Linus Roth

Linus Roth (born 1977) is a German classical violinist and string pedagogue. He has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. He is particularly interested in the music of Mieczysław Weinberg, whose complete works featuring a solo violin Roth has recorded. He has been a teacher at the Leopold Mozart Centre, and artistic director of music festivals. Roth plays the 1703 Dancla Stradivarius on loan from Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.

Career Born in Ravensburg in 1977, Roth grew up in Biberach. Both his parents were church musicians, and he was given violin instruction at an early age. He initiated and co-founded the International Mieczysław Weinberg Society to promote concerts and recordings of Weinberg's works. He founded the music festival Ibiza Concerts on Ibiza in 2014, and has been the artistic director of the Schwäbischer Frühling festival in Ochsenhausen since 2017.

Roth plays the 1703 Dancla Stradivarius, on loan from Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.

Awards 1992, Jugend musiziert, first prize