David Seidel
Fagott
David Seidel was born on the 18th of May,1976 in Salzburg into a
musical family.
His first musical experience was at the age of seven when he began
to learn the violin.At the age of nine he began piano lessons and
after three years took part in his first competition.He subsequently
enrolled in the Mozarteum Hochschule in Salzburg. There he met his
first bassoon teacher,Milan Turkovic,with whom he began lessons at
the age or thirteen.After several years of continuing his studies
with Yoshinori Tominaga,he began his official studies with Richard
Geller at the Mozarteum. During this time he took part in several
Masterclasses with artists such as Sergio Azzolini and Klaus
Thunemann.
While still a student David Seidel was successful in many
competitions including Second Prize ,”Gradus ad Parnassum” in Vienna
in 1996 , First Prize ,”Gradus ad Parnassum” in Salzburg in 1998 and
was also awarded the “Anton Bruckner Encouragement Prize” of the
Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
In the same year he was appointed the position of First Bassoon in
the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
RSO-Wien
and since 1999 has held the position
of Solo Bassoon.
He has performed with the orchestra in many parts of the
world including Japan, USA, South America and China, and has also
performed several times as soloist with the orchestra. David Seidel
has built up a successful career as a versatile soloist and chamber
musician. He has performed as soloist in Vienna, Salzburg, Linz and
Feldkirch, also in Switzerland, France and Poland. He has been
accompanied by the RSO Wien (conducted by Dennis Russel Davies), the
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Salzburg Kammerphilharmonie,
Lubliner Philharmonie to name a few.
He has performed in chamber music ensembles with musicians
such as Milan Turkovic, Richard Galler, Gerald Pachinger, Günter
Passin,Bernhard Heinrichs and Erwin Klambauer. David Seidel also
works with various other ensembles such as “die reih
Some of David Seidel’s most important recent projects include his debut as soloist with the RSO Wien in February 2001,performing the Austrian Premiere of Andre Jolivet’s Bassoon Concerto,conducted by Stefan Sanderling.In May 2001 he featured in a radio program on Radio Österreich (Ö1) which was in the form of an interview and musical portrait.
Shortly after this,together with Richard Galler,Martin Machovits and Alois Tschiggerl, he performed the Austrian Premiere of the Concerto for 4 bassoons and orchestra “Hell’s Angels” by Michael Daugherty in the Vienna Konzerthaus, with the RSO Wien conducted by Dennis Russel Davies.
David Seidel wurde 1976 in Salzburg
in einer Musikerfamilie geboren.
Im Alter von 13 Jahren begann er mit dem Fagottspiel bei Milan
Turkovic und Yoshinori Tominaga. Sein Studium absolvierte er am
„Mozarteum“ in der Klasse von Prof. Richard Galler mit Auszeichnung.
Während des Studiums war David Seidel bei mehreren Wettbewerben
erster Preisträger, ehe er 1999 als Solofagottist des
Radiosymphonieorchesters Wien des ORF engagiert wurde.
Neben seiner Orchestertätigkeit tritt er regelmässig mit
verschiedenen Kammermusikensembles wie „die reihe“ und
„Kontrapunkte“ auf, sowie mit Mitgliedern der Wiener, Berliner und
Münchner Philharmoniker.
Als Solist trat er bereits in Wien, Salzburg, Deutschland, der
Schweiz, Frankreich, Polen, Kroatien und in Israel mit Orchestern
wie dem Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, dem RSO-Wien, dem Stuttgarter
Kammerorchester, dem Ensemble „Kontrapunkte“ und den Ensemble „die
reihe“ unter anderem mit Dennis Russel Davies sowie Betrand de
Billy, auf.
2001 spielte er die Österreichische Erstaufführung des
Fagottkonzertes von Andre Jolivet in Begleitung des RSO-Wien.
Seit 1999 leitet er regelmäßig Meisterkurse sowohl im In - als auch
im Ausland. 2002 debütierte er
im Wiener Musikverein mit Milan Turkovic, Richard Galler und Michael
O`Donovan im Quartett.
