Wilfried Scharf (born 9 April 1955 in

Braunau am Inn Braunau am Inn (; German for "Braunau on the Inn") is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany. It is known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Geography The town is on the lower river Inn below its confluence with the Salzach, w ...

) is an

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zither Zithers (; , from the Greek word ''cithara'') are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat bo ...

player and has been professor at the

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since 1989.

Life

Wilfried Scharf had a childhood characterized by music. After he finished school, he studied at The Private University College of Education of the Diocese Linz from 1974 until 1977. There he met the teaching qualifications to teach English and music for

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(general school). He taught at a school for 4 years before starting to study zither as a major at the conservatory of Tyrol. Scharf finished his studies successfully in 1985. As the Bruckner-conservatory in Linz started to offer the subject zither Wilfried Scharf was offered a professorship there. He has performed since the late eighties and founded the ensemble "Salzburger Saitenklang" in 1982. Scharf made an appearance as soloist in

Tales from the Vienna Woods "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (german: "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald", links=no, italic=no, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868, , Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss II which featured a vi ...

at the

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in 2014 with the conductor being

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* {{Austria-academic-bio-stub 1955 births Living people Academic staff of Anton Bruckner Private University Zither players People from Braunau am Inn