“An ascending star on violin heaven”
                                     Grafschafter Nachrichten

The 22 years old violinist Martina Trumpp, has received several awards including the first prize on national level at the German youth competition “Jugend musiziert” in 2004 and the special prize for  ”extraordinary artistic temperament” at the “Premio Rodolfo Lipizer“ in 2005. In November 2005 she won the prize of the “Jütting Stiftung” Stendal and in May 2008 she got a special award of the “Kottmann competition” un Kronberg. In September 2007 she received the Youth Culture Prize of the city of Ansbach.  She received scholarships of the “Fricke Stiftung“ Ansbach, the "Theodor Rogler Stiftung" and the "Franz Grothe Stiftung". In addition she is a scholar of the "Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben", the “Lutz E. Adolf Stiftung für Hochbegabte” and the "Hans Rudolf Stiftung". Other scholarships include the “Kronberg Academy”, the "International Summer Academy Lenk" and the “Detmold Summer Academy”.

As a soloist she has performed with the „Würzburg Philharmony“,  „Thuringia Symphony“, „Düsseldorf Symphony“, „Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra“, "Vienna Chamber Orchestra", „Ansbach Chamber Orchestra“, „Würzburg Chamber Orchestra“, „Öttingen Chamber Orchestra“, „Tonkünstlerorchester“, „Youth Orchestra Baden-Baden“, „Youth Symphony Orchestra Herford“ and  „Classical Philharmony Hamburg“. In May of 2006 she played her debut in the Hamburg Musikhalle with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, in January 2008 she gave her debut with the "Düsseldorf Symphony". The last concerts included the debuts with the "Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra" and the "Vienna Chamber Orchestra" in the Vienna Konzerthaus with Joji Hattori.

She gave recitals in several renowned festivals in Germany, Switzerland and Spain including the “Bayreuth Easter Festival”, the “Music Summer Schönberg”, the “Oberstdorf Music Summer”, the “Franconian Summer”, the “Semaine international de piano” Blonay, “Steingraeber” in Bayreuth and others. She is a member of the "Würzburg String Quartet".

Martina Trumpp received her first violin lessons at the age of eight and in 1999 became a student of Prof. Conrad von der Goltz at the Music Conservatory in Würzburg. Since 2004 she has been studying there with Prof. Herwig Zack, where she took her diploma in July 2008 "with excellence". Currently she is working with Prof. Ingolf Turban at the Music Conservatory in Munich.  She attended master classes with Prof. Ana Chumachenco, Prof. Kurt Saßmannshaus, Prof. Yfrah Neaman, Prof. Petru Munteanu and Prof. Eckhard Fischer and – following an invitation by the “Bavarian Broadcasting” - with Christian Tetzlaff.

Martina took her A-Levels in May of 2004 at the age of 17. Besides music she is studying musicology and mathematics.
She is an active member of "Crescendo".

Martina plays a violin of Pierre Chaubert, Füssen, 2000.