When and where was your first concert with the MCO? Landshut autumn 1997.
What is your most memorable moment with the orchestra? Playing Mozart’s last three symphonies with Daniel in one concert, on Japan tour 2006.
What do you need to feel at home whilst on tour? My family.
What would you do if you weren't a musician? Conductor.
What makes a “perfect” concert? Thankfully there is no such thing as a perfect concert.
BIOGRAPHY Yannick Dondelinger was born in London in 1971.
After exploring the piano, violin, viola, percussion, composing and conducting, Yannick entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in 1989 on the viola, graduating in 1993.
From 1994-1997 he was a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and went on to become a founding member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, which he has been with now for fifteen years.
Yannick also holds the position of assistant solo viola of Helsingborgs Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, and lives in Malmö with his wife Anna and daughter Alice.
