Name Rainer Kuchl Role Music performer | Albums Scheherazade | |
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Education University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna Similar People Andre Previn, Nikolai Rimsky‑Korsakov, Lorin Maazel, Richard Strauss |
Duo Concertante / Shin-ichi Fukuda meets Rainer Kuchl
Rainer Küchl is an Austrian violinist who was born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, in August 1950.
Contents
- Duo Concertante Shin ichi Fukuda meets Rainer Kuchl
- Rainer k chl suntory hall 30th anniversary video messages from international artists
- Decorations and awards
- Songs
- References
He started to play the violin at the age of 11, and was admitted to the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, at the age of 14, where he studied with Franz Samohyl. At the age of 20 he became concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

As a soloist he has worked with some of the world's most famous orchestras and conductors, such as Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Kleiber, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, and Simon Rattle.

In 1973 he founded the Küchl Quartett which is now known as the Wiener Musikverein Quartett. Since 1976, the Wiener Musikverein Quartett has its own concert series at the Brahmssaal of the Musikverein Vienna.

Rainer Küchl is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Among his pupils were Wolfgang David and Joji Hattori.

Rainer Küchl plays 'The Chaconne' by Antonius Stradivari, Cremona 1725, given as a loan by the Austrian National Bank.

Rainer k chl suntory hall 30th anniversary video messages from international artists
Decorations and awards

Songs
Violin Concerto in G Major - HobVIIa:4: I Allegro ModeratoHaydn: Violin Concertos · 2003
Recitative and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra - KV 490 "Non più Tutto ascoltai""Non temer - amato bene"1993
Violin Concerto in C Major - HobVIIa:1: I Allegro ModeratoHaydn: Violin Concertos · 2003