Erik Freitag

Erik Freitag (born 1 February 1940) is an Austrian composer and violinist. Life Born in Vienna, Freitag studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with, among others, Eduard Melkus and composition with Karl-Birger Blomdahl at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. From 1964 to 1967, he was violinist in the Sveriges Radio Symfoniorchester and from 1967 to 1970 in the Stockholms Filharmoniska Orchester. He then directed the Vienna-Ottakring Music School until 2003. In 1987, together with and René Staar, he founded the “Ensemble Wiener Collage”, which is dedicated to the interpretation of contemporary works, especially by Austrian composers. Awards * 1975: Förderungspreis des Bundesministeriums für Unterricht und Kunst * 1979: Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien * 1988: Theodor Körner Prize * 1996: Composer in Residence der Northwestern University of Michigan Work * Hymnus – cantata for speaker, tenor, mixed choir, alto flute, harp, vibraphone and violin, 1970 * Kleine Suite für Streicher und Klavier, 1972 * Moving Studies – Szenen für Tänzer, 1973 * Drei Stücke für Streichquartett, 1976 * Drei Miniaturen für Klavier zu vier Händen, 1977 * Divertimento für Bläserqui