Orchestra Academy

An experience for life
To be a professional musician in an orchestra - this is the dream of many students. While personal playing skills and solistic interpretation are part of their studies, students usually lack practice in playing with large ensembles or orchestras. At the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB), the Orchestra Academy for Strings was established in 2002 by the orchestra's friends and supporters.
Since then, every two years, 13 scholarships have been awarded to young musicians under the age of 26. The students apply from all over the world for these scholarships. Once they have arrived in the orchestra, they enrich the diversity of the RSB.

How does the Academy work?
Academy members get assigned to orchestral duties and play side by side with their colleagues in rehearsals, concerts and tours, as well as on CD recordings. They each have a permanent mentor in their section. These mentors
support the academists with advice and constructive criticism, they give lessons and pass on their personal experience.
The academy members are thus strengthened as artistic individuals, but above all they experience how it is to work as part of an artistic community. Regular workshops outside the actual musical repertoire complete this training. For example, they learn about preparing rehearsals, the dramaturgy of concert programs, communicating music to children and adults, and musician's health. Once a year, the members of the Orchestra Academy give a chamber recital. The time with the RSB can be a real kcikstart for the career of many members of the academy. They earn positions in renowned national and international ensembles - in some cases during their time at the academy - and can start their professional lives in a strengthened position, in some cases even at the RSB itself.

Members season 2024/2025

Jonathan Leung
Violinist

Muge Sak
Violinist

Cristina Cazac
Violinist

Sophia Stoyanovich
Violinist

Ellie Kanayama
Violinist

Arisa Hagiwara
Violinist

Martha Roske
Violist

Yue Yu
Viola

Berkay Olgun
Viola

Oliwia Meiser
Cellistin

Hideaki Fujiwara
Cellist

Junha Moon
Double Bass

Yuen Kiu Marco Yeung
Double Bass
Mentors of the Orchestra Academy

Anna Morgunowa
1st Violin

Oleh Kurochkin
Principal 2nd Violin

Gernot Adrion
Assistant Principal Viola

Elizaveta Zolotova
Associate Principal Viola

Hans-Jakob Eschenburg
Principal Cello

Ringela Riemke
Assistant Principal Cello

Hermann Wömmel-Stützer
Principal Double Bass

Marvin Wagner
Principal Double Bass
Contact and application
The Academy currently has 13 places for string players (maximum age: 26).
We publish vacancies here.
Orchestra Academy
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Masurenallee 8-14
14057 Berlin
E-mail orchesterakademie@rsb-online.de
For general information
Christian Schwärsky | Orchestra Office
Dorothea Groß | Orchestra Office
Phone +49 (0) 30 202 987 520/521