Alban Berg Quartet mourns its co-founder
RIPThe founding violist of the famed Alban Berg Quartet, Hatto Beyerle, died yesterday, aged 90.
Hatto created the quartet in 1970 with violinist Günter Pichler and played in it for 11 years. He was also professor of viola and chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and later in Basle.
From 1985 to 1998 Beyerle was conductor of the Konzertvereinigung of the Vienna Konzerthaus.
His students include the Hagen Quartet, Szymanowski Quartet and the Trio Jean Paul.
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