Viola

Robert Bauerstatter was born in Linz, Austria, in 1971. He recieved his first musical education at the Musikvolksschule in Leonding, then later at the Music School and the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz. In 1989 he began his viola studies with Professor Siegfried Führlinger and Professor Peter Ochsenhofer at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna and graduated with distinction in 2000. From 1998 until 2001 he was a member of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, in 2001 he won the audition for a spot in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, 3 years later he became a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and was appointed section leader. He is also a passionate purveyor of chamber music. He has appeared with several chamber music ensembles of the Vienna Philharmonic, such as the Küchl Quartet or the Wiener Kammerensemble. He is a member of the Lissy-Quartet, the Ignaz-Pleyel Quartet and the Theophil Ensemble. He has played numerable concerts on TV and radio as well, and has recorded 15 CDs. As soloist he appeared with many Austrian orchestras, also the Philharmonic Orchestras of Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna or the Orquestra Filarmonica de la UNAM in Mexico City. He has performed the works Karl Stamitz, F.A. Hoffmeister, Paul Hindemith, Bohuslav Martinu, Max Bruch, Hector Berlioz and Ignaz Pleyel. His recording of Ignaz Pleyel’s Viola concerto was released in 2015. He performs on a viola by Stephan von Baehr, made in 2002.