Violinist

Cellist

Fritz specialises in both contemporary and classical music, applying experiments with electronics and gut strings to a broad repertoire. For this performance in LSO St Luke’s, the programme explores the complex tension between doubt and faith, from Schumann’s Five Pieces in Folk Style, through a movement from Messiaen’s startling Quatour pour le fin du temps, to more contemporary works, such as Mikołaj Majkusiak’s Rhythms of Doubt, and a brand new ECHO commission by Jennifer Walshe.

ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz

LSO St Luke's

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the classical stars of tomorrow – today. Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 23 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all part of ECHO – the European Concert Hall Organisation. Each year, a select group of young artists and ensembles from across Europe are given the chance to tour all of the venues and perform for international audiences. Time and again, the artists chosen for Rising Stars go on to enjoy internationally successful careers.

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ECHO Rising Stars with Cello and Piano

Stockholm Concert Hall

Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz loves the extraordinary, the unusual. Even at the beginning of her studies at the Mozarteum Salzburg, she knew that a classical career with the standard repertoire was out of the question for her. Her self-confidence has already taken the young artist far: she has been nominated by the Elbphilharmonie, among others, and is a "Rising Star" in the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) season. With accordionist Goran Stevanovich, she explores the spatial, acoustic, and interpersonal aspects of the concert setting with music from Bach to the present day.

Valerie Fritz, Violoncello

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz combines classical and contemporary music with innovative concert formats. She is a winner of the Berlin Prize for Young Artists, a member of the NAMES ensemble, and this year an ECHO Rising Star. With self-designed programs and in collaboration with contemporary composers, she represents a new, unorthodox generation of musicians.

Violinist, Cellist

Valerie Fritz

Events

Upcoming events

May 31, 2026

Sunday Matinee · Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Past events

Feb 25, 2026

ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz · Barbican Centre

Jan 30, 2026

ECHO Rising Stars with Cello and Piano · Konserthuset Stockholm

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Viola Sonata by Clarke

Konserthuset Stockholm

Cello in Five Pieces in Folk Style by Schumann

Barbican Centre

Cello in In Croce by Gubaidulina

Barbican Centre

Cello in Sonata in A major by Franck

Konserthuset Stockholm

Cello in Louange à l'éternité de Jésus by Messiaen

Barbican Centre

Cello in Rhythms of Doubt for cello and accordion by Majkusiak

Barbican Centre

Cello in The sheer task of being alive by Walshe

Konserthuset Stockholm

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