Erik Freitag

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Erik Freitag
Born (1940-02-01) February 1, 1940 (age 81)
Vienna, Austria
Alma mater University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
OccupationComposer
Years active1964–present

Erik Freitag (born 1 February 1940) is an Austrian composer and violinist.

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Life

Born in Vienna, Freitag studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with, among others, Eduard Melkus and composition with Karl-Birger Blomdahl at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. [1] [2] [3]

From 1964 to 1967, he was violinist in the Sveriges Radio Symfoniorchester and from 1967 to 1970 in the Stockholms Filharmoniska Orchester. [4] He then directed the Vienna-Ottakring Music School until 2003. In 1987, together with Eugene Hartzell  [ de ] and René Staar, he founded the "Ensemble Wiener Collage", [5] which is dedicated to the interpretation of contemporary works, especially by Austrian composers.

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References

  1. ↑ Freitag Erik on Music Austria
  2. ↑ Erik Freitag on Ensemble Wiener collage
  3. ↑ Erik Freitag on Musicalics
  4. ↑ Erik Freitag on AllMusic
  5. ↑ "Ensemble Wiener Collage". ewc.at. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

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