Auer
began flute lessons at the age of ten and in the following years
he was awarded first prize at the Austrian youth competition
Jugend musiziert several times and a member of Gustav Mahler
Youth-Orchestra under Claudio Abbado.
He
subsequently studied at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg
and finished his studies
with Andreas Blau and Emmanuel Pahud
at Berlin Philharmonic-Orchestra-Academy in Berlin. From
1996 to 1998 he played numerous concerts and tours with the
Berlin Phiharmonic Orchestra. Several masterclasses held by Aurele
Nicolet had an important influence on him.
The
most important among the numerous international awards he received
are prizes
at the competitions of Cremona (1996),
Bonn
(2000) and Munich (ARD 2001). Walter
Auer frequently appears as soloist in recitals and concerts around
the world. He
made his Musikvereins-Hall
Debut as soloist
with Wiener Philharmoniker under Daniel Barenboim in 2005
and he also performed there 2006 as soloist with Wiener
Philharmoniker and Cecilia Bartoli. His Debut-Recital at Suntory
Hall/Tokyo
took place in November 2007.
As
principal flutist Walter Auer performs with the most famous conductors
in the Vienna state
opera and with Vienna
Philharmonic
like Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle,
Christian Thielemann, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Daniel Barenboim,
Mariss Jansons,
Valery Gergiev and Lorin Maazel.
He
is in demand as coach and teacher, and teaches masterclasses
in Europe, Australia
and Asia. As a passionate chamber
musician Walter Auer is also a member of Orsolino
Quintett Berlin and Wiener
Virtuosen.
Walter
Auer plays a 24k SANKYO Flute and a headjoint from Werner Tomasi/Vienna. |