young Musicians (IFF), where she studied with Meike Bertram between 2016 and 2019. She is currently completing her bachelor’s degree under Prof. Ulf Schneider at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, and spent the 2023/24 academic year studying with Prof. Timothy Chooi at the University of Ottawa.

She has gained artistic inspiration in masterclasses with Alexandra Conunova, Ingolf Turban, Catherine Cho, and further impulses from renowned musicians such as Ana Chumachenco, Midori, James Ehnes, Ning Feng, Martin Brauß, Eberhardt Feltz, Rainer Schmidt and Jörg Widmann. Festival appearances include the Notos Chamber Music Academy, the Holland Music Sessions, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and the Sarasota Music Festival in the USA. Sara has also appeared as a soloist with orchestra multiple times, such as with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra.

As a passionate chamber musician, she has performed in the chamber music week of Renaud Capuçon and since 2023, Sara has been a member of the LGT Young Soloists, touring internationally with concerts in venues such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Tonhalle Zürich. Her orchestral experience includes the German National Youth Orchestra, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, and since 2023, engagements with the Lower Saxony State Orchestra.

Sara has received numerous awards, including prizes at “Jugend musiziert,” the Eduard Söring Prize from the German Music Foundation, and first prize at the 2023 Chamber Music Competition at the University of Ottawa. She is a scholarship holder of the “Cusanuswerk” and of “Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Hannover“, and she currently performs on a violin by Stefan-Peter Greiner (Bonn, 2005), on loan from the German Music Foundation as a winner of the 29th edition of the “German Music Instrument Fund Competition”.

Musical Education:

2016-2019: Early student at the IFF Hannover (Institute for the Early Promotion of Musically Gifted Students) with Meike Bertram

2019-2021: Pre-college student at the HMTM Hannover with Prof. Ulf Schneider

Since 2021: Bachelor studies at the HMTM Hannover with Prof. Ulf Schneider

2023/2024: Study abroad at the University of Ottawa with Prof. Timothy Chooi