Franz Samohyl
Franz Samohyl (born April 3, 1912 in Vienna ; † June 14, 1999 ibid) was an Austrian violinist , concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and university lecturer .
Life
Franz Samohyl began his music education in 1929 at the Vienna Music Academy with Julius Stwertka and continued these studies after graduating from 1931. From 1933 to 1935 he attended the masterclasses for chamber music with Franz Mairecker and followed up with private studies with Ernst Morawec and Arnold Rosé .
In 1930 he founded the Vienna Philharmonia Quartet , with which he made trips abroad to England , Hungary , Italy and Germany . Samohyl was concertmaster of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra from 1932 and of the orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper from 1934 . From 1936 he was first violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, as its concertmaster in 1947.
From 1946 to 1982 he worked at the Wiener Musikakademie and Wiener Musikhochschule (today University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ), where he gave violin and viola lessons and from 1964 to 1972 was dean of the department for stringed and stringed instruments. He also taught at the Mozarteum in Salzburg from 1964 to 1974 .
His students included Michael Frischenschlager , Nicolas Geremus , Thomas Kakuska , Bijan Khadem-Missagh , Heinrich Koll , Rainer Küchl , Hiro Kurosaki , Gerhard Schulz , René Staar and Helmut Zehetmair .
Awards
- 1946: Appointment as professor at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts
- 1965: Silver medal for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1966: Mozart Medal from the Mozart Community in Vienna
- 1970: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1972: Silver Medal of Honor from the Federal Capital Vienna
- 1976: Great Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1977: "Nicolai Medal" in gold for outstanding services to the Vienna Philharmonic
- 1980: Silver Commander's Cross of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria
- 1982: Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure
- 1987: Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
- 1988: Gold Medal of Honor from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg
literature
- Erwin Strouhal: Franz Samohyl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Web links
- Franz Samohyl in the personal dictionary of the Austrian National Library , accessed on September 5, 2016
- Franz Samohyl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Entry on Franz Samohyl in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Samohyl in musiklexikon.ac.at , accessed on September 5, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Samohyl, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian violinist, concertmaster and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1999 |
| Place of death | Vienna |