Founded in 1998 specifically for the Wiener Johann Strauss Konzert-Gala , the company has since appeared in many DaCapo productions. Until 2008, the inimitable style of the K&K Ensemble lay in the hands of Gerlinde Dill, ballet mistress of the Wiener Staatsoper and choreographer of Vienna’s New Year concerts. Dill was the creative mind behind...
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K&K String Quartet
Robert Stepanian
Mit 11 Jahren trat er erstmals in einem Orchester mit Werken von Bach und Vivaldi auf. 1992 zog Stepanian nach Moskau und begann hier seine musikalische Ausbildung…
K&K Opera Choir
Kendlinger’s K&K Opera Choir was founded in 2003 by Matthias Georg Kendlinger in collaboration with the Halytskyy Chamber Choir from Lviv. The artistic direction is led by the internationally renowned choir master Vasyl Yatsyniak, who honed his craft under the tutelage of the esteemed choral specialist Vladimir Minin. The musical level of this vocal ensemble...
Martin Kerschbaum
Martin Kerschbaum studied music in Vienna, is chief conductor of the Vienna Classical Players and has recorded a number of CDs. He has guested with the Wiener Symphoniker, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow, the Orquesta de Córdoba, the Rundfunkorchester des WDR, the Würzburger Philharmoniker, and has also appeared at the Bregenz Festival. His work has...
Taras Lenko
Taras Lenko studied the violin, clarinet, as well as opera and symphony conducting at the Mykola Lysenko National Academy of Music in Lviv. He has performed with the State Opera in Lviv and has won a series of international awards…
Maximilian Kendlinger
At the tender age of 13, his father Matthias Georg Kendlinger passed him the baton for the very first time at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. Born in 1998, Maximilian Kendlinger is a skilled pianist, accordion-player and percussionist…
Matthias Georg Kendlinger
Austrian impresario, conductor and composer Matthias Georg Kendlinger is the man behind the K&K Philharmoniker, the Austrian K&K Ballett, the K&K Opernchor and the Tiroler Beethoven-Tage. His ensembles have earned him rapturous "bravos!" and standing ovations across Europe…
K&K Philharmoniker
Bearing the initials of its Austrian founder, Matthias Georg Kendlinger, and his wife Larissa, this renowned orchestra recalls the golden age of the Danube Monarchy…