Othmar Muller
Othmar Müller (born May 29, 1963 in Vienna ) is an Austrian cellist and founding member of the Artis Quartet Vienna.
Life
Müller was born as the third child of the music critic and composer Herbert Müller. He received his first instrumental lessons at the age of five at the Vienna Conservatory , from 1977 to 1984 he studied with Valentin Erben at the Vienna Music Academy .
In 1980 he became a cellist of the Artis Quartet in Vienna. In 1982 and 1983 he was a member of the ORF Symphony Orchestra , and from 1982 to 1984 he was also the principal cellist of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra . Since the academic year 1984/85 in Cincinnati with the LaSalle Quartet he has been working full-time in the Artis Quartet. From 1993 to 1998 and from 2007 to 2009 he directed the chamber music class of the Graz University of Music, Expositur Oberschützen. Since 2008, Othmar Müller has also been the director of the cello class at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory in Burgenland . Müller was and is a lecturer at courses in the USA, Hong Kong, Germany, Austria and at the Casals Festival Prades.
CDs
- Zemlinsky : Cello Sonata; 3 pieces for cello and piano; Trio for clarinet, cello and piano ( Naxos )
- J. Haydn : Cello Concertos (Camerata)
- Cello music of the fin de siècle in Vienna. Sonatas by Müller-Hermann , Anton Webern and Karl Weigl (Camerata)
- Richard Rössler : Piano Chamber Music Vol. I (Camerata)
- Richard Rössler : Piano Chamber Music Vol. II (Camerata)
- Trios for flute, cello and piano by Carl Maria von Weber and Joseph Haydn (Nimbus)
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| SURNAME | Müller, Othmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cellist and founding member of the Artis Quartet Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |