Katharina Schirk

Katharina Schirk (born July 14, 1989 in Neunkirchen , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian cellist and composer.

Life

Schirk began taking cello lessons at the age of seven. After lessons in the music school and a preparatory class with Diethard Auner, she studied first with Stefan Kropfitsch in 2006 and then with Othmar Müller at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory in Eisenstadt IGP and concert subject cello. In master classes she took lessons from Valter Dešpalj, Julius Berger, Mats Lidström, Reinhard Latzko and Patrick Demenga, among others. Her concert activities (Haydn Hall, Esterházy Palace, Stadttheater Wiener Neustadt, Wartholz Palace and Reichenau Palace) include solo appearances, participation in various ensembles at home and abroad as well as projects with Katharina Stemberger, Marie-Luise Schottleitner, Norbert Mang and Peter Fridecky. Her pieces have been performed at the Wiener Musikverein and Esterházy Palace, among others. She teaches the cello at three music schools in Lower Austria.

Works

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Concert activity

since 2002 participation in various orchestral projects
since 2006 solo concerts and appearances at the Kulturschloss Reichenau, among others
2012 Participation in the cycle “The Life of Mary” in Schloss Wartholz
2012 Concert as part of the "Austrian International Piano Summer" with the ensemble "crazy strings"
2013 concerts with the cello ensemble "Cellissimo"
2015 Background music for the reading “The debt paid late” with Katharina Stemberger
2016 Participation in "Red lips should be kissed" Director P. Fridecky
2016-2018 section leader of the cello section of the Haydn Orchestra Eisenstadt
2018-2019 participation in the “operetta magic”, headed by P. Fridecky
2019 Participation in the first musical performance "Daddy Long Legs" (Austrian tour)
2019 participation in the concert cycle Variacello

Composing activity

since 2003 commissioned compositions for the “Wiener Mozart Trio”, the violinist Daniel Auner, the duo Karin and Doris Adam as well as pupils and students from music universities and conservatories
since 2003 compositions for "Prima La Musica"
Since 2003 performances of the compositions in Austria (Glass Hall of the Wiener Musikverein, Esterhazy Palace), Hungary, Japan, China and Finland
2005 “Little Trip to Japan” - an orchestral work for the 2005 Japan tour of the Wiener Neustadt Youth Orchestra was premiered in the Wiener Neustadt Theater and performed four times in Japan.
2006 The "Toccata for Johannes" - a piece for solo accordion was performed in 2006 in the Glass Hall of the Vienna Music Association .
2007 In June 2007 “Der Eber” - a piece for symphonic wind orchestra - was also performed there.
2007 “Allegro animato” (piece for violin and violoncello). It was performed by Othmar Müller and Sylvia-Elisabeth Viertel at the Vaalsbroek International Chamber Music Festival in 2007
2007 winner of the Wendl & Lung composition competition 2007
2007 In November 2007, the “Italian Lamento”, an orchestral piece, was performed by the Amici Musici youth orchestra in the Haydn Hall of Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt.
2007 Publication of the composition "Das kleine Nashorn" in the scrapbook "Curtain up" by Doblinger
2008 winner of the Wendl & Lung composition competition 2008
2008 She wrote three pieces for the opening of the Viking Exhibition in 2008 at the Kunsthaus Leoben.
2009 Publication of the album "My cello invites you to dance" by Doblinger
since 2018 after a break from composing some new works for cello ensemble

Web links

Katharina Schirk's website ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
https://www.katharinaschirk.at

personal data
SURNAME	Schirk, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 14, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neunkirchen , Lower Austria