Annika Hinsche, (nee Lückebergfeld) is a sought-after performer,
teacher, adjudicator and conductor as well as prize-winner of
numerous national and international competitions such as the
renowned "Yasuo-Kuwahara-Competition".
Her concert career as a soloist, in "Mare Duo" as well as in
various chamber music ensembles has taken her throughout Europe,
Asia and the USA. Annika Hinsche teaches mandolin at the Cologne
Academy of Music and Dance/ Wuppertal. She has also been a guest
lecturer at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, and is
regularly invited to festivals in Europe and the United States.
Many of her students are regular winners of renowned
competitions.
She is a conductor of the Hilden Mandolin Orchestra, the Hessen
Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra and conducts orchestras in several
countries in Europe and the USA.
Annika Hinsche has recorded several CDs, including her solo CDs
"Aproximação" and "12 Preludes for Mandolin Solo by Carlo
Domeniconi", with Mare duo: "Crystal tears" and "Mare Duo plays
Frank Wallace", "Impressioni" with the Quartetto Colori and a
recording with the Söhnen Mannheims as part of the series "MTV
Unplugged".
Over 100 compositions for mandolin have been dedicated to her by
composers such as J. Zenamon, K. Vassiliev, F. Wallace, L. Wüller,
T.A. LeVines, J. Kindle, M. Borner etc. and she has played
numerous world premieres. Internationally acclaimed composer Carlo
Domeniconi dedicated his 12 solo mandolin preludes to her, which
are considered by professionals to be milestones in modern
mandolin repertoire, recorded on CD as part of the composer's
"Selected Works" series.
The Swiss composer Jürg Kindle dedicated Annika Hinsche the 12
scordatura fantasies of the full-length work "Mandopolis", in
which the strings of the mandolin are tuned differently in each
piece.
She has edited sheet music for various instrumentations at
publishers such as Trekel, Margaux, ex-tempore and Edition
Kalimba.
Annika Hinsche studied mandolin in Wuppertal with Prof. Marga
Wilden-Hüsgen, Prof. Caterina Lichtenberg and Gertrud Weyhofen and
in Boston with Prof. John McGann
