Mechthild von Ryssel

Mechthild von Ryssel, born into a musical family in Dahme, received her first violin lessons at the age of five in Görlitz with Helmut Frenzel and later with Maria Frenzel. From the 7th grade onwards, she was taught by Uta Maria Frenzel at the Special School for Music in Dresden. She studied music from 1980 to 1986 at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden under Professor Reinhard Ulbricht.

Her first orchestral engagement took her to the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra Chemnitz in 1986 as principal 1st violin. Mechthild von Ryssel has played in the 2nd violin section of the Staatskapelle Dresden since 1994.

Mechthild von Ryssel has also been a member of the Dresdner Kapellsolisten since 2006, with whom she has given numerous performances in Germany and abroad.