Welcome to the webpage of Prof. Skerdjano Keraj

Biography

He is a regular member of the jury at the International Violin Competition "Queen Sophie Charlotte" in Mirow, at the "Szymon Goldberg International Competition for Violin and Viola" in Meissen and at the International Competition for Violin and Viola in Stuttgart and at the International Competition for Violin Kloster Schöntal and follows as a guest professor invitations to master classes in Italy, France, Poland, Germany and China. 

Concertmaster of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra and  the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern (2003–2015)

Awarded the Folkwang Prize for Music (2001)

Prizewinner at the International Chamber Music Competition in Thessaloniki

 

Since 2008, Skerdjano Keraj has taught violin, chamber music, and orchestral repertoire at the Aachen campus of the Cologne University of Music and Dance (HfMT Köln). In 2015, he was appointed full Professor of Violin. He currently serves as Vice Dean and Deputy Director of the Aachen campus.

 

 

TEACHING

64 succesfull auditions

24 awards in competitions

His students are prizewinners at international competitions and have held positions as concertmasters, audition winners, principal players, section players, and academy members in renowned orchestras, including the Komische Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Philharmonic, the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Geneva Camerata, and the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra (Japan)

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Contact

Skerdjano KERAJ

skerdjano.keraj@freenet.de