Rainer honeck biography of michael jackson

Rainer Honeck was born 1961 in Nenzing, Austria and started learning violin at the age of seven; he pursued his studies at the High School of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Edith Bertschinger and privately with Alfred Staar (a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra).

Honeck joined the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as a first violinist in 1981, advancing to the position of concertmaster in the Opera in 1984 and to that of concert master of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992.

While his work with the orchestra remains central to his musical life, Honeck is a renowned soloist, with concert appearances in Austria and in Europe, Japan and America.

Personal highlights with the Vienna Philharmonic include Dvorak’s Violin Concerto under Mariss Jansons, Mozart’ concertos under Riccardo Muti and Herbert Blomstedt and Berg’s Violin Concerto with Daniele Gatti. He also played the Berg concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of the Ma