Born in 1960 in Barcelona (Spain) into a German-French family. Moving back to Germany, he studied with S. Gawriloff in Essen. S. Gheorghiu and R. Nodel were his teachers in Bucharest (Roumania) and Mannheim (Germany).In 1984 he won the International Maria Canals Violin Competition of Barcelona and the German National Music Competition and has since developed an extensive international career. He appears regularly as a soloist with major symphony and chamber orchestras, and participates in prestigious international festivals. He is a member of the Michelangelo Quartet and the Mendelssohn Trio Berlin.

Since 1995 Stephan Picard has served as a professor and is currently chairman of the string department at the highly acclaimed Academy of Music „Hans Eisler“ in Berlin.

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