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Karl Österreicher
Karl Österreicher (3 January 1923 – 11 March 1995) was an Austrian conductor and music teacher. Life Born in Rohrbach an der Gölsen, Lower Austria, Austrian studied clarinet as well as conducting with Hans Swarowsky, later also with Alfred Uhl and Clemens Krauss from 1946 at the then University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic clarinettist Leopold Wlach (1902-1956).''Musiklexikon - Leopold Wlach'' Retrieved 23 December 2014Karl Österreicher on OeML Österreicher served as director of the university orchestra of the University of Music from 1964, and from 1969 to 1992 he was also a professor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohrbach An Der Gölsen
Rohrbach an der Gölsen is a town in the district of Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Rohrbach an der Gölsen lies in the Mostviertel ''Mostviertel'' (; English: Most (wine), Most'' Quarter') is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria (the northeast state of the 9 states in Austria). It is bordered on the north by the Danube and to the south and west ... in Lower Austria. About 41.27 percent of the municipality is forested. References Cities and towns in Lilienfeld District {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Antonio García Navarro
Luis Antonio García Navarro (30 April 1941 in Chiva, Valencian Community, Spain – 10 October 2001 in Madrid, Spain), was a Spanish conductor. Biography García Navarro was born in Chiva (Spain), and studied in Valencia and the Madrid Royal Conservatory before moving to Vienna to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts with Hans Swarowsky, Karl Oesterreicher, and Reinhold Schmid. He won the first prize of the Besançon Conducting Competition's Junior Section in 1967. García Navarro served as music director of the Valencia Orchestra from 1970 until his appointment as associate conductor of the Noordelijk Filharmonisch Orkest in Groningen from (1974–1978). He later was the music director of Lisbon's Portuguese Radio Symphony Orchestra (1976–1978) and National Opera at the Sao Carlos Theater (1980–1982). In 1979 he made his debut as an opera conductor at the Royal Opera House, and made his American debut in 1980. From 1987 to 1991 he was the General Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every field, particularly in fundamental research. History In 1713, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz suggested to establish an Academy, inspired by the Royal Society and the French Academy of Sciences. The "Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien" was finally established by Imperial Patent on 14 May 1847. The academy soon began extensive research. In the humanities the academy started with researching and publishing important historical sources of Austria. Research in natural science also covered a wide variety of topics. The 1921 federal law guaranteed the legal basis of the academy in the newly founded First Austrian Republic. From the mid-1960s onwards it became the country's leading institution in the field of non-university basic research. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon
The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''''Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. (, ) is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officially launched on 19 May 2002 with a concert in the main broadcasting hall of Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) in Vienna.Feichtinger, Johannes and Uhl, Heidemarie (2016)''Habsburg neu denken: Vielfalt und Ambivalenz in Zentraleuropa'' p. 11. Böhlau Verlag. s.n. (19 May 2002)"Österreichisches Musiklexikon als Buch und im Web" ''Wiener Zeitung''. Retrieved 22 March 2019 . Contents The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'' consists of five volumes with almost 2800 pages and 7474 keywords on all current and historical topics of Austrian music and musical life. In addition to biographies of composers, librettists, conductors, instrumentalists, singers, dancers, choreographers, theatre directors, instrument makers, music publishers, musicolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Decoration For Science And Art
The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria, Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National Council of Austria, National Council as an honour for scientific or artistic achievements by Federal Law of May 1955 (Federal Law Gazette (Austria), Federal Law Gazette No. 96/1955 as amended BGBl I No 128/2001). At the same time, the National Council also established the "Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art", which is awarded as "Cross of Honour, First Class" (German: ''Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse'') and "Cross of Honour" (German: ''Ehrenkreuz''). While not technically counted as lower classes of the Decoration for Science and Art, these crosses are nevertheless affiliated with it. Divisions Decoration for Science and Art The number of living recipients of the Decoration for Science and Art is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decoration Of Honour For Services To The Republic Of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the Austrian national honours system. History The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria was first established by federal law on 4 November 1922. It initially had ten grades; later, it was expanded to sixteen grades. It was replaced in 1934 by the Austrian Order of Merit (''Österreichischer Verdienstorden''). The modern iteration of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria was established by the National Council in 1952. It is conferred by the Republic of Austria to honour people (from Austria and abroad) who have rendered meritorious services to the country. Recipients are selected by the government. The awards are made by the President in accordance with the respective laws. The State President of Austria automatically receives the "Grand Star of the Deco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Gregor
Isabella Gregor (born in the 20th century) is an Austrian actress and theatre director. Career Born in Vienna, Gregor comes from a family of musicians: her great-uncle is the conductor Bertil Wetzelsberger, her mother was the singer Sieglinde Wetzelsberger, her father the conductor Karl Österreicher and her cousin the conductor Franz Welser-Möst. She completed her acting training with Susi Nicoletti. She had engagements as an actress at the , the Landestheater Salzburg and the Burgtheater Vienna. She has appeared at the Salzburg Festival, the Wiener Festwochen, the Theater in der Josefstadt, the Volksbühne Berlin, the Nationaltheater Weimar, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Staatstheater Stuttgart and the Theater am Neumarkt in Zurich. Since the 1990s, Gregor has worked as a director in drama and music theatre. In spoken theatre, she directed and adapted the German premiere of ''Oxygen'' by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg - with which she was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudius Traunfellner
Claudius Traunfellner (born 7 February 1965) is an Austrian conductor. Life and career Born in Vienna, Austria, Traunfellner took violin lessons at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he completed his studies in 1986. He had already obtained the artistic diploma for choral and ensemble conducting there in 1985. From 1987 to 1989, he studied conducting with Karl Österreicher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1985, Traunfellner founded the , of which he has been artistic director ever since. With this and other orchestras, the conductor has given numerous performances at home and abroad, in all the renowned concert halls in Austria as well as in the US, Canada, South America, Japan, Taiwan, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece. Traunfellner is frequently engaged as a guest conductor by other orchestras. As such, he has worked with the Orchestra of Bolzano (1991), the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayden Todorov
Nayden Vladislovov Todorov ( Bulgarian: Найден Владиславов Тодоров; born 8 April 1974) is a Bulgarian conductor and the Minister of Culture of Bulgaria. Biography Todorov was born on 8 April 1974 in Plovdiv. In 1993 he graduated from the Dobrin Petkov National School of Music in Plovdiv in the piano class of Darina Kantardzhieva and trumpet class of Lilia Kovacheva-Toporcheva. As a student he founded the Plovdiv Youth Orchestra. In 1996/1997, he was invited by the Leonard Bernstein Foundation (Jerusalem) for a specialization in Israel, where he worked with Mendy Rodan, conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 1997 Todorov has been the musical director of the Thracian Summer international festival. In 1998-1999, he became the permanent conductor of the North Israel Symphony Orchestra in Haifa Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Steinitz
Alexander Steinitz (born 17 January 1967) is an Austrian conductor and since 2018 first Kapellmeister of the Theatre of West Pomerania. Life Born in Salzburg, Steinitz received his first music lessons at the Carl Orff Institute of the Mozarteum University Salzburg. After his secondary school years in Vienna, he studied conducting with Karl Österreicher and Leopold Hager, music theory with Diether de la Motte and composition with Kurt Schwertsik. After graduating, he completed a year abroad at Yale University on the basis of a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts, where he perfected his conducting studies with Günther Herbig, Eleazar de Carvalho and Lawrence Leighton Smith. Prior to his position as ''First Kapellmeister'' and Deputy General Music Director of the Theatre of West Pomerania, Steinitz worked as ''First Kapellmeister'' and Deputy GMD in Krefeld-Mönchengladbach and before that in Meiningen (2009–2011). He was previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Staar
René Staar (born 30 May 1951) is an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor. Life Born in Graz, Staar composed his first pieces as a child. He attended the ''Östermalms Musikskole Stockholm'' in 1962-1963 and studied music theory with Walter Wasservogel. This was followed by violin studies with Franz Samohyl and, from 1965, studies in harmony and counterpoint at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1968, Staar completed guest studies at the Sibelius Academy with Anja Ignatius (violin) and Izumi Tateno (piano). In Helsinki he also made his debut as a violinist and pianist. In Vienna he continued his training with Alfred Uhl (composition), Erich Urbanner (twelve-tone music) and Francesco Valdambrini (Neue Musik) and began conducting studies with Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher in 1972. From 1977, he took master classes with Nathan Milstein in Zurich and completed postgraduate studies with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati in 1981, receiving further impulse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaus Netzer
Nikolaus Netzer (born 1967) is an Austrian conductor and music school director. Life and career Born in Schruns, Netzer studied music and instrumental education at the University of Innsbruck with a focus on choral and ensemble conducting. He completed his studies with the ''Magister artium''. He earned his conducting diploma at the Tyrolean State Conservatory. Netzer subsequently assisted among others the conductors Gustav Kuhn, Umberto Cattini, Karl Österreicher, Nikolaus Harnoncourt. From 1996 to 2001, he was the musical director of the Innsbruck University Orchestra. Furthermore, Netzer took over the direction of the chamber orchestra "Musica Camerata Innsbruck" in 1999 and later the musical direction of the "Tiroler Kammerchor Wörgl". He also taught at the Music School of the City of Innsbruck, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the University of Innsbruck. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
