Gottfried von der Goltz

Gottfried (Graf) von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German-Norwegian violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. His first teachers were his parents, Georg Conrad von der Goltz and Kirsti Hjort. After further education in Hannover, New York and Freiburg he joined the radio orchestra of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg at the age of 21. Two years later he left this secure position in order to gain more artistic freedom and to focus on and develop his career as a soloist