Valentin Erben
Valentin Erben (born 1945 in Vienna) is an Austrian cellist.
Life[]
He studied with Walter Reichardt in Munich, Tobias Kühne in Vienna and André Navarra in Paris. In 1970, he became a charter member of the Alban Berg Quartett, with which he played for 38 years. He has taught cello at the Hochschule für Musik Vienna since 1972. He also teaches at the University of Cologne, the Chigiana Academy in Siena, and ProQuartet in Paris.[1]
He won the International Cello Competition in Vienna and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.[1]
He was a founding member of the Alban Berg Quartet and played with that group for 38 years.
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Vienna
- Austrian classical cellists
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna faculty
- 20th-century Austrian musicians
- 20th-century classical musicians
- Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition
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