Christof Huebner, Viola

Christof Huebner, viola and Artistic Director of Walden Chamber Players, was born in Vienna, where he attended the Vienna Conservatory and subsequently the Wiener Musikhochschule where he won First Prize in Competition in 1984. Mr. Huebner studied with Hatto Beyerle, violist of the Alban Berg Quartet, and was the recipient of a grant by the Alban Berg Foundation. Continuing his studies with Michael Tree at the Saint Louis Conservatory as a Fulbright Scholar, he received his Artist diploma and received First Prize at the Concerto Competition at the Saint Louis Conservatory in 1986. Before coming to the US, he played with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He is a frequent performer at music festivals such as Marlboro Festival, Tanglewood, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Salzburg Festival and Wiener Festwochen. He has performed with members of the Guarneri Quartet, Alban Berg Quartet and the Boston Chamber Music Society. He has appeared as a guest artist with the American String Quartet and the New World String Quartet and frequently tours with Musicians from Marlboro, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded for several companies, including BMG/Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Grammophon, Koch International and Nonesuch Recording Co. Mr. Huebner has recently performed at the Connecticut Early Music Festival and the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Concert Royal and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra of Canada. Mr. Huebner is a founding member of the Walden Chamber Players, and is on the faculty of the Preparatory Division of the New England Conservatory of Music.