Karl Österreicher
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Karl Österreicher (3 January 1923 – 11 March 1995) was an Austrian conductor and music teacher.
Life[]
Born in Rohrbach an der Gölsen, Lower Austria, Austrian studied clarinet as well as conducting with Hans Swarowsky, later also with Alfred Uhl and Clemens Krauss from 1946 at the then University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic clarinettist Leopold Wlach (1902-1956).[1][2]
Österreicher served as director of the university orchestra of the University of Music from 1964, and from 1969 to 1992 he was also a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His students include Alexis Agrafiotis, , Eugen Brixel, Erke Duit, Carlos Kalmar, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Michael Kapsner, Dmitri Kitayenko, Michael Lessky, Luis Antonio García Navarro, , Guido Mancusi, Luis Antonio García Navarro, Daniel Nazareth, Nikolaus Netzer, Arild Remmereit, René Staar, Alexander Steinitz, Nayden Todorov and Claudius Traunfellner.
His daughter from his marriage to the singer Sieglinde Wetzelsberger is the actress and director Isabella Gregor.
Austrian died in St. Pölten, (Lower Austria)[3] at the age of 72.
Awards[]
- 1976: Großes Silbernes Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria[2]
- 1978:
- 1981: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art I. Class
- 1988: in Gold
Further reading[]
- Christian Fastl: Karl Österreicher. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Print edition: volume 4, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften press, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5.
References[]
- ^ Musiklexikon - Leopold Wlach. Retrieved 23 December 2014
- ^ a b Karl Österreicher on OeML
- ^ Edwin Baumgartner: Der große Lehrmeister
External links[]
- Karl Österreicher in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
- Karl_Österreicher on musiklexikon
- Karl Österreicher discography at Discogs
- Austrian conductors (music)
- Austrian music educators
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna faculty
- Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1923 births
- 1995 deaths
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni
- People from Lilienfeld District