Marie-Claudine Papadopoulos (b. 1987) began studying the violin at age five. +From 2003-11 she studied with Prof. Ulf Hoelscher. +She is presently studying with Prof. Roman Nodel at the Music Academy, Mannheim. +At the 2012 violin competition “Tone and Explanation – Work Mediation in Music and Words” of the Cultural Circle of German Business and Industry, Ms. Papadopoulos won first prize, which forms the basis of the present CD, a program of duets with her brother, the pianist Dmitri Papadopoulos.