In 1992, he was accepted to the violin class of Brian Finlayson at the Carinthian State Conservatory. Between 1996 and 2002, he was a member of the Anima String Quartet, an ensemble winning several regional and international competitions and from 2002 on, he plays 1st violin in Acies String Quartet. He studied with Igor Ozim, Benjamin Schmid, James Buswell and Joseph Kalichstein and took lessons with Isaac Stern.
He plays a Domenico Montagnana[2] violin (made in 1727), loaned to him by the Austrian National Bank.
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Benjamin Frankel was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola. He was also notable for writing over 100 film scores and working as a big band arranger in the 1930s. During the last 15 years of his life, Frankel also developed his own style of 12-note composition which retained contact with tonality.
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