Dan Mou graduated from the Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts under the tutelage of Prof. Anke Dill. She received a Master’s Degree in Instrumental Performance in Violin, a Master’s Degree in Chamber Music Performance, and a Master’s Degree in New Music Performance with honors. Due to her excellent degree grades, she was also a recipient of scholarships from the German government foundation DAAD, the Gert Volker Dill Educational Foundation and the Ludwigsburg Schloss Festspiel (Ludwigsburg Castle Music Festival). She also actively uses her vacation time to participate in masterclasses with other renowned music educators, such as the internationally renowned violin educators Shmuel Ashkenasi and Nora Chastain.
During her career as a professional violinist in Germany, she was a member of the violin I section of the world-renowned Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR Symphonieorchester), and deputy leader of the violin II section of the Giessen Opera House Orchestra in Giessen. During her time in China, she was a member of the violin II section of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra. She has a particular passion for chamber music and has performed chamber music concerts with various musicians. During her degree, she performed Brahms’ chamber music with Anke Dill, Professor of Violin, Florian Wiek, Professor of Piano, Andrea Darzins, Professor of Viola, and Brotbeck, Professor of Cello, at the university.
In addition to her quest for artistic perfection, she is a passionate violin teacher who specializes in teaching students of all ages and levels. In the course of teaching, she has developed her own set of teaching methods and core principles, namely the “High Efficiency Practice Method”, which aims to maximize the quality of practice. As a result of her dedication to music, her students have developed a strong interest in the violin and have won the first prize in the German National Youth Music Competition “Jugend musiziert”. After living and working in Germany for over 20 years, she moved to Richmond with her family in the summer of 2024.
