Wiener Celloensemble 5+1

Cello

Mr. Bru is native Viennense and was born in 1987. Coming from a family of musicians, he began playing cello at the age of eight under the tutelage of his father, continuing his studies with Prof.R. Wimmer and Professor Josef Podhoransky and later with Professor R. Nagy at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna.

He also took part in master classes with Steven Isserlis and David Geringas, as well as winning several prizes in Austrian competitions for young musicians.

Sebastian Bru has had a prodigous start as a soloist performing, among others, with the Viennese Chamber Orchestra, the Sofia Philharmonic ,the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra at an early age.

From October 2010 he was principal cellist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and from 2011  he is member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mr Hedenborg was born in Salzburg in 1979 and began to play cello when he was 6. In 1993 he began his studies with Heinrich Schiff at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and later at the University for Music in Vienna. He took part in master classes with D. Gerings, Z. Nelsova,M. Perenyi,and won first prizes at the competition in Gorzia,Italy,won the Janacek prize at the Radio competition “Concertino Praga” in 1994 and was awarded the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky competition for young musicians in Oslo. He has appeared as a solist with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Cologne Radio Orchestra, the Prague Symphony, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra. A Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra in the main concert hall of the “ Wiener Musikverein” highlights his artistic career. Since 2011 he is member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cello

Karin Bonelli thrives on being surrounded by an ocean of sound and the creative individuals who make it homogeneous. With this being the case, it is most fortunate that since 2012, she has been a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which creates its own singular harmonious ocean of tonality. She was the first woman to obtain a position in the wind section of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and with that, also in the Vienna Philharmonic.

However, it was not fortunate circumstance alone that placed this young artist in this outstanding musical entity, but rather a long, arduous journey, beginning with her first flute lessons under the tuteledge of her mother – her father also being a flutist and professor. She consequently studied in Linz, Vienna, Lyon, and Munich with teachers such as Gisela Mashayekhi-Beer, Günter Voglmayr, Philippe Boucly, Wolfgang Schulz, Julien Beaudiment, Philippe Bernold and Karl-Heinz Schütz. The interaction with these instructors provided Karin Bonelli with a precocious comprehension of various regions, concepts of sound and styles of playing, which allowed her to develop her own individual musicianship without ever stifling her endeavours to further her professional ability.

In addition to various competition awards at an early age, she was still young when she was introduced to the orchestral world, playing with the Vienna Symphony, the National Orchestra de France and the Opera National de Lyon. More currently, along with her position in the Vienna Philharmonic with whom she experiences all of the world-renown conductors and soloists, she is a founding member of the „Vienna Wind Quintet“ as well as the „Klangkollektiv Wien“. With such musically energetic partners like the violinist Benni Schmid and the pianist Markus Schirmer, Karin is extremely devoted to chamber musical performance, as well as giving her own solo flute concerts. She was an instructor at the Music University in Graz (2017/18) and, more recently, is teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She strives to develop individuality in the young flute players, encouraging them to discover their own musical talent.

When one listens to the lyrical sound of Karin Bonelli in performance, one is not surprised that she would have liked to have pursued a career in singing as well. Indeed, with some imagination when at the beach, one might imagine her „singing flute“ in the melodious sounds of the seashore.