Ida Bieler
American-born Ida Bieler has set a standard in the course of her unusual career, as a musician of extraordinary scope. Following an unconventional course, her experience and repertoire span all facets of solo and ensemble performance, bringing her acclaim from critics and public alike for her uniquely personal and communitive interpretations.
Launched into recognition by winning international competitions on three continents: Gold Medal, Public Prize and Contemporary Music Award at Rome’s International Competition „Valentino Bucchi“, the International Violin Concours Dr. Luis Sigall, Vina del Mar, Chile, the International Competition for Chamber Music „Vittorio Gui“ in Florence and New York’s Concert Artists Guild Award, she has since appeared regularly as soloist with orchestra, recitalist and chamber musician at all music capitals throughout the world.
As a chamber musician, Ms Bieler was a member of Germany’s legendary Melos String Quartet from 1993 until the quartet’s retirement from the concert stage in 2005. She performed and recorded with the Ensemble Villa Musica, from 2001 until 2015 she was violinist of the Xyrion Piano Trio and Heine Quartet, Düsseldorf. She founded the Reynolda Quartet of UNCSA, in residence at the Reynolda Museum of American Art and Faculty Quartet of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
One of the first women to win a concertmaster position in a major European orchestra, Ida Bieler served from 1983-1988 as concertmaster of the „Gürzenich Orchester“, Symphony and Opera Orchestra of Cologne. In 1988, she became professor for violin at Frankfurt’s, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, in 1993 received the appointment of Full Professor at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Bieler was Visiting Professor for violin and chamber music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and from 2009 to 2022 she was a Professor at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz, Austria. Since 2013 has been „Artist-Teacher“ of Violin at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) and in 2015 she became the Artistic Director of UNCSA’s Chrysalis Chamber Music Institute. Most recently, she has joined the faculty of NYU’s Steinhardt School of Music and Performing Arts.
