Hatto Beyerle
German musician (1933-2023)
Hatto Beyerle (20 June 1933 – 16 October 2023) was a German-Austrian violist who played mainly as a chamber musician, conductor and academic teacher. He was a founding member of the Alban Berg Quartet, and remained with the string quartet until 1981. He was professor of viola and chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 1964 to 1987, and also taught at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, the City of Basel Music Academy and Fiesole School of Music, besides international master classes, influencing notable chamber music ensembles. He initiated and directed the European Chamber Music Academy in 2004.
Life and career
Beyerle was born in Frankfurt on 20 June 1933, the son of a historian of law. He studied viola at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Ulrich Koch, violin with Ricardo Odnoposoff in Vienna, composition with Alfred Uhl, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky.
In 1960 he was co-founder of the chamber orchestra Wiener Solisten
with which he undertook numerous concert tours. In 1970 he founded the Alban Berg Quartet, a string quartet, together with violinists Günter Pichler and Klaus Maetzl, and cellist Valentin Erben. They played a house concert for Alban Berg's widow Helene, who supported the name. Beyerle and his wife organised the quartet's concert tours.
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