SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAIDHOFEN an DER YBBS an Orchestra with Tradition and Enthusiasm
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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAIDHOFEN AN DER YBBS An Orchestra with tradition and enthusiasm Waidhofen/Ybbs is a little town in Lower Austria with a rich diversity in cultural and musical life. The town is well-known for its local music school and a long-standing tradition in orchestra playing. The symphony orchestra “Kammerorchester Waidhofen an der Ybbs”, registered society since 1973, plays an important role in the cultural life of the region and has three to four concert projects a year. Every autumn the orchestra plays a concert together with the local choir Cantores Dei, every second year a series of New Year's Concerts in the tradition of the famous Viennese New Year's Concert. One central concern of the ensemble is to be a platform for young gifted musicians. Thus many musi- cians who later on got engagements with professional orchestras gained their first experience in or- chestra playing at the Kammerorchester Waidhofen/Ybbs. The most famous among these is Prof. Rainer Küchl, former leader of the Wiener Philharmoniker, who has also performed a lot of violin con- certs together with this orchestra. Furthermore the ensemble has already played with well-known musicians like Stefan Vladar, Christopher Hinterhuber, Paul Gulda, Tamás Varga, Ernst Ottensamer or Ludwig Streicher and went on tour to countries like Italy, Germany, Croatia, Madeira, China or Iran. The repertory of the orchestra covers a broad range of styles, from baroque to contemporary music. What is really special is the arrangement of the ensemble – a mixture of people of various kinds of age and professions - playing music in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Conductor: Wolfgang Sobotka (conductor of Kammerorchester Waidhofen/Ybbs since 1985) He studied history (University Vienna), cello, music education and instrumental music education (Uni- versity for Music and Performing Arts Vienna) as well as conducting (Brucknerkonservatorium Linz). Master Classes and competitions in Austria, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. He has worked with well- known orchestras and ensembles, for example Südböhmisches Kammerorchester Budweis, Wiener Kammerorchester, Neue Linzer Streichersolisten, Junges Orchester Wien, Tonkünstler Orchster Niederösterreich, Philharmonisches Orchester Criowa, Ensemble für Neue Musik Budweis, Mozar- torchester Wien. He gave lectures and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and was in charge of the mu- sic school at Waidhofen/Ybbs. 1998 until 2016 member of the provincial parliament of lower Austria (vice govenor of lower Austria 2009-2016). Since April 2016 Austrian Federal Minister of the Interior. Contact: Kammerorchester Waidhofen/Ybbs Plenkerstrasse 8a 3340 Waidhofen an der Ybbs Austria http://kammerorchester.waidhofen.at Chairman: Dr. Raimund Tremetsberger ([email protected]) Office: [email protected].