C. René Hirschfeld                                                   
born in 1965
first violin lesson at the age of 5,
1982 - 87 studies at the Academy of Music
”Carl-Maria von Weber” Dresden, 
main topics: composing 
(with U. Zimmermann and W.  Krätzschmar) 
and Violin (with Chr. Redder)
subsidiaries: piano and conducting
1987 - 89 scholarship as a ”master‘s pupil” 

studies of dance and dance-theory,  initial stimulations from Gret Palucca, 
Kazuo Ohno, Patricia Bunster and Thomas Hartmann; 
until 1995 also working as a dancer 
at theatre festivals, music festivals and local theatres

several national and international 
awards and scholarships 
(e.g.  Carl-Maria von Weber - prize” 1984, 
Eisler - prize 1986, 
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – scholarship 1988/89, 
Göttingen Award for Guitar Compositions 2000) 
tutor at the music academies
in Dresden and Berlin (1987- 94), the ACMP Foundation New York 
and the Internationale Musikakademie Rheinsberg
1994-95 living and working in Sweden, since then living as a 
freelance composer and musician in Berlin

since 2007 increasing activity as a concert violinist.

Oeuvre: symphonic works, music theatre, ballets, chamber music, 
songs, music for choir and solo pieces  

Works have been performed at major festivals and concert halls around Europe 
and Asia e.g. Salzburg Festival,  Konzerthaus Berlin,  Musée d‘Art Moderne de la ville Paris, 
deSingel Antwerpen, Staatsoper Dresden, Rustavelli-Theatre Tbilissi, Athenaeum Bukarest, 
Katmandu, Bangkok and broadcasted at numerous international radio-stations 

CDs available at kreuzberg records and col legno