Holger Grohs

Holger Grohs was born in Erlangen in 1972 and received his first violin lessons at the age of six.

He studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main with Walter Forchert and later at the Würzburg University of Music with Herwig Zack, where he received his masterclass diploma. Franco Gulli, with whom Holger Grohs studied for two years at Indiana University in Bloomington in the USA, had a significant influence on his artistic development.

Holger Grohs gained further inspiration at numerous masterclasses and festivals, for example as a scholarship holder of the ‘Carl Flesch Akademie’ in Baden-Baden with Saschko Gawriloff, at the ‘Accademia Musicale Chigiana’ in Sienna or the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo.

Holger Grohs has played in the violin section of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden since 2001, becoming deputy concertmaster of the 2nd violins in 2013 and was appointed concertmaster of the 2nd violins in December 2015.