Rica Schliermann

Viola

Rica Schultes, born in 1994, received her first viola lessons at the age of five. She completed a junior study program with Diemut Poppen at the Detmold University of Music and earned her Bachelor’s degree there. In 2022, she passed her concert exam with Poppen at the same institution. She obtained her Master’s degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich in the class of Nils Mönkemeyer. The young violist received many further musical impulses in masterclasses with Atar Arad, Yuri Bashmet, Hariolf Schlichtig, Jean Sulem, Antoine Tamestit, Lars Anders Tompter, Nobuko Imai, and others. Moreover, Rica Schultes is a prizewinner of several national and international competitions. She won first prizes at “Jugend musiziert” as well as at the 14th International “Luigi Zanuccoli” competition in Italy in the soloist category. One of her great passions is chamber music, where she has already received much inspiration from Eberhard Feltz, Valentin Erben, Heime Müller, and the Belcea Quartet. From 2006 to 2022, Rica Schultes played on a viola from the instrument fund of the German Foundation for Musical Life.

Since the 2021/2022 season, Rica Schultes was an academy member of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne; since 2023, she has been part of the orchestra’s viola section.