Wolfgang Schneiderhan

Violinist and sometime conductor Wolfgang Schneiderhan was a highly versatile artist, just as much at home in the music of Hans Werner Henze as in Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert, even if he is best known for his playing of the last-named group of composers. Never quite a household name, he was nevertheless active in every aspect of Austria's music scene and was widely admired for the depth of his interpretive abilities. Born in Vienna on May 28, 1915, Schneiderhan was taught violin by his mother from age three and gave his first concert at five. In 1926, in Copenhagen, he pl...