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2015-11-30 15:00:45
[…] Weller, was a violinist in the Vienna Philharmonic. At age 17, Weller became a member of both the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestras. In 1961, at age 22, he became joint concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic with Willi Boskovsky, and remained in this post for 11 years. While leading the orchestra, Weller also established and led his own string quartet, the Weller Quartet, from 1958 to 1969. In 1966, he married Elisabeth Samohyl, and the couple had a son. Weller’s first engagements as a conductor were in 1966, filling in on short notice for Karl Böhm. His official conducting debut at the Vienna State Opera was in 1969, leading Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He later served as Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of Duisburg, Germany, for the 1971-1972 season. From 1975 to 1978, he was principal conductor of the Niederösterreichischen Tonkünstlerorchester. From 1994 to 1997, he was Chief Conductor […]
2015-06-24 19:07:00
Conductor who performed with orchestras in Liverpool, Glasgow and London as well as in his native ViennaThe Austrian conductor and violinist Walter Weller, who has died aged 75, spent much of his career with orchestras in Britain. Despite his unflamboyant nature – he could never be accused of courting publicity – he achieved unexpected distinction on two counts. First he appeared on a Bank of Scotland £50 note celebrating “arts and culture”. Second, he featured in the acknowledgments of a Jilly Cooper novel, Appassionata, where he is described as “darkly urbane and charismatic”. Researching the world of classical music for her book, Cooper had spent a congenial week with Weller and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on tour in Spain.Weller had begun his career as a violinist, having studied with Ernst Moravec and Franz Samohyl at the Music Academy in Vienna. He was born in the city to Anna and Walter […]
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