Helene Freytag

She was born in Leipzig in 2005 into a family of musicians and began her violin studies at the age of five. After completing her pre-college studies at Berlin University of the Arts with Latica Honda-Rosenberg, she began bachelor degree studies at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in 2024 under the guidance of Julian Rachlin. Since 2026, she has been a student of Alina Ibragimova at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin.

She has participated in masterclasses with, among others, Natalia Prishepenko, Mihaela Martin, and Vilde Frang and has been a scholarship holder of the Music Academy in Liechtenstein since 2021. As a soloist, Helene has appeared with orchestras including the Staatskapelle Halle, the Jenaer Philharmonie and various orchestras in Saxony.

She is a prizewinner of the International Postacchini Competition, the Tibor Varga Junior Competition and the 15th Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Lublin. Chamber music has been a central part of Helene’s life for many years. Since 2021, she has been performed as a regular member of the Freytag Trio.

Stage One

E. Chausson – Poème, Op. 25

H. Wieniawski – La Cadenza, Op. 10 No. 7

H. Wieniawski – Polonaise de Concert in D major, Op. 4

[Pianist: Michał Francuz]

Stage Two

W. Lutosławski – Subito

F. Schubert – Rondo in B minor, D. 895

R. Schumann –Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121

Stage Three

M. Weinberg – Concertino, Op. 42

Stage Four

J. Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Final

H. Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22