Rainer Küchl
Illustration — Rainer Küchl in 2019 Rainer Küchl is an Austrian violinist who was born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, 25 August 1950.
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Rainer Küchl
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- Born
- 1950 · Waidhofen an der Ybbs.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- university teacher · violinist · musician · concertmaster
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- Honours
- Order of the Rising Sun and 3rd class · Austrian Decoration for Science and Art · Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Rainer Küchl in 2019 Rainer Küchl is an Austrian violinist who was born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, 25 August 1950.
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Rainer Küchl studied at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Positions recorded include Concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
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. From 1971 to 2016 he was concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and also of the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. As a soloist he has worked with some of the world's most famous orchestras and conductors, such as Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Carlos Kleiber,Valery Gergiev, and Simon Rattle. In 1973 he founded the string quartet Küchl Quartett which is now known as the Wiener Musikverein Quartett. Since 1976, the quartet 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 since 1982. Among his pupils were Wolfgang David and Joji Hattori. Rainer Küchl plays 'The Chaconne' by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1725, provided as a loan by Oesterreichische Nationalbank.
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Decorations and awards
• 1973: Mozart Interpretation Prize for solo performances • 1978: Mozart Medal of the Mozart Society of Vienna (award of Küchl Quartet) • 1985: Gold Medal of the province of Salzburg • 1988: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art • 1994: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria • 2001: Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera • 2010: Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon - Contributed to the promotion of the cultural relations and mutual understanding between Japan and the Republic of Austria
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- 1.Rainer Küchl.
- 2.Lehrende des Fritz Kreisler Instituts für Konzertfach Streichinstrumente, Gitarre und Harfe. 2025.
- 3.Küchl Rainer. db.musicaustria.at.
- 4.International educational Pacific Music Festival Sapporo. Rainer Küchl.
- 5.2010 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals, Internetseite des japanischen Außenministeriums (englisch)
- 6.「有馬賞」受賞者. 2025.
- 7.Verleihung des Goldenen Johann Strauss 2022 an Rainer Küchl. 2022-05.
- 8.LH Mikl-Leitner verleiht Ehrenzeichen an fünf Künstlerpersönlichkeiten. 2025-03-04.
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