Gaiswinkler, Otmar (1971-Present)

He is a trombonist and teacher born in Scharding, Austria, who starting learning to play when he was 9 years old.

In 1985, when he was fourteen, he entered the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and the Linz Highschool of Music Five years later in 1990 he became a student at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Three years into his studies in Vienna he became a member of the Bruckner Symphony Orchestra Linz and in 1996 he was given the position of Solo Trombonist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

He is a founding member of the Vienna Trombone Quartet and Ensemble Tonus and has worked with various other ensembles that include Austrian Brass Connection, Pro Brass, Vienna Symphony Jazz Project and Wiener Akademie. He has also performed as a member of Concentus Musicus Wien.

He has made several recordings which include Ewan Ewazen: Bass Hits by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and the International Sejong Soloists, Fiori Musicale by the Baroque Ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Russian Melodies and Vienna Masters Play Chamber Music by the Vienna Trombone Quartet and Michael Haydn: Concerto in D Major for 2 Trombones and Orchestra by Wiener Concert-Verein.

In the field of musical education he has given numerous national and international masterclasses and in 2007 took on the position of Professor of Trombone at Vienna’s University of Music and Performing Arts.

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Gaiswinkler, Otmar (1971-Present)

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