KARIN LEITNER - FLUTE www.karinleitner.com
Born in Vienna
Studies and diploma at the Academy of Music and Arts, Vienna (Prof. W. Schulz) and at the Academy of Music Freiburg, Germany (Prof. R. Aitken)
Master classes with Peter Lukas Graf and Robert Aitken
Winner of the competitions Jugend musiziert, Musica Juventutis, Forum junger Künstler, Talentinum and Live Music Now (Yehudi Menuhin Foundation)
Solo concerts with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Austrian Ladies Chamber Orchestra, Camarata Musica, Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Kralove, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Filharmonique de Besancon (France), London Gala Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana,Rousse Philharmonic, Lublin Philharmonic...
Chamber music recitals in the main concert halls in Austria (Konzerthaus, Musikverein Golden Hall, Brucknerhaus Linz, Carinthian Summer Festival..) Germany (Festival Sandstein & Musik), Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary (Szeged Intern. Music Festival, ...), England (London Chamber Music Festival, ...), Ireland (Festival Music in Great Irish Houses,....), Iran (National Concert Hall, Int. Fajdr-Music Festival,...), USA, South Africa, Holland, Switzerland, France and Italy, Concerts on the cruise yacht MS Europa (Hapag Lloyd),...
Tutor at the Sandor Vegh Symposium for woodwinds, and chamber music workshops in Ireland, Northern Ireland, China, Iran and South Africa
Contract for the Stage Orchestra in the Vienna State Opera
Freelance in London: Principal Flute and Piccolo in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, London Gala Orchestra, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables,....
CD Recordings "Impressions" (Flute & Guitar) and "Soul Alignment" (Improvisations Flute & Synthesizer), "The Gardens of Birr Castle Demesne" (Flute & Harp), Music of Great Irish Houses (Flute & Harp)
TV-recordings and Radio broadcastings in Austria, France, Hungary, Ireland (Lyric Fm, Midland Radio 3), South Africa and Czech Republic
MICHAEL HAMMER - SYNTHESIZERS www.michaelhammer.com
Michael Hammer is an international renowned recording artist who has produced 25 CD’s of transformational and meditational music. His music has been used as background on over 1,000 recordings by spiritual teachers, healers and poets. Michael has scored film and video in Hollywood,
has appeared on radio, television and has performed worldwide.
Michael Hammer can travel in the deepest dimensions and reproduce the incredible frequencies of that state in beautiful heart tones and melodies.
The sounds he produces are created on synthesizers spontaneously and track the energy of the moment.
Michaels latest project is performing and recording with internationally renowned musicians from all over the world.
In collaboration with the UNITED NATIONS he gives Peace Concerts in many countries.
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