Reinhold Friedrich

Since his second prize in the ARD competition in Munich in 1986, Reinhold Friedrich has been present on the international music scene. In 2003, Claudio Abbado appointed him the permanent solo trumpet of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Since its founding in 2003, Reinhold Friedrich has been a permanent principal trumpet of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and artistic director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Brass Ensemble. As a soloist, he has performed with ensembles including Berliner Barock Solisten, Wiener and Basler Kammerorchester, Bamberger and Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de la Radio France, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and German Radio Orchestras of the NDR and HR.As professor at the University of Music Karlsruhe, he leads a class that is much sought-after worldwide. His graduates now play in the most important orchestras of the world and are among the great soloists on international stages.