Christoph Stradner

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Christoph Stradner (born February 20, 1970 in Vienna ) is an Austrian cellist . He became famous for his recording of the solo suites by JS Bach . Since 2012 he has also been the cellist of the Altenberg Trio Vienna and since 2004 first solo cellist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra .

Live and act

Coming from a family of musicians, he studied with Frieda Litschauer and Wolfgang Herzer in Vienna and with William Pleeth in London. This was followed by master classes with Mischa Maisky , Daniel Schafran , Steven Isserlis and David Geringas .

He has given concerts as a soloist with the conductors Adam Fischer , Fabio Luisi and together with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra , the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg , the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic , the Belgrade Philharmonic and the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria . Concert tours have taken him to countries in Europe and Asia. Solo appearances at international festivals and chamber music activities are just as essential for him as concerts with the ensemble "Eight Cellists of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra", of which he is the director.

Since 2012 he has also been the cellist of the Altenberg Trio Vienna and since 2004 first solo cellist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra . Prior to that, Stradner was principal cellist of the Tonkünstlers-Orchester Niederösterreich (2004-2014), the Camerata Salzburg and the Concentus Musicus Vienna . From 2006 to 2019 he was a professor at the MUK Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna (formerly the Conservatory of the City of Vienna).

Stradner plays the "Stradner" violoncello by Antonio Stradivari from 1680, named after him .

reception

On the occasion of the CD recording of Bach's solo suites , Peter Jarolin wrote in the courier “Christoph Stradner succeeds in a miracle. Technological questions do not arise with such a virtuoso anyway, the interpretation is breathtaking. Apparently familiar sounds brand new. "

“Christoph Stradner let the cello sing and cheer. The pleasurable, masterful variety in the details thrilled the audience ... But its beautiful tone enchanted from the start. ” Wiener Zeitung , Vorarlberger Nachrichten

For the performance of the Schumann Cello Concerto, Edwin Baumgartner wrote in the Wiener Zeitung of "intellectually reflected romanticism and eminent sonic beauty."

"Christoph Stradner outlined Don Quixote like an eloquent narrator - annoyingly tense, with a sonorous tone and a fine pianissimo culture." Klassik.com

"... with the great tone of the romantic solo cellist." New Vorarlberg daily newspaper

Awards

  • 1st prize winner of the Austrian competition " Jugend Musiziert ", 1991
  • 1. Winner of the “Concurso Internacional de Violonchelo”, Murcia, 1993

Discographic notes

  • Bach -The Cello Suites (Espressivo Records ESR 2138) 2017
  • Solo cello : Paganini, Cassado, Krenek, Ysaye (VMS210) 2011
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg : 2nd cello sonata (Neos 11128) 2011
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg : String Trio (Neos 11129) 2011
  • Bach, Villa Lobos, Eight Cellists of the Wiener Symphoniker, (Preiser Records PR90816) 2011
  • Richard Strauss: Don Quixote Wiener Symphoniker, Fabio Luisi 2009
  • Tschaikowski, Eight Cellists of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra , (Camerata CM-28120) 2006
  • Hans Gal, Piano Trios (Camerata CMCD-28149) 2004
  • Strauss, Webern, Goldmark, Suk " Turn of the Century-Cello " (Dorian DIS-80145) 1995

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PressReader.com - Newspapers from around the world. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  2. ^ Peter Jarolin: Christoph Stradner: Bach . In: Courier . Vienna January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Christoph Stradner - Altenberg Trio. Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
  4. ^ The Vienna Symphony Orchestra. September 21, 2016, accessed October 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Christoph Stradner - curriculum vitae. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  6. ^ Wiener Symphoniker. Retrieved October 7, 2019 (Austrian German).
  7. ↑ Most beautiful sound without humor. October 3, 2019, accessed October 8, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 19 09 2007 at 18:39 by Gerhard Kramer: Haydntage Eisenstadt: An invulnerable ruler. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  9. ^ Christoph Stradner - Altenberg Trio. Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
  10. ^ The Vienna Symphony Orchestra. September 21, 2016, accessed October 7, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Christoph Stradner cello class - lecture evening. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  12. ↑ January Röhrmann: Antonius Stradivarius . Ed .: Jost Thöne. tape 5 . Jost Thöne Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-050178-4 , p. 86 .
  13. ↑ PressReader.com - Newspapers from around the world. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  14. ^ Peter Jarolin: Christoph Stradner: Bach . In: Courier . Vienna January 14, 2018.
  15. ↑ Silvia Thurner: Pleasure-emphasized variety . In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten . July 26, 2004.
  16. ↑ Edwin Baumgartner: Have the courage to take risks . In: Wiener Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 2004.
  17. ↑ Katharina von Glasenapp : Big tone and undaunted pulse . In: New Vorarlberger daily newspaper . June 26, 2007, p. 28 .
  18. ↑ Matthias Wieland (ed.): Jugend Musiziert . No. 71 , December 1991.
  19. ↑ Christoph Stradner - curriculum vitae. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stradner, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cellist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th February 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna