Erich Höbarth

Erich Höbarth was born in Vienna in 1956. He studied with Franz Samohyl and Sandor Végh. Member of the Végh-Quartet; assistent at his master classes. He was 1st concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony from 1980-1987; concertmaster and soloist with the Concentus Musicus Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt. 1979-2004 member of the Vienna String Sextet, since 1987 he has been a member of the Quatuor mosaiques. Erich Höbarth appears frequently as a soloist with the Camerata Academica of Salzburg, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Chapelle Royale of Paris, the Baltic Philharmonia, RSO Vienna, the Vienna Symphony and many others. He performs chamber music with Andras Schiff, Sabine Mayer, Elisabeth Leonskaja und Miklos Perenyi among others. He was a guest professor at the Graz University of Music and taught chamber music at the Vienna University of Music. He has been professor at the summer academy Prag - Wien - Budapest and the European Chamber Music Academy for string quartet. Artistic director of the Camerata Bern.