Alexander Janiczek, highly sought after as a director, soloist, guest leader and chamber musician, was born in Salzburg to a musical family of Polish and Czech descent. He began his violin studies at the age of four and went on to study with Helmuth Zehetmair at the Salzburg Mozarteum. He also participated in masterclasses with Max Rostal, Nathan Milstein, Ruggiero Ricci and Dorothy Delay.
He first came to public attention when he won first prize in the National Competition of Austria at the age of nine and appeared soon after as soloist with conductors such as a Jiri Belohlávek, Michael Gielen, Hans Graf and Manfred Honeck.
From the age of twenty a close association with Sándor Végh and the Camerata Salzburg led to extensive tours as leader, director and soloist to most of the major festivals across Europe and the Americas. Recordings released at the same time include the HaydnSinfonia Concertante and Mozart’s G Major Concerto – played on Sándor Végh’s famous Paganini Stradivarius.
Alexander Janiczek established a close relationship with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as its leader from 1999-2002 and has since been invited back as director and soloist on numerous tours throughout Scotland and Europe. He is also a regular guest director with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (with whom he has toured extensively throughout Europe and the Far East) and has recently directed the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
As a soloist Alexander Janiczek has performed regularly with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Camerata Salzburg. He has appeared as soloist with renowned artists such as Sir Roger Norrington, Murray Perahia, Trevor Pinnock, Yuri Bashmet, Andrew Litton, Ton Koopman, James MacMillan, Thierry Fischer and Emmanuel Krivine. He has also performed concerto repertoire extensively in the role of soloist/director. Most recently he has performed the Berg, Dvorak, Brahms, Hartmann, Spohr and Mendelssohn Violin Concertos.
Alexander Janiczek has recently committed himself to exploring 19th century performance practice, with La Chambre Philharmonique under Emmanuel Krivine and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées under Philippe Herreweghe. He is also a dedicated chamber musician and has appeared with artists such as Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, Joshua Bell, Till Fellner, Thomas Adés, Christian Zacharias and Llyr Williams. In 2005 and 2006 he was invited by Mitsuko Uchida and Richard Goode to tutor at their prestigious Marlboro Music Festival.
A new recording featuring Janiczek as soloist and director was released on the Linn Records label in April 2007. It is recorded with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and features Mozart’s Serenades, Divertimento in E flat and Three movements for violin solo.
Alexander Janiczek plays the ‘Baron Oppenheim’ Stradivarius from 1716, which is on loan to him from the National Bank of Austria.
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Date : February 2008