Helmut Trawöger (born 10 July 1948) is an Austrian music teacher,

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas * Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...

and flutist.

Life and career

Born in

Gmunden Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden (district), Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-c ...

, Trawöger studied flute with Rudolf Leitner, Walter Haseke and

Kurt Redel Kurt Redel (8 October 1918 in Breslau, Silesia, now Wrocław – 12 February 2013 in Munich) was a German flautist and conductor. Early life Redel studied flute, violin, conducting, and composition, as well as music history and piano at the Bres ...

and graduated from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in 1973. This was followed by repertoire studies and further training with

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 ...

Helmut Eder Helmut Eder (December 26, 1916, Linz – February 8, 2005, Salzburg) was an Austrian composer. Eder studied until 1948 at the Linz Conservatory, later studying with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart and Carl Orff in Munich. Returning to Linz, he ...

and

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

. From 1992 to 2011 he was professor for transverse flute, didactics and professional internship at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. In

Grieskirchen Grieskirchen is a town in Austria. It is capital of the Grieskirchen district of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria border ...

he was

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

of the Stadtkapelle of the city from 1975 to 1982 and from 1975 to 1990 director of the local Music School. From 1990 to 1995 he was director of the Oberösterreichisches Landesmusikschulwerk and from 1989 to 1995 he conducted the Upper Austrian Youth Orchestra as well as the Upper Austrian Chamber Orchestra. Trawöger is the founder of several local orchestras and ensembles. He initiated the academy in 1995 and was its

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for 13 years. His son

Norbert Trawöger Norbert Trawöger is an Austrian flautist, teacher, writer and designing musician as well as artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organizat ...

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...

of the

Bruckner Orchestra Linz The Bruckner Orchester Linz is an Austrian orchestra based in Linz. Named for Anton Bruckner, the orchestra is the concert orchestra for the state of Upper Austria, and also the opera orchestra at the Landestheater Linz (Upper Austrian State Theat ...

. His daughter Karin Bonelli is a flautist in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera and member of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Honours

* Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2012)Bundesauszeichnungen1972012 ''Landeshauptmann Dr. Josef Pühringer überreichte Bundesauszeichnungen'', in OÖ. Landeskorrespondenz No. 197, 12 October 2012
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Media

''Helmut Trawöger zu Gast bei Hörensagen mit Norbert Trawöger'', DorfTV

''Helmut Trawöger bei Cultural Broadcasting Archiv (CBA)''

References

External links

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Webpräsenz von Helmut Trawöger
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trawoger, Helmut Austrian conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers Austrian classical composers Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria 1948 births Living people People from Gmunden Anton Bruckner Private University alumni