Christian Altenburger
Christian Altenburger (born September 7, 1957 in Heidelberg ) is an Austrian violinist .
Life
Christian Altenburger, son of the violinist Alfred Altenburger (* 1927), studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna while still at school . After graduating, he began studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York in Dorothy DeLay's class on the recommendation of Zubin Mehta . He made his debut as a soloist at the Wiener Musikverein in 1976. Further engagements as a soloist followed in concerts with famous orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic , Berlin Philharmonic , the London Symphony Orchestra , the New York Philharmonic , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under conductors such as Claudio Abbado , Bernard Haitink , James Levine , Zubin Mehta or Wolfgang Sawallisch . Altenburger is a regular participant in international chamber music festivals, for example in Santa Fe , Kuhmo , Stavanger and at the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, as well as organizing a wide variety of chamber music projects .
From 1990 to 2001 he taught as a professor for violin at the Hanover University of Music . From 1999 to 2005 he was artistic director of the Mondsee Music Days together with his then wife Julia Stemberger . Their daughter Fanny Altenburger comes from the marriage with Stemberger .
In 2001 he received a professorship at the Vienna University of Music. Since 2003 he has been director of the Schwäbischer Frühling chamber music festival and since 2006 of the Loisiarte in Langenlois .
Awards
- 2018: Lower Austrian Culture Prize - Appreciation Prize in the Music Category
Trivia
When Altenburger's apartment was broken into on May 29, 2007, an alleged Stradivarius violin from 1680 worth around 2.5 million euros and a Vuillaume violin costing around 120,000 euros were stolen from him. June 2007 were found undamaged by the police. The three perpetrators were caught and sentenced to six and five years in prison, respectively. They had carried out ten break-ins in May 2007 alone. During the process, an expert could not confirm the authenticity of the Stradivarius. The violin is smaller than a typical Stradivarius, probably an Amati violin . Three or four masters from Cremona could be considered as manufacturers. The value should therefore be set at 500,000 euros.
Web links
- Homepage of Christian Altenburger
- Andrea Harrandt: Altenburger family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Works by and about Christian Altenburger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: Julia Stemberger is on stage as Queen Mum . Article from January 25, 2014, accessed on April 9, 2017.
- ↑ orf.at: cultural prizes awarded by the state . Article dated November 10, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018.
- ↑ Culture Prize Winners of the State of Lower Austria 2018 . Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ↑ Stradivarius back orf.at, June 6, 2007.
- ^ Prison sentences: Trial of Stradivarius theft from star violinist Christian Altenburger derstandard.at, November 14, 2007.
- ↑ Trial of Altenburger's stolen violin - Expert: Stradivari is not a Stradivari derstandard.at, November 20, 2007.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Altenburger, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |