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Veronika Gottfried | violin Sophie Gansch | violin Ines Miklin | viola Marianne Bruckner | Violoncello StringFizz was founded in 2001. The musicians Veronika Gottfried (1st violin), Sophie Gansch (2nd violin), Ines Miklin (viola) and Marianne Bruckner (violoncello) have acquired a large repertoire off the beaten track of music for string quartet, where their own and new arrangements play an important role. In 2002 they met the singer Tini Kainrath. In the theatrical production of “Stella and George” with the actors Katharina Stemberger and Peter Streimelweger (directed by Alexander Hauer), which was shown in the “Posthof” and the “Rosengarten” in Linz, music from the “Juliet Letters” was used. These songs, composed by Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet after ficticious letters to Julia Capulet were performed by StringFizz together with Tini Kainrath in November 2004 in the Radiokulturhaus Wien. An Ö1-CD was produced in July 2005; the official presentation took place in the course of a concert at the Viennese jazz club “Porgy & Bess”. In July 2006 the Mozart Requiem in the version for string quartet, written by the Beethoven contemporary Peter Lichtenthal, was recorded in a cooperation with the Ö1 radio station and the “Wiener Mozartjahr”. The CD-presentation again took place at the “Porgy & Bess” and was transmitted live on the Austrian radio on the 215th anniversary of Mozart’s death, December 5, 2006. December 2006 also saw the musical cooperation with the pianist Cyprien Katsaris in a concert where waltzes by the Strauss family in the rarely played arrangements by Arnold Schönberg and Anton von Webern were performed amongst other pieces. March 2007 recording of own arrangements of tangos by Astor Piazzolla. Presentation of the CD at the Porgy & Bess in June 2007. July 2007 world premiere of the new project “Gershwin on String” newly and congenially arranged for string quartet and voices by Michael Radanovics; Tini Kainrath and Willi Resetarits will sing with StringFizz at the opening concert of the “Glatt und Verkehrt” festival in Krems, Lower Austria – the production of a CD is planned. For the coming season numerous appearances amongst others in the Wiener Musikverein and at various festivals are scheduled. Veronika Gottfried (1st violin) - born in Hamburg, Austrian citizen - violin studies at the Vienna Conservatory with Prof. Grete Biedermann and Georg Mark, followed by studies with Prof. Dora Schwarzberg-Romanoff at the University of Music in Vienna. 1995 concert degree with honours for violin - master classes with Jean Pierre Wallez, Gerhard Schulz, Ernst Kovacic, Detlev Hahn, Mika Comberti and others - chamber music activities at home and abroad with various renowned ensembles, such as the Wiener Kammerorchester, the Klangforum Wien and the Wiener Akademie working with a number of distinguished conductors including Sandor Vegh, Sir Neville Marriner, Heinz Holliger, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Barshai - member of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner - teacher at the Musikschulen Wien – amongst her pupils are several first prize winners with “Jugend musiziert” and other competitions - since 2001 “StringFizz” Sophie Gansch (2nd violin) - born in Vienna - violin studies with Prof. Josef Birkus-Kigo and Klara Flieder at the Vienna Conservatory; since 2002 she studies for a concert degree with Prof. Ernst Kovacic at the University of Music in Vienna - winner of several prizes with “Jugend musiziert” - played with the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra (RSO) Vienna, the Tonkünstler-Orchestra and others - since 2004 “StringFizz” Ines Miklin (viola) - born in Graz - violin studies at the Universities of Music in Graz and Vienna with Christos Polyzoides and Ernst Kovacic respectively. 1998 concert degree for violin - master classes with Igor Ozim, Gorjan Kosuta, Christian Altenburger, Gertrude Rossbacher and the Bartok-Quartet - prize-winner in the following competitions: Gorizia and Gradisca d’Isonzo, “Jugend musiziert” and the “Charles-Hennen-Concours” in the Netherlands - musical activities amongst others with the Wiener Kammerorchester, the Wiener Akademie, the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra (RSO) Vienna - 1994-1998 member and scholarship holder of the Gustav Mahler-Youth Orchestra - member of the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich since 2001 - since 2001 “StringFizz” - member of the Waldmüller-Trio Wien since 2004 Marianne Bruckner (violoncello) - born in Vienna - violoncello studies at the University of Music in Vienna with Senta Benesch and Valentin Erben - master classes with Heinrich Schiff and Boris Pergamenschikoff - chamber music activities at home and abroad with the Wiener Kammerorchester, the ensemble “Die Reihe”, the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra (RSO) Vienna to name a few, thus working with Sandor Vegh, Heinrich Schiff, Ernst Kovacic, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Michael Gielen, Simone Young and many more - winner of several prizes with “Jugend musiziert” - instrumentation for various musical formations - since 2001 “StringFizz” 2007/2008 If you wish to revise this biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management. 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