Michael Schnitzler
Michael Schnitzler (born August 7, 1944, in Berkeley, California) is an Austrian American ecologist and musician.
Michael Schnitzler
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- Austria
- Occupation
- musician · conductor · violinist · university teacher · environmentalist · conservationist · concertmaster
- Education
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- Honours
- Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Languages
- German
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Michael Schnitzler (born August 7, 1944, in Berkeley, California) is an Austrian American ecologist and musician.
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Nature lover and conservationist
Nature lover and conservationist
Michael Schnitzler founded the NGO Rainforest of the Austrians with the purpose of collecting funds to buy land within the Esquinas forest, Costa Rica. Soon, his voluntary work as a conservationist took up more time than his profession as a musician. Rainforest of the Austrians has since raised more than $3,000,000 and purchased 10,000 acres of rainforest, which were donated to the Costa Rican government to become part of Piedras Blancas National Park.
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Michael Schnitzler is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as musician, conductor, violinist, university teacher and environmentalist.
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1940
Michael Schnitzler was born on 7 August 1944.
Concert violinist and professor
Michael Schnitzler studied at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Distinctions recorded are Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
Michael Schnitzler was born to Austrian parents, Heinrich (1902–1982) and Lilly Schnitzler (born 1911), née Strakosch-Feldringen, the daughter of the sugar industrialist Siegfried Strakosch, who fled from the country after the Anschluss in 1938. He is also the grandson of the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler. In 1959 the family moved back to Vienna, where he studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. At the age of 15 he played in the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic as a substitute, and from 1967 to 1983 he was first concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony. From 1982 to 2006 he was professor of violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Since 1968, he has been violinist of the Haydn Trio Wien (together with pianist Heinz Medjimorec and cellist Walther Schulz), playing over 1500 concerts and recording a substantial part of the piano trio literature.
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- 1.Regenwald der Österreicher. Who is Michael Schnitzler?.
- 2.Guarneri del Gesu, Cremona c1735 "Totenberg" Rare Violins of New York. www.rareviolins.com.
- 3.CLAIMS RESOLUTION TRIBUNAL In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation Case No. CV96-4849. 2022-10-03.
- 4.One Hundred Thirty Years Viennese Cottage. Jewish News From Austria.
- 5.Regenwald der Österreicher. Rainforest of the Austrians. regenwald.at.
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