He is a clarinettist and professor born in Grabenegg, Austria who studied clarinet at the Vienna Academy of Music with the Vienna Philharmonic’s Rudolf Jettel.
In 1972 he became a the Principal Clarinet of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and remained there for 14 years until he joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986.
He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician and given national and international performances with conductors that include Gary Bertini, Christoph Eisenbach, Theodor Gushlbauer and Jesus Lopez Cobos and performed at several music festivals.
He was a founder of Trio Berlin in 1996 which won a European Chamber Music Award in 1997 and has been a member of the Philharmonic Octet Berlin and the Ensemble of the 20th Century. He has also performed with the Amadeus Quartet, the Thomas Brandis Quartet, the Gewendhaus Quartet Leipzig, the Haydn Trio Wien and Wiener Mozart-Blaser among other ensembles.
Recordings he has featured on include Rathaus: Sonata for clarinet and piano Op. 21. with Horst Gobel and Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra KV.297b (Anh. C. 14.D1) in E-flat major by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra along with Mozart: Symphony No. 39 K. 543/Sinfonia Concertante K 297b and Schubert: Octet by the Berlin Philharmonic, Christmas with Placido Domingo by Placido Domingo and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Mozart: Nacht Musique by the Wiener Mozart-Blaser and Dimitri Terzakis – The Gates of Night and Day: Chamber Works by various artists along with many compilations.
In the field of musical education he became a professor at Salzburg’s University Mozarteum in 1992 and has given many master classes.
Placido Domingo recordings
A Medley of Christmas Carols
(Joy to the World, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, O Little town of Bethlehem, The First Noel)
FM 37245 (CD: Christmas with Placido Domingo)
Orchestra – Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conductor –Lee Holdridge
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Brandhofer
- http://www.ab-clarinet.com/
- https://at.linkedin.com/in/alois-brandhofer-14165139/en
- https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000271325/CLASSICAL/Alois-Brandhofer
- https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/en/events/eschenbach-weissberg-brandhofer-mikkelborg-h-schiff-leonskaja-rypdal-schonberg-chopin-brahms
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alois-brandhofer-mn0001772713/credits
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/1656812-Alois-Brandhofer