Musicians
Janna Polyzoides, piano
© Christian Jungwirth | Janna Polyzoides was born in Graz. She studied at the University of Music Graz with Sebastian Benda.
Additional influential teachers were Rudolf Kehrer, Alexander Jenner and György Kurtag. Her carrier has led to appearances at renowned festivals, such as Wien modern, the Menuhin-Festival in Gstaad, the »styriarte« festival in Graz and the Wiener Festwochen. She has been invited to many famous concert halls, for example the Cologne Philharmony, Wigmore Hall London, Warsaw Philharmony, the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein in Vienna and the Mozarteum Salzburg (in 2007 with the »Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss«). She is a founding member of the Arcus Ensemble Vienna.
So far she recorded 25 CDs, lately a CD (ORF) with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna (Christian Offenbauer's piano concert) and a CD of the »Duo Demetrius & Janna Polyzoides« (Aulos). 2008 she was nominated for the ORF-Pasticcio-Price and the German Record Critics' Award for a solo CD (einklang-records). www.jannapolyzoides.com |
String Quartet of Klangforum Wien
The string players of Klangforum Wien have been engaging themselves in contemporary literature for quartet since 1993. Their utmost concern is the selective choice of repertoire and the intensive cooperation with composers. "It was such a beautiful experience to work with the four musicians of Klangforum String Quartet. They have the extraordinary combination of the technical expertise and feelingful musicality that is exemplary of the finest performers of our time. Through their dedication and inspiration, the composition Chronos Kristalla evolves through time to another level of perfection in realization." La Monte Young |
String Quartet of Klangforum Wien – Annette Bik, violin
© Lukas Beck | Born in 1962, studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Helmut Zehetmair, where she passed her diploma with distinction. Until 1987 she was a member of the Hagen-Quartet, with whom she won prizes in large international competitions, recorded award winning records, and undertook worldwide concert tours. Subsequently, she studied for two years at the Viennese college of music with Ernst Kovacic. |
String Quartet of Klangforum Wien – Sophie Schafleitner, violin
© Lukas Beck | Sophie Schafleitner was born in Salzburg in 1974. After her musical training at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Irmgard Gahl she completed her studies with a concert diploma at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Gerhard Schulz. |
String Quartet of Klangforum Wien – Dimitrios Polisoidis, viola
© Robert Höldrich | Violin studies with Dany Dossiou in Greece and Christos Polyzoides in Graz, studied viola under Herbert Blendinger. From 1989 to 1993 he was the leader of the violas in the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1994 he became a member of Klangforum Wien. |
String Quartet of Klangforum Wien – Andreas Lindenbaum, violoncello
© Lukas Beck | Andreas Lindenbaum was born in Detmold, Germany in 1963. He studied the cello and composition at the Detmold Academy of Music. In 1986 he received a scholarship from the Rotary-Foundation International Studies at the School of Music in Bloomington, USA, where he studied in the class of Janos Starker. |