Nils Mönkemeyer, born in 1978 in Holzwickede, Germany, is a notable violist and university teacher. He started his musical education on the violin at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen before switching to the viola in 1997. Mönkemeyer studied under Christian Pohl at the Musikhochschule Hannover and completed his studies with a Konzertexamen in Munich in 2006. As a soloist, he has performed globally with conductors like Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. His discography includes Folia (2011) and Ohne Worte (2009), which earned him an Echo Klassik award in 2009 for Nachwuchskünstler des Jahres. Mönkemeyer has held teaching positions at institutions including the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.
