Felix Olschofka is originally from Bonn, Germany. He began his violin studies at the age of five with his mother, and at fourteen he entered pre-college studies with Professor Michael Gaiser at the "Robert Schumann School of Music" in Düsseldorf.

After he graduated from the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler", Berlin, with a Master's degree in 1999, he moved to Bloomington, Indiana, to join the class of Professor Mauricio Fuks at Indiana University.

In December 2001 Mr. Olschofka graduated with a Performance Diploma. Besides teaching as the assistant to Professor Fuks, Mr. Olschofka was promoted to Associate Instructor of Violin at Indiana University in 2002.

At the age of fourteen his recordings of Beethoven and Schubert Violin Sonatas for a German broadcasting station received national recognition. Since then numerous live-performances and recordings by him have broadcast on German radio and television.

In 1993 Mr. Olschofka gave his international debut at the Seoul Arts Center with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra and also made his first recordings with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra for Korean television and radio. Since then he has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in multiple concerts throughout Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Romania, South Korea, Mexico and the United States.

As a soloist and former member of various chamber music groups such as the Trio Vivo Bonn and the Zeiher Quartet, Mr. Olschofka has appeared at numerous festivals, including the Interlochen Arts Camp, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the European Music Academy Bonn. In 1997 he jointed the faculty of the Pusan Chamber Music Festival of South Korea.

As a chamber musician, Mr. Olschofka has collaborated with internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles such as the Trio Fontenay, Brandis Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Gregory Sebok, Menahem Pressler, Tatjana Grindenko, Roman Kofman, David Effron.

Mr. Olschofka is a winner of numerous awards and competitions, including 1st prize of the prestigious German Youth Music Competition (Solo Instrument and Chamber Music Category), 2nd prize of the International Chamber Music Competition "Charles Hennen" in the Netherlands and a grant of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation.

His professional background includes service as Concertmaster of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra from 2000-2003 and Assistant Concertmaster of the Brandenburg Philharmonic in Potsdam, Germany, for its 1998 / 99 -season.