Benjamin Schmid has developed into one of the most important violinists of our time with his worldwide, constantly intensive concert activity in about 3000 live concerts. In August he comes to the Allegro Vivo Summer Academy in the Waldviertel and gives a master class. Professor at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. Master classes at Bern[…]
Regular performances as lieder singer in London, New York, Washington and Vienna. Engagements with the most distinguished opera houses. Successful collaborations with orchestras, like the Israel Philharmonie Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig and the Cleveland Orchestra. About 5O CD recordings of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms as well as[…]
Professor at Musikhochschule of Detmold, Germany, at Franz Liszt Music Academy of Budapest, and supervisor at Music Academy of Kragujevac, Serbia. He conducts master classes all over the world. As soloist he has performed in Europe and also in the USA, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Israel. Graduated from Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest[…]
International performances as soloist with distinguished orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonie and the Philharmonia Orchestra with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti and Michael Tilson Thomas. Solomusic performances at Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Suntory Hall, Soul Arts Center, Musikverein Vienna and Berlin Philharmonie. CD recordings for Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, Cpo, Tacet e.g. Numerous chamber music performances.[…]
Professor at Harvard University. Concerts worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician as weil as soloist with orchestras from Atlanta, Berlin, Boston, Cleveland, Montreal and Vienna and conductors like S. Bychkov, S. Ozawa, S. Rattle. Cooperation with the Academy of Ancient Music on historical pianos, the English Baroque Solists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment.[…]
Soloist and chamber musician. Concerts and musical successes worldwide together with the Eggner-Trio, which was founded in 1997. Concert performancesin Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Austria. First violin lessons at the age of 7 in St. Florian near Linz. At the age of 11 he started studies in the class of Boris Kuschnir at[…]
Professor at the University of Music Saar. Jury member of international competitions as 2011 at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Maazel, Metzmacher and Zender, with the Czech Philharmonic and the Bambger Symphony Orchestra. Concerts all over the world with Vancouver Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and[…]
Professor at the University for Music and Dance Cologne and Mozarteum Salzburg.Master classes worldwide. Jury member at int. competitions. Teaching of int.prizewinners. Since 2005 artistic director and president of the jury of Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn. Director of the summer academy Lausanne. Founder of the Gililov Piano Quartett. Numerous solo- and orchestra concerts with the[…]
Professor at the Royal College of Music London and since2018 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock. 2023 for the first time as a lecturer at the master courses at the Allegro Vivo Summer Academy in Horn, a city near Vienna. Regular performances in major concert halls and with renowned orchestras worldwide. Performances within[…]
Coretta Kurth is a singer and senior lecturer for music physiology at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, lecturer for breathing and body work, audition training and performance coaching; has lived in Vienna since 2001; 2005-2017 teaching position at the music school of the city of Vienna jazz and musical singing; under her[…]