Othmar Müller, Prof.

Contact: othmar.mueller@haydnkons.at
Website: www.othmarmueller.at

Education:

1968: Conservatory of the City of Vienna
1977-1984: University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna – violoncello performance with Valentin Erben
1984-1985: University of Cincinnati, USA – study with the LaSalle Quartet

1993-1998: University of Music and the Performing Arts in Graz – guest professor for chamber music
2007: University of Music and the Performing Arts in Graz – instructor of chamber music
Since 2008: Violoncello studio at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory
Regular master classes, for example in France (Pablo-Casals-Festival), US (Yale University) and Austria

Appearances as soloist
- 1997: World premiere of Gottfried von Einem‘s “Music for cello solo”
- 2001: World premiere of Herwig Reiter’s Cello Concerto at the Berlin Concert House
- 2006: World premiere of the rediscovered cello works by Alexander Zemlinsky at the Wiener Musikverein
- CD recordings of the Zemlinsky Sonata (NAXOS), Cello-works of the Fin de Siecle, Haydn Cello Concertos, Richard Rössler cello works and piano trios (all on Camerata Tokyo)
Artis Quartet
- Since 1980: Member of the Artis Quartet, concertizing worldwide
- Since 1988: an annual concert series at the Wiener Musikverein
- More than 40 CD recordings, several awards such as the Grand Prix du Disque, Prix Caecilia, Diapason d’Or, Wiener Flötenuhr, Echo 2000, MIDEM Classics