Name
Katharina Martini
Nationality
Germany
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Maesta 14K Gold with Forte Headjoint (MS14KRBE)

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Katharina Martini first studied as a junior student, then as a Bachelor student with Thaddeus Watson at of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main, completed her studies in 2021 Award and began her Master’s degree. During this time she had master classes with Denis Bouriakov, Sir James Galway, Emmanuel Pahud, Peter-Lukas Graf and Philippe Bernold to further her musical career. 

Katharina is a multiple 1st prize winner at various national and international Competitions. At the national competition "Youth musiziert" in 2015 she won a 1st prize with the highest score in the category "Flute Solo" and the Young Talent Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festivals. In 2016 Katharina Martini won the 1st prize and the Judges Distinction Award of the competition ”American Protégé International Woodwinds and Brass Competition“, whereupon she made her debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2017. 

In 2018 she won the gold medal at the competition "Concours Européen pour Jeune Solistes" in Luxembourg. In 2019 Katherina won the gold medal of the "Vienna International Music Competition", the 1st prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso, combined with a performance at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as the 1st prize at the International Young Musician Competiton "Città di Barletta" in Italy. 

Katharina Martini is a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, as well as receiving a scholarship in 2021 of the Hessische Kulturstiftung. In 2018 she received a scholarship of the "German Academic Exchange Service" as well as the "Hans and Eugenia Jütting – Foundation Stendal". 

Katharina has worked as a soloist in concerts, CD recordings and television productions, and as a chamber musician and orchestral musician for, among others, hr-Fernsehen and "NDRKULTUR", with members of the opera and Museum Orchestra and the Ensemble Resonanz and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie. 

In 2018 her debut CD "Meisterwerke für Flöte" was released. In addition, she is a regular guest at renowned music festivals, such as Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. 

Katharina plays a Maesta 14K Gold flute with Forte headjoint (MS14KRBE/F). In Katharina's words - "I am very fortunate that this wonderful instrument found me at an early age. When I held my gold flute in my hands and played the first notes on it, I was immediately captivated. The warm, soft and multi-faceted sound of the instrument immediately inspired and enchanted me. The glitter of the tones in the high octave is a gift every time. I enjoy playing my flute and I love the sparkle in my audience's eyes after a concert with this beautiful instrument. This flute is just right for me because I can use it in many ways. It harmonizes incredibly well with other instruments, sounds brilliant as a solo instrument, but also blends smoothly into the overall sound of an ensemble. The sound is changeable and flexible and supports me optimally, as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra musician or in crossover projects for pop and jazz."