Vienna Opera appoints Polish viola

Vienna Opera appoints Polish viola

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norman lebrecht

March 19, 2019

The Polish violist Barnaba Jan Poprawski won today’s audition for a viola section vacancy in the State Opera orchestra, gateway to the Vienna Philharmonic.

Poprawki, 35, has been subbing in the Vienna Phil for a while and is a member of Sinfonia Varsovia.

He will take the seat of Heinrich Koll, who is retiring in September.

 

 

 

Comments

  • Axl says:

    But isn’t Heinrich Koll retiring in 2017 after getting retirement age of 66? Or did he just stepping down to tutti viola and is retiring now in age of 67-68?

  • Robert Groen says:

    If he can do a good Harold he’s my man.

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