Biography
Oscar Benjamin Hollmer (*2010) knew from the age of almost three that the cello was his instrument. He is a junior student at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar, where he studies with Professor Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. He is also a scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the Music Academy in Liechtenstein, the Music & Youth Foundation Liechtenstein, and the Perlman Music Program in New York. Oscar is a prizewinner of the 32nd German Musical Instrument Fund Competition, a multiple first-prize winner at the German national Jugend musiziert competition, winner of the Beethoven Bonnensis Competition and the Beethoven Interpretation Prize, as well as first-prize winner of the Fanny Mendelssohn International Online Competition. Among other distinctions, he has received the Wuppertal Youth Culture Award and several chamber music prizes from the German Association of Musicians (DTKV) and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. As a soloist, Oscar has performed with the WDR Funkhaus Orchestra, the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra Essen, and at the Highlights of Classical Music concert series in Liechtenstein.
Events
Works in Progress Concerts (called WIPs for short), are an opportunity for students to perform a piece of their choice for a supportive audience of friends and fans. It is a safe space to take risks and try out new ideas.This concert is free and open to the public!
7:00 PM 8:15 PM
The Perlman Music Program
73 Shore RoadShelter Island Heights, NY, 11965United States
Experience the magic of summertime with The Perlman Music Program! Join us at our Summer Gala and enjoy a festive cocktail reception, a celebration concert conducted by Maestros Itzhak Perlman and Nico Olarte-Hayes, and an elegant dinner.
The Perlman Music Program, 73 Shore RoadShelter Island Heights, NY, 11965 United States
Works in Progress Concerts (called WIPs for short), are an opportunity for students to perform a piece of their choice for a supportive audience of friends and fans. It is a safe space to take risks and try out new ideas.This concert is free and open to the public!
7:00 PM 8:15 PM
The Perlman Music Program
73 Shore RoadShelter Island Heights, NY, 11965United States
The Annual Family Concert at The Perlman Music Program aims to inspire the children and families of the East End community with a fun introduction to the world classical music and the joy of learning and playing the violin, viola, and cello. This multi-faceted production is presented by Summer Music School students and faculty, and features musical performances, a musical skit, and an instrument “Petting Zoo”, during which young children are invited to tryout youth-sized instruments with hands-on supervision and coaching from PMP students
Join legendary violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman as he conducts the 2026 Summer Music School Orchestra in a rare “off-campus” performance. This seven-week residency culmination features soaring orchestral masterworks and a breathtaking choral performance led by The Perlman Music Program’s Assistant Conductor and alum, Nico Olarte-Hayes. Don’t miss this one-night-only showcase of the next generation of virtuosos.
Guild Hall, 158 Main StreetEast Hampton, NY, 11937United States
zu Gunsten von Ärzte ohne Grenzen Ukraine, Tersteegenhaus Köln
im Großen Saal der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg mit Linda Yuan und Kira Koch
Musikgesellschaft Bad Driburg e.V. mit Frieda Magdalene Hollmer und Philipp Chernomor
mit Frieda Magdalene Hollmer
Archive
Southold Jr/Sr High School, 420 Oaklawn AvenueSouthold, NY, 11971 United States
The PMP String Orchestra and Chorus Concert returns to the North Fork!
Maestro Itzhak Perlman and will lead the PMP community in a rousing program of classical masterworks.
Works in Progress Concerts (called WIPs for short), are an opportunity for students to perform a piece of their choice for a supportive audience of friends and fans. It
is a safe space to take risks and try out new ideas.This concert is free and open to the public!
7:00 PM 8:15 PM
bei der Verleihung des „Rita Süssmuth- Forschungspreis“ des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
40 Jahre Museum Insel Hombroich mit dem Trio Futuro
im Albertinum Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Matinée in der Philharmonie Essen, Abo Philharmonie-Debüt
in Aurich-Schirum mit u.a. Kira Koch und Linda Yuan
im Rahmen des Klavier-Festival Ruhr mit Kit Armstrong, Zeche Zollverein Essen
mit Frieda Magdalene Hollmer, Lana Zorjan, Sarah und Andreas Domjanic, Zita Drausnik u.a., Peter-Kaiser-Konzertsaal, Nendeln, Musikakademie in Liechtenstein
Academy im Historischen Ballsaal des Grandhotel Heiligendamm mit Petar Pejčić, Itamar Carmeli und Michael Shaham
Projects
Trio Futuro
The Trio Futuro was founded in 2024. The three young musicians, who have been friends since meeting during their pre-college music studies, have performed in this formation since then. In 2025 and 2026, they were awarded First Prize at the German national competition Jugend musiziert, received several special awards, and won the prestigious WDR 3 Classical Music Prize of the City of Münster.
Since 2025, the trio has been scholarship recipients of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation in Berlin.
All three musicians perform on instruments provided by the Instrument Fund of the German Foundation for Musical Life (Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben): Frieda plays a violin by Richard Tobin (London, 1834), Philipp performs on a violin by Carlo Annibale Tononi (Venice, 1727), and Oscar plays a violoncello by Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi (Florence, c. 1768).
