Karl Österreicher (conductor)
Karl Österreicher (born January 3, 1923 in Rohrbach an der Gölsen , Lower Austria ; † March 11, 1995 in St. Pölten , Lower Austria) was an Austrian conductor and music teacher.
Life
From 1946 Karl Österreicher studied clarinet and conducting with Hans Swarowsky , later with Alfred Uhl and Clemens Krauss, at what was then the Vienna Music Academy with the clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Leopold Wlach (1902–1956) .
From 1964, Österreicher worked as the director of the university orchestra at the University of Music, and from 1969 to 1992 he was also a professor at the Vienna University of Music . His students include Alexis Agrafiotis , Tetsurō Ban , Eugen Brixel , Erke Duit , Carlos Kalmar , Jesus Lopez-Cobos , Michael Kapsner , Dmitri Kitajenko , Michael Lessky , Luis Antonio García Navarro , Matthias Manasi , Guido Mancusi , Garcia Navarro , Daniel Nazareth , Nikolaus Netzer , Arild Remmereit , René Staar , Alexander Steinitz , Najden Todorow and Claudius Traunfellner .
His daughter is the actress and director Isabella Gregor .
Awards
- 1976: Great Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1978: Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria
- 1981: Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1988: Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna
literature
- Christian Fastl: Karl Österreicher. 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
- Entry on Karl Österreicher in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Karl Österreicher in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edwin Baumgartner: The great teacher
- ↑ Musiklexikon - Leopold Wlach . Retrieved December 23, 2014
- ^ A b Christian Fastl: Karl Österreicher. 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 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austrians, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rohrbach an der Gölsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1995 |
| Place of death | St. Polten |