Maximilian Lohse

  • Current Positions:

    • Concertmaster at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (since 2017)

    • Concertmaster at Casco Phil - The Chamber Orchestra of Belgium (founding member since 2008)

    • Concertmaster at The Atomic Orchestra (founding member since 2024)

  • Academic Appointment: Violin Professor at LUCA School of Arts in Leuven (since 2020)

  • Orchestral Leadership & Experience:

    • Former Principal Concertmaster at Theater Kiel (Germany)

    • Guest concertmaster at Theater Lübeck, Opera Hamburg, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Kammerorchester Heilbronn, etc.

    • Substitute with world-renowned orchestras including Staatskapelle Dresden and Bamberger Symphoniker

    • Early leadership as Concertmaster of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and Junge Streicherphilharmonie

  • Chamber Music & Festivals:

    • First violinist and founder of the Bülowquartett, the Andraste Piano Trio, Trio Localeux, among others.

    • Primarius of the Casco Phil Soloists

    • Invited artist at the prestigious International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove (UK)

  • Education: Concert Exam (Concertexamen) graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar (under Prof. Matthias Wollong, Concertmaster of Staatskapelle Dresden), following degrees at the Hochschule für Musik Dresden (Prof. Reinhardt Ulbricht, leader 2nd violins of Staatskapelle Dresden)

  • Instrument: Maximilian performs on a rare historical violin by Carlo Antonio Testore (Milan, 1730).

A man sitting on a chair in a dimly lit room holding a violin, looking thoughtfully to the side.