Michael Radanovics

Michael Radanovics (born 19 March 1958) is an Austrian violinist (jazz and classic) and composer.

Life Born in Steyr, Radanovics passed his school-leaving examination in 1976. He studied violin with Michael Frischenschlager from 1977 to 1985 and music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 1978 to 1981.

From 1982 to 1985 he was a member of the jazz band Augmented Nine, and from 1983 to 1988 of the symphony orchestra of the Volksoper Wien. The string quartet continued to belong to (violin), Franz Bayer (viola) and Michael Dallinger (cello). Radanovics composed and arranged jazz and improvised music for the instrumentation. Concert tours have taken him through Europe, America, and Asia.

Since 1996, Radanovics has been a member of the Swiss composers group Groupe Lacroix.

Awards 1994: 2. Prize at the Leibnitz Art Prize for Jazz Composition (for Das Wunder der Zahlen) 2007: Winner of the "Vinum et Litterae" competition, Krems on the Danube

Publications 1990: Jazzy Violin 1 (Universal Edition) 1992: Jazzy Violin 2 (Universal Edition) 1993: Liederbuch Fuer 2 Geigen (Universal Edition) 1994: Children’s songs (Universal Edition) 1994: Jazzy Cello 1 (Universal Edition) 1995: Favorites (Universal Edition) 1998: Folk & Fiddle (Universal Edition) 1999: Riffs & Tunes (Doblinger Verlag)

Discography 1994: Crimson Flames (Creative Works Records) with the Motus Quartett 1996: Introversion (Musicaphon) with (Marimba/Vibraphon), Österreichische Kammersymphoniker, Ernst Theis (conductor) 2003: Groupe Lacroix: 8 Pieces on Paul Klee (Creative Works Records) with the Ensemble Sortisatio 2006: Train Songs (CCNC) with the Spring String Quartet 2008: Wo der Wind herwaht with Petra Hartl 2009: In mir daham (Extraplatte) with Petra Hartl 2011: MondoLine/Du Liebst (Sturm & Klang) with Konstantin Wecker

Literature Radanovics, Michael. Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print edition: Volume 4, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005. Radanovics, Michael. In Axel Schniederjürgen (ed.): Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006,.