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Rainer Küchl is an Austrian violinist who was born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, in August 1950.

Background

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.^{[citation needed]}

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, Valery Gergiev, and Simon Rattle.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Rainer Küchl is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Among his pupils were Wolfgang David and Joji Hattori.^{[citation needed]}

Rainer Küchl plays 'The Chaconne' by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1725, provided as a loan by Oesterreichische Nationalbank.^{[citation needed]}

Decorations and awards

• 1973: Mozart Interpretation Prize for solo performances
• 1978: Mozart Medal of the Mozart Society of Vienna (award of Küchl Quartet)[1]
• 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[2]

Sources

External links

• Rainer Küchl Official Website
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vienna Musikverein
• Küchl Biography

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