University of Music Würzburg
Nimrod Guez performs as a violin, viola and baroque violin soloist. He was born in Israel in 1977 and started playing the violin at the age of seven. His teachers were Nahum Liebermann, Ilona Feher, Shlomo Tintpulver, and Haim Taub.
After meeting Tabea Zimmermann at the age of 16, he decided to shift to viola and started studying at her class at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in 1996. After five years, he moved to Luebeck and continued his studies at the violin class of Professor Nora Chastain. Alongside his violin studies, Nimrod Guez attended viola classes with Professor Barbara Westphal from 2002 to 2004.
Nimrod Guez was a first prize winner of the “Aviv” competition in 2002.
In 2005, he became 1st Principal Violist at the Gewandhaus Orchester zu Leipzig. From 2008 to 2012, he held the same position at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, he was the Principal Violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe on a regular basis.
Out of his great affection for early music, he plays the baroque violin since 2010. With musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra, he founded the early music ensemble “L’accademia giocosa”.
In 2012, Nimrod Guez was appointed professor for viola at the University of Music Würzburg.
Nimrod Guez is a highly sought-after musician for chamber music. He plays at the side of well-known artists such as Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, Liza Ferschtman, Sebastian Klinger, Nicolas Altstaedt and Maximilian Hornung at various festivals, including the Utrecht Kamermuziek Festival, the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, and ErstKlassik, among others.