Career
After further education in Hannover, New York, and Freiburg, he joined the radio orchestra of Hamburg"s Norddeutscher Rundfunk at the age of 21. Two years later he left in order to focus on his career as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor. He is now musical leader of the Freiburger Barockorchester.
From 1997 to 2004 he held a professorship with the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg.
In October 2004 he was called to a professorship in violin and baroque violin at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. Since January 2007 von der Goltz has also been artistic director of the Oslo-based Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.
Gottfried von der Goltz"s extensive discography and Digital Video Disc production include recordings as soloist, chamber musician, and conductor, also of larger scenic works, like Rameau"s Dardanus.
