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The Vienna Piano Trio
The Vienna Piano Trio was founded in 1988 by violinist Wolfgang Redik, cellist Marcus Trefny and pianist Stefan Mendl. The group studied extensively with the Trio di Trieste, the Haydn Trio-Vienna, the LaSalle- and Guarneri Quartets, with lessons from Isaac Stern, Ralph Kirshbaum, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson-and the Beaux Arts Trios. In 2001 Austrian cellist Matthias Gredler joined the group. Starting in 2006/2007, the Trio will be in residence at the "Wiener Konzerthaus" (Mozartsaal). Austrian cellist Matthias Gredler was born in Munich in 1975 as the son of a family of musicians. He received his first cello lessons from his father Edgar Gredler (solo cellist of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester) and went on to study under Heinrich Schiff and Clemens Hagen in Vienna from 1990 to 1998. He continued his musical education under Martin Hornstein and Miklos Perenyi. Mr. Gredler joined the Vienna Piano Trio in 2001. Before joining the Trio, he was a founding member of the Viatores Quartet and held the position of solo cellist with the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Pianist Stefan Mendl was born in Vienna in 1966. He started playing the piano at the age of five. He had private piano lessons with Manfred Wagner-Artzt and later studied at the Vienna Academy (now University) with Alexander Jenner. In 1993 he was awarded a "Grand Prix Franz Schubert" by the International Schubert Society for his Schubert recitals during the Wiener Musiksommer. Besides his main work as the pianist of the Vienna Piano Trio he frequently performs with members of the Hagen-Quartet and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Born in Graz, Austria in 1968, violinist Wolfgang Redik studied with Klaus Eichholz at the Graz Academy of Music and completed his studies with Michael Schnitzler at the University of Music in Vienna. In 1994 he recieved his diploma with distinction and received the "Special Prize of Honour", awarded by the Austrian Arts- and Science Ministry. Since 1989, he has been teaching at the University of Music in Graz. Mr. Redik plays a violin made by J. B. Guadagnini in 1772, lent to him by the Austrian National Bank. |
