CONCERT | CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES | EGGNER TRIO
PROGRAM
Joseph Haydn Trio C major No. 27
Johannes Berauer (Austrian contemporary composer) Piano Trio No.1
Antonin Dvořák Trio F minor op.65 No. 3
The Austrian Cultural Forum and Wiener Konzerthaus are pleased to present a concert by the Eggner Trio, a group founded in 1997 by the three brothers Christoph, Georg, and Florian Eggner. As early as 1999, the Austrian musicians won the First Prize of the International Brahms Competition in Pörtschach and conquered the international music world in 2003 by winning the First Prize of the prestigious Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (plus the Musica Viva Australia Special Prize). The three brothers have given concerts in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia and the USA, and have performed at major venues and leading festivals in Austria, such as the Konzerthaus Vienna, Brucknerhaus Linz, Klangbogen Vienna, Lockenhaus Festival, Oberösterreichische Stiftskonzerte, Carinthischer Sommer, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg Hohenems. The Egnner Trio has performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and has toured Australia (the Special Prize of the Musica Viva Australia Award), and was by Chamber Music New Zealand to tour New Zealand in 2008.
The Eggner brothers have performed as soloists in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and in Bohuslav Martinu’s Triple-Concertino with the South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra Budweis, Orchestra Filarmonica dell’Umbria, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Tonkuenstler Orchestra Lower Austria. They have also made numerous recordings for the Austrian Radio Corporation, the BBC, the German Bavarian Radio Corporation, the German South West Radio Corporation, Radio France, ABC Australia, the Radio New Zealand, as well as TV recordings in Australia, New Zealand and at the Oberoesterreichische Stiftskonzerte for Austrian Television.
Florian Eggner (cello) was born in St. Florian near Linz, Austria, and began to study the cello at the age of seven. In 1990 he became a student of Wilfried Tachezi at the Bruckner Conservatory Linz and in 1997 of Wolfgang Herzer (former Principal Cellist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) and Stefan Kropfitsch (member of the Jess Trio) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, after which he continued his studies with Clemens Hagen at the Mozarteum Salzburg. His versatility as a musician can also be seen in the co-foundation of the fusion ensemble “Table 6” for which he also composes. Florian Eggner was first prize winner in the national music competition Prima la Musica in 1996. He has given concerts in the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Spain as well as his native Austria.
Christoph Eggner (piano) was born in Linz, Austria and started piano lessons in his home village St. Florian near Linz at the age of eight. He received a scholarship to the Bruckner Conservatory Linz, where he graduated with distinction in 1990. Christoph gave his first solo piano recital at the age of sixteen, was prize winner in several competitions and received a scholarship from the Alban Berg Foundation. In 1990 he entered the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna where he studied with Paul Badura-Skoda, Ludwig Hoffmann and Oleg Maisenberg. He graduated with distinction in 1999 and has been Maisenberg’s assistant since 2000. Moreover he studied with Brigitte Engerer and Michel Béroff at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance Paris. Christoph has given recitals in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg and Turkey.
Georg Eggner (violin) was born in Linz, Austria, and started violin lessons in his home village St. Florian near Linz at the age of seven. At the age of eleven he started studies with Boris Kuschnir at the Bruckner Conservatory Linz. After eleven years Georg entered the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he became a student of Guenter Pichler. Georg won first prizes in the national competitions Jugend Musiziert and Prima la Musica (Austria), as well as the international competition Concorso Internationale di Musica per I Giovani, Stresa (Italy). He is also winner of the competition “ORF-violin” 2001 (Ceruti 1840). He has undertaken masterclasses with Igor Ozim and received scholarships from the Dr. Robert and Thyll Duerr Foundation (Switzerland), the Alban Berg Foundation (Austria) and the Tokyo Foundation (Japan). Georg has given recitals in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain and Italy.
This event represents the fourth in a series of concerts the Austrian Cultural Forum has co-produced with Vienna’s Konzerthaus (www.konzerthaus.at).
Videos of the Trio’s performances are available online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjdD-wtHIlc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FVzhHtCwY4
Large selection of videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/iArtist09
For more information please visit http://www.eggnertrio.at/en/
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