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Wolfgang Panhofer cello Born in Vienna, Wolfgang Panhofer studied at the Vienna Academy and at the Royal Northern College of Music with Ralph Kirshbaum. He has had masterclasses with Paul Tortelier, William Pleeth, Boris Pergamen- schikow, and Steven Isserlis, and studied chamber Music with Andras Schiff and Peter Schidloff of the Ama- deus Quartet. At the age of 17 he was one of the youngest members to play with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed concerts throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the USA where he gave his debut at the Carnegie Hall in 2000. Numerous Radio and Television Broadcast performances include Eurovi- sion under Franz Welser-Moest, a live broadcast shown in 8 countries within Europe; with Paul Tortelier for the BBC; with the Katowice Philharmonic Orchestra for Polish Television; and a special report on Slovenian TV. He has performed concerts under Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Franz Welser Moest, Martin Sieghart, Cornelius Meister, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Hans Zender and many others. For the 150th Birthday Anniversary Concert of Antonin Dvorak at the Vienna Concerthaus he was invited to play with Josef Suk, Dvorak´s greatgrandson. Wolfgang has given concerts with world renowned orchestras (Vienna Symphony, Niederösterreichische Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the chamber music ensemble of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonics of Graz, Lodz, Poznan, Katowice, Kosice, the Baltic Philharmonic, the Slovenian Soloists Orchestra, the Adriatic Philharmonic Ancona, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra Ljubljana etc.) and is a sought guest of international festivals. He just recorded all Beethoven Sonatas for the american label MMO. In 2009 Wolfgang Panhofer recorded a concerto for violoncello by Marko Mihevc with the Slovenian Soloist Orchestra. It was written especially for him and named Wolfgang-Concerto. Wolfgang Panhofer is juror of many international competitions and teaches masterclasses all over the world..

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