Gerhard Schulz (born 23 September 1951) is an Austrian violinist, conductor and academic.

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Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...

, Schulz was born as the fourth child of a family of musicians and studied with

Franz Samohyl Franz Samohyl (3 April 1912 – 14 June 1999) was an Austrian violinist, concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera and academic teacher. Life Born in Vienna, Samohyl began his musical education in 1929 at the University of Music and Performing Ar ...

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University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

Sándor Végh Sándor Végh (17 May 19126 January 1997) was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century. Education Sándor Végh was born in 1912 in Kolozsvár, Tr ...

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Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf The Robert Schumann Hochschule (Robert Schumann University of Music and Media) is a school for music studies at the university level located in Düsseldorf. The University has a student body of some 850 coming from over 40 countries. Forty-seven f ...

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Shmuel Ashkenasi Shmuel Ashkenasi ( he, שמואל אשכנזי; born January 11, 1941) is an Israeli violinist and teacher. Biography Born in Tel Aviv on January 11, 1941, he began his musical training at the Musical Academy of Tel-Aviv studying with legendary p ...

in the USA. He was involved in the founding of the Salzburg String Trio and the Schulz Ensemble and was first violinist of the Düsseldorf String Quartet. Since 1980 Schulz has been Professor of Violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and since 1993 he has also been Visiting scholar for

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

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Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music ( is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as ''Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln''. In 1895 Ger ...

. He was a member of the

Alban Berg Quartet The Alban Berg Quartett was a string quartet founded in Vienna, Austria in 1970, named after Alban Berg. Members Beginnings The Berg Quartet was founded in 1970 by four young professors of the Vienna Academy of Music, and made its debut in ...

with whom he played for more than 30 years in the most important music centres of the world. After the Alban Berg Quartet had finished its concert activities in summer 2008, Schulz founded the piano quartet "Waldstein Ensemble". He made his debut as a conductor in November 2009 with the Copenhagen Philharmonic and since then has dedicated himself to working with his students.Gerhard Schulz auf ''www.meisterkurse.com''
retrieved 26 December 2019 His brother was the flautist

Wolfgang Schulz Wolfgang Schulz (26 February 1946 – 28 March 2013) was an Austrian concert flutist and university lecturer. He was principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic and professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Life Born in Li ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schulz, Gerhard Austrian classical violinists Male classical violinists 20th-century violinists 21st-century violinists Austrian conductors (music) Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln 1951 births Living people Musicians from Linz 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians

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