prof. Nimrod guez
Nimrod Guez was born in Israel in 1977. He began playing the violin at the age of seven and studied with Nahum Liebermann, Ilona Feher, Shlomo Tintpulver, and Haim Taub.
After meeting Tabea Zimmermann at the age of 16, he decided to switch to the viola and began studying in her class at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in 1996. After five years, he moved to Lübeck in 2001 to continue his studies in the violin class of Professor Nora Chastain. Alongside his violin studies, Nimrod Guez attended viola classes with Professor Barbara Westphal from 2002 to 2004.
In 2002, he won first prize at the “Aviv” Competition.
In 2005, he was appointed Principal Violist of the Gewandhausorchester zu Leipzig. From 2008 to 2012, he held the same position with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He also performed regularly as leader of the viola section of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Driven by his deep passion for early music, he has played the baroque violin since 2010. Together with musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, he founded L’accademia giocosa, an ensemble dedicated to early music. Nimrod Guez performs internationally as a soloist on violin, viola, and baroque violin. He is also a highly sought-after chamber musician and has appeared alongside renowned artists such as Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, Liza Ferschtman, Sebastian Klinger, Nicolas Altstaedt, and Maximilian Hornung at major festivals including the Utrecht Kamermuziek Festival (NL), the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival (AT), and ErstKlassik (Sarnersee, CH).
In 2012, Nimrod Guez was appointed Professor of Viola at the University of Music Würzburg.