Curriculum Vitae
Lars Mlekusch, Saxophone (Vienna)
Saxophonist Lars Mlekusch (born in 1978 in Switzerland) has played concerts with leading ensembles and orchestras such as the Klangforum Wien (Austria), Symphony Orchestra Basel and Collegium Novum Zurich (Switzerland), SWR Symphony Orchestra Freiburg and Baden-Baden (Germany), Ensemble Kontrapunkte Vienna (Austria), Stroma Ensemble (New Zealand) and has performed in prestigious concert halls and at festivals in most European countries as well as in New Zealand, USA, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. He is a member of the Vienna based Soloist Ensemble PHACE | CONTEMPORARY MUSIC and regular guest musician in the Klangforum Wien. His performances have been broadcast on many major radio stations and are released on several CDs. His Solo CD “Saxophone.Spaces” was released in 2008 (edition zeitklang ez-38040) and has received high international critical acclaim. Specialised in contemporary music, he has performed numerous world premieres for solo saxophone or works written for one of his ensembles such as the Vienna Saxophone Quartet, Duo Saxophonic, Duo Iridolon, 4Tenors Saxophone Quartet and others.
Since 2005, Lars Mlekusch is Professor of saxophone and chamber music at the Konservatorium Wien University. From 2004 to 2007 he was also teaching saxophone at the University of Music Basel.
Mlekusch was teaching Masterclasses or has been Guest Professer at:
The Netherlands: Conservatory of Amsterdam (2010), Conservatory of Utrecht (2010)
Switzerland: Music Universities of Basel, Lucerne and Lausanne and Masterclasses Ticino Musica and Arosa.
Belgium:Koninkliik Conservatorium, Conservatoire Royal (Erasmus, 2009)
Italy:Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Tartini di Trieste (Erasmus, 2007), Conservatorio di Musica di Milano (2009)
Austria: Musikkurse Kumberg bei Graz (2004), Landeskonservatorium Feldkirch (2009)
Slovenia:Conservatorium Ljubljana, Koper, Music Academy Ljubljana (2009)
Spain: Conservatorio Superior de Musica “Manuel Castilla” de Sevilla (Erasmus, 2007), Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica “Victoria Eugenia” de Granada (Erasmus, 2007), Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Malaga (Erasmus, 2007), Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Madrid (Erasmus, 2007), Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Palma de Mallorca (2010)
Taiwan: Arts and Vision Taipei (2006)
Thailand: Masterclass at the World Saxophone Congress 2009 in Bangkok
New Zealand: Victoria University Wellington, School of Music (2005), University of Canterbury Christchurch, School of Music (2005), University of Waikato Hamilton, School of Music (2005)
USA: Florida State University Tallahassee (2006), Michigan State University Lansing (2006), Northwestern University Chicago (2006), DePaul University Chicago (2006), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2006), Brigham Young University Idaho (2008), Manhattan School of Music (2008)
He is a graduate from the University of Music Basel studying with Marcus Weiss and from Northwestern University Chicago studying with Dr. Frederick L. Hemke, where he earned a concert diploma, a soloist diploma and a Master of Music, all with highest distinction. From Arno Bornkamp (Amsterdam) and Claude Delangle (Paris) he received further impulses through private studies. Since 2008 Mlekusch is a Rico Performance Artist. He is living in Vienna.
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