Norbert Trawöger is an Austrian

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, teacher, writer and designing

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of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz.

Life and career

Trawöger was born in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the List of cities and towns in Austria, eighth largest city in Aus ...

, the son of the musician Helmut Trawöger. He trained as a flutist in Vienna, Graz, Gothenburg and Amsterdam. Since 2013 he has been director of the Kepler Salon in Linz. Trawöger has been a member of the and board member of the Galerie Forum in Wels. Trawöger was personal advisor to the chief conductor Markus Poschner from autumn 2017 and was in charge of the dramaturgy and communication of the Bruckner Orchestra. Since March 2019 he has been artistic director of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz.

Honours

* Elfriede Grünberg Award for the concert series ''verboten, verfolgt'' (2008).

Publications

* '' Balduin Sulzer'', Trauner, Linz 2010, . * ''Luftikusse'' (book and vinyl with and Brigitte Mahlknecht), Krill, Vienna 2014, .

References

External links

*
Norbert Trawöger on the website of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz

Webpräsenz von Norbert Trawöger

Norbert Trawöger bei basis–wien
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trawoger, Norbert 1971 births 20th-century Austrian male musicians 20th-century Austrian musicians living people people from Wels