Katrin Lazar

Katrin Lazar studied recorder with Michael Schneider and historical bassoon with Christian Beuse at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. As a DAAD scholarship holder, she furthered her studies in historical performance practice at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague.
In 2004, she was bassoonist with the EUBO (European Union Baroque Orchestra). Since then, her concert tours have taken her as a sought-after orchestral and chamber musician and as a soloist throughout much of the world. Numerous recordings document her musical versatility.

Katrin Lazar is a permanent member of The English Concert, the Hofkapelle München, and the Barocksolisten München. She also collaborates regularly with many other leading early music ensembles, including the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Bachakademie Stuttgart, the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, and the Italian orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro.

As a lecturer for historical bassoon, Katrin Lazar has taught at the Trossingen State University of Music, the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.
Since 2016, she has been teaching at the University of Music and Theatre Munich.