Rupert Fankhauser
Austrian clarinetist
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Rupert Fankhauser is an Austrian clarinetist. He is also a lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.[1]
Education
Fankhauser studied clarinet at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.[2]
Career
In 1985, Fankhauser became the principal clarinetist of the Municipal Theatre of Klagenfurt and the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra.[2] He was also the principal clarinetist of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.[1] He was principal clarinetist for the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra for the 1993–94 season.[2] He has toured with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic, and has soloed with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali.[2] He has been a member of the Vienna Clarinet Connection since 1999.[3]
