Flute

Karl-Heinz Schütz is Solo Flutist of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and therefore in the same position at the Vienna State Opera, having held the same position with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra for four years (2000-2004) and with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from 2005 to 2011. Born in Innsbruck and raised in Landeck, Tyrol, he received his musical education at the Landeskonservatorium in Vorarlberg with Eva Amsler, at CNSM in Lyon with Philippe Bernold, and with Aurèle Nicolet in Switzerland. He won first prizes at the Carl Nielsen International Music Competition in 1998 and the International Flute Competition Kraków in 1999. He has performed as soloist with performances of the important flute concertos with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna Symphony Orchestra as well as NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, a.o. Conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Fabio Luisi, Ton Koopman, Yakov Kreizberg invited him to be the soloist in their concerts. Karl-Heinz Schütz is a passionate chamber musician and a member of various ensembles from baroque to contemporary. In 2013 he succeeded Wolfgang Schulz in the Ensemble Wien-Berlin and in the WIENER RING ENSEMBLE. Karl-Heinz Schütz is Professor of Flute at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität Wien and has held several guest professorships. He gives master-classes throughout Europe, Asia and the USA. He is regularly invited as a jury-member as well as chairman of jury at international competitions, such as Nielsen, Tchaikovsky and Cracow. As an active recording artist he has recorded especially for CAMERATA TOKYO, where his Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Prokofiev, Brahms and modern flute music CDs were released. With the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner an album was published at CHANDOS, with the title: 20th centuries concerto grosso. He is artistic director at HORIZONTE Landeck.