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About the Jury Member
Erich Traxler is a harpsichordist and specialist in historical keyboard instruments, with a focus on music from 1600 to 1800. He performs internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor with ensembles such as L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Ars Antiqua Austria, Ensemble Castor, and Ensemble Klangrede. His concert tours have taken him across Europe, the United States, South America, South Africa, and Japan. Numerous CD, video, and radio recordings document his artistic work.
He received his training in Linz and Vienna, studying with Michael Radulescu, August Humer, Wolfgang Glüxam, Gordon Murray, Brett Leighton, and Augusta Campagne. A postgraduate course took him to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he received important artistic impulses from Andrea Marcon, Wolfgang Zerer, Jean-Claude Zehnder, and Jesper Christensen.
As an organist, he won first prizes at international competitions (Goldrain 2003, Bochum 2005). From 2005 to 2018, he taught at the Konservatorium Wien University of Music; since 2018, he has been Professor of Harpsichord at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.