Linus Roth - NOSPR

Linus Roth, who received the ECHO KLASSIK Award as "Best Newcomer" of 2006 for his debut CD on the label EMI, received his second ECHO award in 2017 for a recording of the violin concertos by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with the London Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Sanderling.
Linus Roth has made a name for himself internationally not just with standard repertoire, but also with his discovery or rediscovery of works that have undeservedly fallen into oblivion. He has devoted special attention to the works of Mieczysław Weinberg, both in concerts and in the recording studio, being the first violinist to have recorded this composer´s complete Œuvre on CD. Making Mieczysław Weinberg’s works known to a wider audience is also the aim of the International Weinberg Society, which Linus Roth founded in 2015.
Linus Roth attended the preparatory class of Nicolas Chumachenco at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg, before going on to study with Zakhar Bron. Subsequently, he pursued his studies for several years with Ana Chumachenco. While studying, he held a scholarship from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.
In October 2012, Linus Roth was appointed professor of violin at the Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum at Augsburg University and is also the artistic director of the 10th Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition in Augsburg. In addition, Linus Roth is the artistic director of the international festival Ibiza Concerts, which he founded, and of the music festival Schwäbischer Frühling in Ochsenhausen.
Linus Roth plays on the Stradivarius violin “Dancla” from 1703 – a kind loan from the music foundation of the L-Bank Baden-Württemberg.