Rainer Honeck studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria). Since 1981, he has been 1st violinist with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic.

Violinist and orchestra conductor Rainer Honeck. Photo: Hanoimoi

Rainer Honeck has performed solo at famous theaters in Europe, America, Japan, and other countries. He is also an accomplished chamber musician, appearing on many studio and radio recordings, and has performed with famous artists such as Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Angelika Kirchschlager, Jose Carreras, Andre Previn, Yuri Bashmet, and Yefim Bronfman.

In recent years, the Austrian violinist has performed many times as conductor, with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra and Kioi Sinfonietta (Japan), and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra in St.Petersburg (Russia).

The Vietnam Symphony Orchestra performs under the direction of conductor Honna Tetsuji. Photo: Hanoimoi

In the upcoming program in Hanoi, Rainer Honeck and the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Honna Tetsuji, will perform the works “Verklärte Nacht” Op.4 (A.Schonberg), “Violin Concerto Vietnam Premiere” (to the memory of an angel) and Concerto violin “Memory of an Angel” (Alban Berg), and “The Blue Danube” (Strauss II).

In particular, this is the first time the Violin Concerto "Memories of an Angel" will be performed in Vietnam. The work was written by Alban Berg in 1935 for Manon Gropius - daughter of Alma Mahler (widow of composer Gustav Mahler) - when she passed away early from polio. This is perhaps Alban Berg's most famous and most frequently performed work.

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