Karin Bonelli

Karin Bonelli
Background information
Born	1988 Grieskirchen, Austria
Genres	Orchestral music Chamber music
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Flute
Years active	2012–present
Member of	Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Website	karinbonelli.com

Karin Bonelli (born 2 October 1988) is an Austrian flutist. She has played with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra since 2012, and is the first woman to play in the wind section of the orchestra. ^[1] In 2015, she was accepted into the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Association. In 2020, Bonelli founded the Penthesilea Academy. ^[2]

Youth and student years

Bonelli was born on October 2, 1988, in Grieskirchen and is the daughter of Ingeborg Bonelli, a music teacher, and Helmut Trawöger, an Austrian music educator, conductor and flutist. Her siblings are Julia Bonelli, Norbert Trawöger, Rainer Trawöger, and Karl Trawöger.^{[ citation needed ]}

After several years of apprenticeship in her hometown of Grieskirchen and young studies at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz with Gisela Mashayekhi-Beer, Bonelli won several competitions at a young age. She also immersed herself in the international orchestral world at an early age with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France and the Opéra National de Lyon.^{[ citation needed ]}

After her junior studies in Linz as well as lessons with Günter Voglmayr and Philippe Boucly, she moved to Vienna. To this day, Vienna is her home. She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the class of Prof. Wolfgang Schulz.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2009 she changed to the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in the class of Karl- Heinz Schütz, where – after a one-year stay abroad with Philippe Bernold ^[3] at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon, France – she graduated with honors in summer 2012.

She received important artistic impulses from Andrea Lieberknecht, Julien Beaudiment, ^[4] Paul Meisen and Peter-Lukas Graf.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Since 2012, Bonelli has played in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Since 2015, she has been a member of the Vienna Philharmonic. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Bonelli is a founding member of various ensembles such as the Klangkollektiv Wien ^[8] and the Vienna Wind Quintet. She has also performed as a soloist at the Brahms Hall of the Musikverein Vienna, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. She has also performed with orchestras such as the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Cappella Istropolitana.

In addition to her studies, Bonelli completed numerous master classes in Austria and abroad and held a lectureship at the Kunstuni Graz ^[9] (2017–2018), as well as a teaching position in orchestral repertoire at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (2019–2023) and at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (2022–2023).

In 2020, Bonelli founded the Penthesilea Academy ^[2] in Traunkirchen, where young musicians are coached for their auditions. Trumpet players can also be trained at the summer academy. Within the framework of the academy, the wide-ranging orchestral repertoire will be worked on. In individual coaching sessions, mental and physical balance will be strengthened, and in the ensemble, qualities as a "team player" in the orchestra will be improved. The main instructors are Karin Bonelli, Gudrun Hinze, Hans Gansch and Roman Rindberger. The Penthesilea Academy, ^[2] works closely with the International Academy Traunkirchen ^[10] which was founded by Nobel Prize winner Anton Zeilinger.

Awards

Bonelli is the winner of the KIWANIS Culture Award, ^[11] the Sponsorship Award of the Lions Club Nibelungen ^[12] and multiple winner of the Austrian national competition Prima la Musica. ^[13]

References

1. "La vita nella Filarmonica di Vienna: un sogno senza monotonia". euronews (in Italian). 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
2. "Penthesilea Academy: dein Weg zum erfolgreichen Probespiel". penthesilea.academy. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
3. "Philippe Bernold conductor, flutist". www.philippebernold.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
4. "Site officiel | Julien Beaudiment, flûtiste". www.julienbeaudiment.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
5. Staatsoper, Wiener. "Das Staatsopernorchester: Flötistin Karin Bonelli". upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
6. "Karin Bonelli - Vienna Philharmonic". www.wienerphilharmoniker.at. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
7. Karin Schütze (2012-07-13). "Karin Bonelli: 23-jährige Wiener Philharmonikerin". Oberösterreich Nachrichten. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
8. "KLANGKOLLEKTIV WIEN – Homepage" (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-20.
9. "Kunstuniversität Graz". www.kug.ac.at. October 10, 2023.
10. "Home - Internationale Akademie Traunkirchen". www.akademietraunkirchen.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
11. "Kulturpreis 2018". Kiwanis Club Mühlviertel (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
12. "Lions Club Linz Nibelungen - Linz Nibelungen - Linz Nibelungen". linz-nibelungen.lions.at. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
13. "prima la musica". Musik der Jugend (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-21.

External links

• Official website