Austrian Violinist, performing on modern and baroque violin, with 20 years experience in chamber music, ensembles, symphony orchestras, cross – over music, recitals and solo performances. Travelled all over Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England, Malta, Spain, Greece, Holland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovenia and the Faeroe Islands) and to Japan, Singapore, China, Tunisia and performed within the United States and Canada.
Katharina Radlberger
Violin
Lived and performed in Austria ( – 2002), The Netherlands (2002 – 2003, 2006 – 2008) and The United States (2003 – 2006, 2008 – today).
Currently member of AFM Local 9-535 in Boston and performing as soloist and in various ensembles and orchestras in MA, NH and occasionally for special engagements in Austria.
Musical Education
2000
Master degree in violin and pedagogy (IGP II) with Magistra artium
University of Music in Vienna
1997
Graduation in pedagogy and violin (IGP I) with distinction
Conservatory of Klagenfurt/Austria
1994 – 1997
Studies with Prof. Helfried Fister
Conservatory of Klagenfurt/Austria
1988 – 1994
Studies with Prof. Klaus Eichholz.
1st graduation in violin
University of Music in Graz/Austria
1980 – 1988
Studies with Prof. Marianne Kroemer, class of highly talented children
University of Music in Graz/Austria
Violin master classes:
2008
Dana Maiben / baroque violin
Boston
2001
Erich Höbarth / baroque violin
Austria
2001, 1992
Ernst Kovacic
Austria
1994, 1993
Helfried Fister
Austria
Modern Violin
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
since 2019
Lowell Chamer Orchestra, concertmaster
Lowell/MA
since 2016
Cantemus Choral Society
Burlington/MA
since 2016
Orchestra on the Hill, assistant concertmaster
Ipswich/MA
2016
Presto Music, principal 2nd vln
Newburyport/MA
2014 – 2018
Palace Theatre Orchestra, principal 2nd vln
Manchester/NH
2012
Rhode Island Philharmonics
Providence/RI
since 2012
Lexington Symphony
Lexington/MA
since 2011
Dirk Hillyer Festival Orchetsra, assistant concertmaster
Marblehead, Peaboy/MA
since 2008
Plymouth Philharmonic, 1st violin
Plymouth/MA
since 2003
Symphony New Hampshire, rotating assistant concertmaster since 2019
Nashua/NH
2009 – 2015
Symphony by the Sea, concertmaster during concert season 2014, principal 2nd vln 2015
Marblehead/MA, Beverly/MA
since 1993
Recreation Graz (former Symphony Orchestra of Graz)
Graz/Austria
2003 – 2013
Granite State Symphony
Concord/NH
2000
Haydn Akademie Eisenstadt, tour to Tokyo/Japan
Tokyo/Japan
1999 – 2003
Haydn Akademie Eisenstadt (specialized in works from Haydn, performed on modern as well as baroque instruments)
Vienna, Eisenstadt/Austria
1998
Orchestra of the University of Economics Vienna, concertmaster
Vienna/Austria
1998 – 1999
Camerata Karlskirche’, principalr 2nd vln
Vienna/Austria
1996 – 1997
Symphony Orchestra of Corinthia/Austria
Corinthia/Austria
CHAMBER MUSIC
since 2016
1st Church of Nashua, assistant concertmaster
Nashua/NH
2014 – 2015
String Trio ’Trio Kylix’, concerts in Boston and Boston area, Master Class at Camrbidge School of Weston, MA, 2014.
Worldpremier of String Trio by M. Weinstein, written for Trio Kylix
Nahant/MA, St. Botolph Club/Boston and First Church Wenham/MA
2003 – 2006
PianoTrio ’Trio Orione
New England Conservatory/Boston, Wellsley, Ashland/MA
2003 – 2006
Vienna Waltz Ensemble, specialized in Waltz music from Johann Strauss
Boston and Boston area
2000 – 2002
Imperial Concert Soloist, 2nd vln soloist
Vienna/Austria, tour to Singapore (2000)
2000 – 2001
Austrian Art Ensemble. World premiere ‚LLULL’, opera by Werner Schulze
Vienna/Austria, tour to Mallorca and Faeroe Islands
1998 – 2003
String Trio ‘ForTune’.
With an extended ensemble concertmaster for world premier ‚Sokrates’, opera by Werner Schulze (Vienna/Austria 2001, tour to Rhodos/Greece 2002)
Vienna/Austria, tour to Rhodos/Greece (2002)
1999 – 2000
Vienna Waltz Orchestra, member.
Vienna/Austria, tour to China (1999)
String Quartet ‘Fin de Siècle’
Since 2017
co-founder of string quartet ‘Fin de Siècle’, a period string quartet focusing on the music of the late 19th century until WWI. Performing on pure gut strings and specialising in performance practice of that time.
Boston
Performances:
2020
‘America: inside and out’
Wenham/MA
Salem/MA
2019
‚1893 – Looking East/Looking West‘
Salem/MA
Cambridge/MA
Nashua/NH
2018
‘1905 – Beauty in Contrast: Sounds of Pre-War Europe’
Wenham/MA
Nahant/MA
Boston
2017
‘Dream Worlds of Schubert and Debussy’
Wenham/MA
Nahant/MA
Nashua/NH
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019
Ellingwood Chapel Concert Series, opening recital with William Merrill, piano
Nahant/MA
2016
‚Ways of Love’, concert with Ute Gfrerer (soprano), William Merril (piano)
Nashua/NH
2016
‚High Strings – Deep Voice’
Vienna/Austria
2015
‚Made in Austria’, concert with Ute Gfrerer (soprano), Rupert Bergmann (bariton), William Merrill (piano)
Nahant, Boston
2014
‚High Strings – Deep Voice’
Montréal/Canada
2013
‚High Strings – Deep Voice’
Nashua, NH
2013
‚Romance’, recital with William Merril (piano)
Nahant/MA, St.Botolph Club/Boston
2012
‚Souvenir’, resital with William Merrill (piano)
Nahant/MA
2012
‚Voices of Spring’, concert with Ute Gfrerer (soprano), William Merrill (piano)
Nahant/MA, Manchester/MA, St.Botolph Club/Boston
2012
‚High Strings – Deep Voice’
St.Botolph Club/Boston, New Bedford/MA, Montréal/CA, Toronto/CA
2011
‚High Strings – Deep Voice’
Nahant/MA, NEC/Boston, Washington
Washington D.C.
2011
‚Lives In the Limelight’ concert violinist in ensemble with Ute Gfrerer (soprano)
ShalinLiu Performance Center Rockport/MA
2002 – 2003
Member of the ensemble of the ‘Three young Tenors’. Popular music with classic ensemble performing on stage
6 months Europe-tour
2001
Solo performance of an experimental piece for Solo Violin by Joanne Leekam, written for Katharina Radlberger, performed during the ‘Long night of the museums’ in Linz.
Linz / Austria
2001
‘Austrian Art Ensemble’ with Wim van Zytphen World premier of ‚LLULL‘ by Werner Schulze
Vienna / Austria
2000
‘Austrian Art Ensemble’ with Wim van Zytphen performances of ‚LLULL‘ by Werner Schulze Tour to Mallorca (plus CD – recording) and Faeroe Islands
Mallorca,
Faeroe Islands
1999
Jazz and Pop engagements and concerts with Jazz-guitarist and singer
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
1998 – 1999
Solo violinist on stage of the ‘Eurythmietheater Fundevogel’(contemporary music), tours throughout Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Slovenia
Austria / Germany / Switzerland and Slovenia
Concertmaster Experiences
since 2019
Lowell Chamber Orchestra
Lowell/MA
2019
Symphony New Hampshire
Nashua/NH
2019
Perkins Music House, Colby College
Waterville Maine
2018 – 2019
Orchestra on the Hill
Ipswich/MA
2016
Dirk Hillyer Festival Orchestra
Marblehead/MA
2016
Orchestra of Music of 1st Church Nashua
Nashua/NH
2014
Symphony by the Sea
2013
Granite State Symphony Orchestra
Since 2003
Vienna Waltz Ensemble
2001 – 2002
Orchestra for the performance of the world premiere ‚Sokrates‘ by W. Schulze
Vienna/Austria
Rhodos/Greece
1998
Orchestra of the University of Economics
Vienna/Austria
Recitals
since 2012
solo recitals – various programs with Boston based pianist William Merrill (2012 – 2019) and Eileen Huang (since 2021).
Concerts
since 2011
concerts with various programs with singer, soprano Ute Gfrerer –Wald, pianist William Merrill.
’High Strings – Deep Voice’
since 2011
co-production with brother, opera singer rupert Bergmann (Vienna), with piano accompagnmement. Specialised in Austrian contemporary Music with American connection, espacially written/arranged. Performances in Washington D.C., Jordan Hall/Boston, various concert serious throughout New England, Montréal and Toronto/Canada. Most recent performance Vienna/Austria, Feb. 2016.
www.rupert-bergmann.at/highstrings
‘The Brahms Trilogy’
House concert series ‘The Brahms Trilogy’ is a three parts lecture-concert series for violin and piano designed by Katharina. The series presents music by Brahms and male and female composer around him. The instruments performed with are period instruments, the piano a ‘Brahms piano’ (Streicher & Söhne, Vienna, 1897) alongside the ‘back then’ used pure gut strings on the violin from 1830ies. The concerts are historically informed and include fun tales and interesting facts being told. This is an ‘all senses inclusive’ project, as it is a revival of the at Brahm’s times widely common and beloved private house concerts, which always included food – therefore, wine from Austria, and cheese will be served.
The Healing Violine – The Alzheimer’s Project’
’The Healing Violin – The Alzheimer’s Project’ founded by Katharina in 2020. Highly specialized in playing with violin solo for persons with severe memory loss, and opening the space for the person to be met by their loved ones through the music.
Recipient of a mini-grant by Symphony New Hampshire (SNH) for ’The Healing Violin – The Alzheimer’s Project’ in October 2020, and was commissioned to create her video ‘The Healing Violin – The Alzheimer’s Project’, aired in summer 2021 on the SNH website.
CHURCH MUSIC
since 2006
Violinist at Lady Star of the Sea
Marblehead/MA
since 2010
1st Church Nashua, solo violinist, concertmaster, 2nd solo vln
Nashua/NH
1990 – 2003
Concerts and performances of masses in Graz, Vienna, Lower Austria, Klagenfurt
Austria
1997 – 2003
Orchestra of St.Augustin, concerts and CD recordings in Vienna/Austria
Vienna / Austria
Baroque Violin
Playing on period instruments, a violin from Johann Georg Thier, 1768, a baroque bow from Basel de Visser, Amsterdam 2009 and a classical bow from Basil de Visser, Amsterdam 2012.
Focus on historic Instruments since 1994.
1994 – 1995 studies with Susanne Scholz at the Conservatory Vienna.
2004 with Erich Höbarth (concertmaster Concentus Musicus under Nicolaus Harnoncourt Vienna and principal violinist of string quartet Quatuor Mosaique).
2008 with Dana Maiben/Boston.
CHAMBER MUSIC
since 2019
Perkins Music House, Colby College, concertmaster
Waterville Maine
since 2013
2nd Church in Newton, solo violinist, principal 2nd vln
Newton/MA
2013
Ensemble Exsultemus
Boston
1997
Ensemble of Paola Cavallini, solo 2nd vln. Concerts and CD recording
Vienna/Austria
1997
Solo recitals in Corinthia
Corinthia/Austria
ORCHESTRA
since 2016
Harvard Radlcliff Choral Society
Cambridge/Boston
since 2014
Grand Harmonie
Boston and New York
2010
Capella Leopoldina, ‘Alcina’ by G.F Händel in Theatre Manoel/Malta
Malta/Europe
2003
Capella Leopoldina
‘Goldene Saal’ Musikverein Vienna/Austria
2003
Capella Leopoldina Graz, ‘first performance’ of Pastorelle, G.F. Telemann
Austria
2002
Capella Leopoldina Graz, tour to Barcelona/Spain, concert in the ‘Palau de la Catalan’
Barcelona/Spain
2002 – 2003
Member of the Orchestra of the Utrecht Cathedral
Utrecht/The Netherlands
2001
Capella Leopoldina
Graz, Vienna/Austria
2000
Performance with ‘Cosa Instrumentale’
Zwettl/Austria
1999 – 2003
Member of ‘Haydn Akademie Eisenstadt’ (specialized in works from Haydn, performed on modern as well as baroque instruments), concerts in Austria and tour to Japan.
Vienna, Eisenstadt /Austria
Japan
1998 – 2003
Haydn Sinfonietta
Vienna / Austria
2002
Haydn Sinfonietta, tour northern Europe
The Nederlands,
Belgium, Prague
1997 – 2003
Helios 18, concerts and tour to ‚Segovia Music Festival’ Segovia/Spain
Vienna/Austria, Segovia/Spain
1997 – 2003
Concilium Musicum Vienna, concerts Goldene Saal Musikverein/Vienna, Konzerthaus/Vienna, tour to Germany, incl. Gewandthaus Leipzig 1997, Switzerland, Tunisia
Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Tunisia
1997
Concerts with Franz Herzog at ‚Styriarte’, Festival for early music
Graz / Austria
Since 1994
Capella Leopoldina, ensemble for early music, concerts in Austria and all over Europe.
CD productions.
Graz, Vienna/Austria, Florence, Venice/Italy
Recordings
With ‘Lowell Chamber Orchestra’, ‘Recreation Graz’, ‘Orchestra of St.Augustin’, ‘Haydn Sinfonietta’, ‘Concilium Musicum Vienna’, ‘Helios 18’, ‘Capella Leopoldina’, ‘Trio Orione’, ‘ForTune’, recitals with soloprogram and special project programs.