Antje Weithaas studied with Werner Scholz at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Between 1987 and 1991, she won competitions in Graz, Leipzig and Hanover. In recent seasons, she has appeared with such renowned orchestras as Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Bamberger Symphoniker, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. She works with leading conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Neville Marriner, Yakov Kreizberg, Sakari Oramo and Ingo Metzmacher. In addition to playing the core repertoire, she is dedicated to works of contemporary composers such as Schnittke, Gubaidulina and Tippett. Chamber music plays a central role in Antje Weithaas's music making and she has worked with artists such as Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff and the late Boris Pergamenschikow. Antje Weithaas was professor for violin at the Universität der Künste Berlin since October 1999 and moved to the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in 2004.