MARTINA KROPF - BASSOON
Martina Kropf is a bassoonist with a particular focus on orchestral and chamber music. She graduated with honors from the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, where she majored in bassoon performance. Further studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki exposed her to an internationally diverse musical environment that had a lasting influence on her artistic development.
As an orchestral musician, she has worked with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, SWR Symphony Orchestra and the Rhineland-Palatinate State Philharmonic, among others. Concert tours have taken her throughout numerous European countries and as far as Taiwan. During these tours, she has performed under conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thielemann, Paavo Järvi, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, as well as with soloists including Christian Tetzlaff, Misha Maisky, Fazıl Say, Gregory Porter, and David Garrett. In addition, she has participated in numerous CD recordings, including the complete recording of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies with the Philharmonie Festiva under the direction of Gerd Schaller.
In addition to her work with the Aiolos Reed Quintet, Martina Kropf regularly performs chamber music with the Mutare Ensemble. Previously, she was a member of the Helsinki Trio.
Stage work is also an integral part of her artistic profile. She has appeared in numerous opera productions at the Heidelberg Theater and has also participated in various staged productions, most recently at the Pfalzbau in Ludwigshafen.