Michael Radanovics (born 19 March 1958) is an Austrian violinist (jazz and classic) and composer.
Life
Born in
Steyr
Steyr (; Central Bavarian: ''Steia'') is a statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd l ...
, Radanovics passed his school-leaving examination in 1976. He studied violin with
Michael Frischenschlager
Michael Frischenschlager (born 31 October 1935) is an Austrian violinist.
Life
Born in Salzburg, Frischenschlager studied violin with Theodor Müller, André Gertler, Franz Samohyl and Yehudi Menuhin as well as conducting and musicology in Sal ...
from 1977 to 1985 and music education at the
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 ...
from 1978 to 1981.
He studied
jazz theory from 1981 to 1985 with at the
Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna
The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna ( (MUK)) in Vienna, Austria, is a university of music and the arts. It was previously (2005−2015) named (KONSuni, Konservatorium Wien University), and before that (Conservatory of Vienna). ...
.
[Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch, 2006.]
From 1982 to 1985 he was a member of the jazz band Augmented Nine, and from 1983 to 1988 of the symphony orchestra of the
Volksoper Wien.
Since 1988 he has played in the
Radio-Symphony Orchestra Wien.
In 1987 he co-founded the Motus Quartet, playing as primarius until 2000. The string quartet continued to belong to (violin), Franz Bayer (viola) and Michael Dallinger (cello). Radanovics composed and arranged jazz and improvised music for the instrumentation. Concert tours have taken him through Europe, America, and Asia.
Radanovics has published educational literature with
Universal Edition
Universal Edition (UE) is a classical music publishing firm. Founded in 1901 in Vienna, they originally intended to provide the core classical works and educational works to the Austrian market (which had until then been dominated by Leipzig-base ...
since 1990. Since 2000 he has been the editor of a songbook by at the ''Musikverlag Doblinger'', in whose
New Folk Music group
Extremschrammeln
Extremschrammeln are an Austrian folk music band, led by guitarist and singer Roland Neuwirth. The group enhance the traditional Viennese folk music ''Schrammelmusik'' with satirical lyrics, as well as jazz, blues, rock, and 20th-century classica ...
he played since 1998. In 2003 he founded the duo Zimt & Zauber with the singer Petra Hartl.
Since 1996, Radanovics has been a member of the Swiss composers group
Groupe Lacroix.
Awards
* 1994: 2. Prize at the Leibnitz Art Prize for Jazz Composition
(for ''Metafile for Frank'')
* 1998: 3. Prize at the Franz Joseph Reindl Composition Competition.
* 2003: 3. Prize at the of the city of Klagenfurt. (for ''Das Wunder der Zahlen'')
* 2007: Winner of the "Vinum et Litterae" competition, Krems on the Danube
Publications
* 1990: ''Jazzy Violin 1'' (Universal Edition)
* 1992: ''Jazzy Violin 2'' (Universal Edition)
* 1993: ''Liederbuch Fuer 2 Geigen'' (Universal Edition)
* 1994: ''Children’s songs'' (Universal Edition)
* 1994: ''Jazzy Cello 1'' (Universal Edition)
* 1995: ''Favorites'' (Universal Edition)
* 1998: ''Folk & Fiddle'' (Universal Edition)
* 1999: ''Riffs & Tunes'' (Doblinger Verlag)
Discography
* 1994: ''Crimson Flames'' (
Creative Works Records
Creative Works Records is an independent Swiss record label.
History
The label ''Creative Works Records'' was founded in 1983 by Mike Wider in Root (canton of Lucerne). Wider, who at that time had helped build up a recording studio in Lucerne a ...
) with the Motus Quartett
* 1996: ''Introversion'' (Musicaphon) with (Marimba/Vibraphon), Österreichische Kammersymphoniker,
Ernst Theis
Ernst Theis (born 31 July 1961) is an Austrian conductor. From 2003 to 2013 he was chief conductor of the Staatsoperette Dresden.
Theis was born in Sierning, the son of Georg and Gertrude Theis. He took trumpet and drum-like instrument lessons ...
(conductor)
* 2003:
Groupe Lacroix: ''
8 Pieces on Paul Klee'' (Creative Works Records) with the
Ensemble Sortisatio
* 2006: ''Train Songs'' (CCNC) with the Spring String Quartet
* 2008: ''Wo der Wind herwaht'' () with Petra Hartl
* 2009: ''In mir daham'' (Extraplatte) with Petra Hartl
* 2011: ''MondoLine/Du Liebst'' (Sturm & Klang) with
Konstantin Wecker
Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born 1 June 1947, Munich) is a German singer-songwriter; he also works as a composer, author, and actor.
Life and work
Classically educated at the Wilhelmsgymnasium, Wecker got one of his first jobs as a songwriter a ...
Literature
* Radanovics, Michael.
Michael Radanovics
in Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print edition: Volume 4, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005.
* ''Radanovics, Michael.'' In Axel Schniederjürgen (ed.): ''Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch.'' 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, , .
References
External links
*
Michael Radanovics
at Music Information Center Austria
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radanovics, Michael
1958 births
Living people
People from Steyr
Jazz violinists
Austrian classical violinists
Austrian folk singers
20th-century classical composers
20th-century Austrian composers
20th-century Austrian male musicians
Austrian music arrangers
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni
20th-century jazz composers