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Thomas Wally – Violin
Born in 1981 in Vienna, Austria, Thomas Wally studied composition with Erich Urbanner and Chaya Czernowin and violin with Josef Hell at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, graduating in 2008 with distinction (violin and composition). In 2005/2006 he spent an exchange year at the Sibelius-Akatemia Helsinkias a student of Paavo Heininen, where his violin teachers were Erkki Kantola and Päivyt Meller. He attended violin masterclasses with Hanna Weinmeister and Volkhard Steude (Concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic).
As a violinist, Mr. Wally dedicates himself primarily to the performance of contemporary music. He plays on a regular basis with Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Wiener Collage, Ensemble Reconsil and PHACE | CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. Since 2002, Mr. Wally is substitute at the Vienna Philharmonic and had several contracts at the Vienna State Opera. In Spring 2004, he won an internal composition competition for string quartet at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with his “4 Bagatelles for String Quartet.” In 2005 he was a finalist of the Jeunesses Musicales composition competition in Bucharest with his piece “Verästelungen” for 19 solo-strings. 2008, he won the 3rd prize in the international music+culture composition competition with his piano solo piece “impressions...en relief.”
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