Michael Nodel (*2002) has been playing the violin since the age of 6. He had violin lessons with Prof. Olga Voitova-Bloch, Alexander Kostin, Daniela Jung and Simon Fordham. In 2016-2020 he was a junior student at the University of Music in Munich with Prof. Lena Neudauer. Michael won numerous 1st national prizes at "Jugend Musiziert", in 2018 he received the Sparkassen Special Prize in the category "Special Ensemble". In 2019, he won the 2nd prize at the Agustin Aponte International Competition. He graduated from the Pestalozzi-Gymnasium in Munich in July 2020 and has been active in several youth orchestras, including the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra and as concertmaster in the ODEON Youth Symphony Orchestra. Since the winter semester of 2021/22, Michael has been an academist with the Hofkapelle Munich and a recipient of the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship. In 2022, he participated in the NUME academy and the Samos Young Artists Festival. He frequently performs as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles and has been studying at the University of Music in Munich in the class of Prof. Mi-Kyung Lee since 2020 and since 2023 also of Prof. Ana Chumachenco. In the 2022/23 season, Michael was an academist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.