The German violinist, violist and conductor, Florian Deuter, studied violin in Cologne and Düsseldorf (1982-1987).
Florian Deuter is one of the leading Baroque violinists of his generation. In 1986, he joined the ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln (1987-2000; Director: Reinhard Goebel), has risen to positions of leadership by means of his formidable talent and unquenchable energy, and became its concert-master from 1994 to 2000. He has also held the position of concert-master with ensembles and orchestras including the Gabrieli Consort & Players (1990-1998; Director: Paul McCreesh), La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale Gent (1990-1994; Director of both: Philippe Herreweghe), and Les Musiciens du Louvre (2000-May 2004; Director: Marc Minkowski); and has appeared as soloist and concert-master with ensembles including the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (1990-1994; Director: Ton Koopman), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Concerto Köln, Hofkapelle München (Director: Rüdiger Lotter), Das Neue Orchester (Director: Christoph Spering). With Mónica Waisman, he leads the ensemble Harmonie Universelle, which he founded in May 2003; they also perform as a duo.
With Harmonie Universelle, Florian Deuter has recorded works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Pachelbel, Jean-Marie Leclair, Antonio Vivaldi and Arcangelo Corelli, sonatas by J.S. Bach and cantatas by Giovanni Battista Ferrandini among others. In 2008 they released a double album of A. Vivaldi violin concerti. In 2018, with the soprano Dorothee Mields, they released "Lass mein Herz", a recording of overtures and cantatas by Christoph Graupner. |