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The orchestra Wiener Akademie is aways pleasedto take part in experimental music theatre.In 2009 they presented the production “Theon original instruments, and Schubert’s Massesin E flat, G, C and A flat. The orchestra’s Mozartdiscography includes, inter alia, an award-winning“Conductor in Residence” of the Liszt Festival,Raiding, AustriaMartin Haselböck’s intensive involvement with therepertoire of classical church music in his capacityas organist at the Hofburgkapelle occasionedInfernal Comedy” with the Hollywood actor John recording of “Don Giovanni”, “Zaide” , sinfonias, the The Austrian conductor Martin Haselböck comes him in 1985 to found the orchestra, WienerMalkovich in the lead role at the Vienna RonacherTheatre (concept and musical direction, MartinHaselböck, direction Michael Sturminger / JohnMalkovich). In January 2011 the cooperation withMalkovich continued in Sturminger’s new piece“The Giacomo Variations”. In this production, worldpremiered in Vienna, Malkovich plays GiacomoCasanova. The supporting cast includes FlorianBoesch, Ingeborgha Dapkunaita, Sophie Klußmann,Masonic music, masses, dances, and the completechurch sonatas. In the Spring of 2011 the orchestraintroduced the first two CDs of “The Sound ofWeimar”, its complete series of Franz Liszt’sorchestral works. Haselböck’s work Will nicht mehrweiden – Requiem for Ernst Jandl (Text by FriederikeMayröcker) was also published in 2011. There areDVD recordings by the orchestra of, for example aJohann-Strauss-Production of the BBC, recordingsfrom a well-known family of musicians. Followingstudies in Vienna and Paris and as recipient ofprizes in international competitions he soon wonfor himself a considerable reputation as organistand worked with conductors such as ClaudioAbbado, Lorin Maazel, Wolfgang Sawallisch,Riccardo Muti and many others.Several prominent contemporary composers suchas Ernst Krenek, Alfred Schnittke have writtenAkademie. In addition to an annual concert cyclein the Vienna Musikverein he and his orchestraare regular guests and “resident artists” in concerthalls and opera productions throughout theworld. More than 60 recordings of music rangingfrom works by Bach to compositions of the early20 th century have been published by the WienerAkademie under his direction. Among the prizesawarded the orchestra for its recordings are theMartene Grimson and Andrei Bondarenko. of the opera “Hansel and Gretel” and “Fidelio”, as compositions for, and dedicated them to, Martin German Schallplattenpreis and the Diapason d’Or.36 37well as “The Infernal Comedy” and “The GiacomoHaselböck. His discography, which consists of moreThe orchestra Wiener Akademie can point to vigorousrecording activities. Particularly outstanding are therecordings of the series Musica Imperialis whichinclude works by J.J. Fux, Emperor Leopold I andN. Porpora. Then there are works by C.P.E. Bachand W.F. Bach, G. Muffat and G. Graun from theArchives of the Berlin Singakademie rediscovered inKiev. The scarcely known guitar concertos by MauroGiuliani, Anton Bruckner’s first symphony playedVariations” with John Malkovich.www.wienerakademie.atMARTIN HASELBÖCKFounder & artistic director of the orchestraWiener Akademie, ViennaArtistic director of Musica Angelica, Los Angelesthan 80 recordings as organist, was honouredwith the German Schallplattenpreis, the Diapasond’Or and the Hungarian Liszt Prize, and comprisesamong others the much acclaimed latest recordingof the complete organ works of Franz Liszt.A member of the international organ commission,Martin Haselböck took part in the design andplanning of the new organ in the Golden Hall ofthe Vienna Musikverein.As “Conductor in Residence” of the Liszt Festival,Raiding, Martin Haselböck has performed and recordedon CD with the Wiener Akademie, severalof Liszt’s orchestral works. The first CD of the series“The Sound of Weimar” appeared in early 2011 andhas been awarded the Grand Prix du disque FranzLiszt.english