Peter Langgartner

Viola

 

born 1957 in Steyr, Austria. Studied at Mozarteum,  Salzburg with Jürgen Geise and Sandor Vegh, and after diploma (1980, excellent distinction, Young Artists Award by Austrian State) in Bern with Max Rostal and at Musikhochschule Köln with Peter Schidlof and Amadeus Quartet.

1982 – 1984 Solo-Viola at Venice-Opera

1996 – 2000 Solo-Viola in Camerata Academica, Salzburg

1986 – 2001 Pro Arte Quartet, Salzburg. Present on all major stages in Europe.

since 1986 Professor (Viola and Chamber music) at University Mozarteum, Salzburg

Many chamber-music with different musicians as Thomas Zehetmair, Benjamin Schmid, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Sabine and Wolfgang Meyer, Olli Mustonen and so on at several festivals in Europe, Japan and USA

Artist in Residence at „Allegro Vivo Festival, Austria”.

Solistic tours (Paganini-Anniversary in Italy 1982, with Ruggiero Ricci, USA-Tour in 2000 with Camerata, concerts in Austria, Italy, Spain Germany with Vienna Soloists.

Special interest in modern music (first performance in Austria of Morton Feldman „The Viola In My Life”, with “Ensemble Continuum” and Joel Sax, New York, first performances of Georg Friedrich Haas and Gösta Neuwirth Viola works) and in „musica bastarda - new ways of performing music”:  music cabarets („The Very Only History of Clean Playing And Dirty Talking”), special projects („Byron in 2005” [year changes often],„Three Pianos And One Viola”, etc.)

 

CDs

Bach And All

Chromatische Fantasie BWV 903, Suites BWV 995 und 1012 in own arrangements for Viola solo.

(ambitus amb96827)

 

Viola, Brass and Drums

Concerts for Viola and brass-orchestra by Helmut Eder (UA), Albin Zaininger(UA),

Hindemith („Kammermusik 5”) and David Farquhar

[see also www.violabrass.com]

 

Mozart, complete string quartets (RCA Red Seal)

Telemann, Violakonzert (Arte Nova)

Britten, Oboenquartett (OkounEnsemble)

 

Book

Ein Menü für Herrn Brahms (Musiksatire)