Alexander Lonquich was born in Trier, Germany, in 1960, and studied with Astrid Schmid-Neuhaus, Paul Badura-Skoda, Andrei Yasinki and Ilonka Deckers. In 1976, at the age of 16 he won first prize at the Casagrande Competition in Terni, Italy, and has since been much in demand around the world. He has worked closely with Claudio Abbado, Kurt Sanderling, Ton Koopman, Emannuel Krivine and especially with Sandor Vegh, and with orchestras including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Academia Salzburg, and the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova. He plays chamber music with Heinz Holliger, Joshua Bell, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Demenga, Shlomo Mintz, Steven Isserlis, Myklos Perenyi and other distinguished musicians, and has a growing reputation, additionally, as a conductor. Lonquich's previous solo recordings, for EMI, dedicated to music of Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann, have received the highest critical acclaim and prizes ranging from the Edison Award to the "Diaposon d'Or".

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