Rupert Fankhauser
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Rupert Fankhauser is an Austria
n clarinetist. He is also a lecturer at the University of Music and Pictoral Arts in Vienna
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Fankhauser studied clarinet
at the Academy of Music in Vienna
. In 1985, he became the principal clarinetist of the Municipal Theatre of Klagenfurt and the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra. He was also the principal clarinetist of the Gustav Mahler
Youth Orchestra. He was principal clarinetist for the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra for the 1993-94 season. He has toured with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic, and has soloed with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra del Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano. He has been a member of the Vienna Clarinet Connection since 1999.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n clarinetist. He is also a lecturer at the University of Music and Pictoral Arts in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
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Fankhauser studied clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
at the Academy of Music in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. In 1985, he became the principal clarinetist of the Municipal Theatre of Klagenfurt and the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra. He was also the principal clarinetist of the Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
Youth Orchestra. He was principal clarinetist for the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra for the 1993-94 season. He has toured with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic, and has soloed with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra del Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano. He has been a member of the Vienna Clarinet Connection since 1999.