Festival Artists

Swiss-born violinist Deborah Spiegel is began violin lessons at six under her grandmother Katharina Hardy in Zurich. Achieving distinction, she won top honors at the International Music Competition in Stresa, Italy, and the Swiss Youth Music Competition. Noteworthy solo performances include collaborations with the City Orchestra Winterthur and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

Since 1986, Spiegel has actively participated in the Goppisberg Music Festival, eventually assuming the role of artistic director in 2008. She studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, USA, under Prof. Lynn Blakeslee, earning a concert diploma. In 2004, she obtained a soloist diploma from the Manhattan School of Music under Prof. Neil Weintrob, with additional guidance from Isaac Malkin, Glenn Dicterow, and Pinchas Zukerman.

From 2006 to 2019, Deborah Spiegel served as principal second violinist with the Badische Philharmonie in Pforzheim, Germany. She has been a consistent substitute for various orchestras, including the Baden Baden Philharmonie and Stuttgarter Philharmoniker Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn and many other Orchestras. Alongside teaching private students, she collaborates with pianist Elena Lüthi, recording the “Odessa Trio” by Ofer Ben-Amots in 2015 In Budapest . The duo playes solo and chamber music recitals in various countries.