Laura Gfrerer

Biography

Laura Gfrerer was born on April 12, 1999 in Vienna.
At a young age, she discovered her love for the violin when she heard her neighbor playing. At six, her wish came true and she was able to take her first violin lesson.
For the first five years she got lessons from Mrs. Marianne Olsen at the Musikum Hallein. She then moved to Eberhard Staiger (Musikum Kuchl) for 18 months. In the period from March 2012 to June 2017, Laura was taught by Ms. Wonji Kim-Ozim (South Korea) at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. Since October 2017, Laura started her studies (Konzertfach Violine) with Lily Francis at the Mozarteum Salzburg.
Laura won solo prizes and numerous 1st prizes in the national competitions and also national competition Prima la Musica. Until 2014, Laura worked as a concert master and soloist with the Tennengauer Jugendsinfonietta (Conductor Wolfram Tröndle). In addition to the school orchestra of the Musisches Gymnasium, she was also a member of the Salzburger Landesjugendorchester (conducted by Norbert Brandauer) and the Salzburg Opera in the Berg Orchester.
In 2013 and 2014, Laura was able to play a violin recital under the organ conduction of Ms. Geraldinde Groenendijk in the Schlosskirche Bad Homburg as part of the Laternfest. In the spring of 2017 she was able to play as a soloist under the orchestral accompaniment of the Musisches Gymnasium Salzburg in the Odeon.
Laura has attended many masterclasses with Prof. Igor Ozim in Ossiach.
In her career, she has played many times with numerous orchestras. Making her Concert master of the ''Tennengauer Jugendsinfonietta'', Musisiches Gymnasium orchestra, Salzburger Landejugendsorchester and the Oper in Berg Festival orchestra.