WSO announces new concertmaster, Karl Stobbe
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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra announced Monday that acclaimed violinist Karl Stobbe has won the audition to be the next WSO concertmaster, beginning with the 2025/26 season.
Stobbe, who has been assistant concertmaster since 1996, was selected by the unanimous decision of the audition committee.
“It is an incredible honour and responsibility to be appointed the next concertmaster of the WSO,” Stobbe said in a release. “I look forward to working with the dedicated and talented musicians of the WSO and maestro Daniel Raiskin, in serving the community of Winnipeg and beyond.”
Stobbe’s appointment coincides with another WSO milestone; the violinist succeeds longtime concertmaster Gwen Hoebig, who will step down at the end of the 2024/25 season after 37 years in the first violin chair.
May 10 at 7:30 p.m. and May 11 at 2 p.m., the WSO presents Celebrating Gwen Hoebig with a program of Mozart, Debussy and Strauss. Hoebig will be joined by her musical family: her husband, pianist David Moroz, and her children, violist Alexander Moroz and cellist Juliana Moroz. Tickets are available at wso.ca.