was born in Greece and studied in Thessaloniki with Athanasios Theophanous and Alexandros Kazantzis and at the
University of Music Vienna with Ernst Morawec. Since 1968 he is professor at the University of Music in Graz, 1999 he
became a professor emeritus.
He was concertmaster of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra and the Collegium Musicum
Instrumentale.
Countless concert tours as a soloist and chamber music player, recordings for radio, CD and television, mainly with his
wife Katherina and the Camerata Polyzoides, took him to almost every country in East and West Europe as well as to South
America, China and Taiwan.
Numerous premieres and CD recordings of works written for him, recently a double CD containing works by Klaus Johns
(Extraplatte 2006).
In 1991 he was awarded the Medal of Honour of the country of Styria in Austria. In 1999 the Mayor of the city of Graz
and 2006 the city of Thessaloniki honoured him for his services to those communities.
was born in Friedrichshafen and studied at the University of Music in Graz with Christos Polyzoides. Her most influential
teachers were Franco Gulli, Max Rostal and Wanda Wilkomirska
She was concertmistress of the Graz Symphony Orchestra and from 1994 on she was a principal in the Symphony Orchestra
in Murcia (Spain).
Numerous concerts took her to nearly all European countries, to Argentina and Japan. She also made regular recordings
for radio, television and CDs with the pianists Janna Polyzoides, Jesús Gómez and Gustavo Díaz Jerez and the string
orchestra »Il Concerto Accademico«,
which she founded the year 2000.
After working as a teacher at the University of Music in Graz for four years, she became a professor at the Conservatorio
Profesional de Elda, Alicante (Spain).
was born in Graz and studied at the University of Music in Graz with Christos Polyzoides and in Vienna with Franz
Samohyl.
Master classes with Max Rostal, Ramy Shevelov, Arthur Grumiaux and Wolfgang Marschner.
Her professional career included working with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra (assistant concertmistress), the Bavarian
Radio Orchestra, the Bach Kollegium in Munich and the German Chamber Academy Neuss. From 1989 on she has been a member of
the first violin section of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne.
She has performed in nearly all European countries as well as in America, Japan and China, and is a member of
»Das Kölner Streichsextett« (numerous recordings).
was born in Graz and studied violin at the University of Music in Graz with Harald Himmel, subsequently in Vienna violin
with Franz Samohyl and viola with Hatto Beyerle.
Master classes with Arthur Grumiaux, Christian Ferras, Wolfgang Marschner and Max Rostal.
Concertmaster of the Bavarian National Orchestra in Munich, the Hamburg Symphonic, and the Gürzenich Orchestra
Cologne.
From 1995-97 first violinist of the Leonardo Quartet in Cologne (CDs). He is first violinist of
»Das Kölner Streichsextett«, which he
founded in 1997.
As a soloist and an ensemble musician, he has played in Europe and Asia.
Among many other CDs he also recorded "Six Sonates pour un violon seul" by Eugène Ysaÿe and recently three
CDs with Bach's Sonatas and Partitas combined with Paganini's 24 Capricci.
was born in Vienna and studied at the University of Music in Vienna with members of the Alban Berg Quartett
(Klaus Maetzl, violin, and Hatto Beyerle, viola) and took part in master classes of Max Rostal and William Primrose.
For many years he has been principal violist of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Now he is a member of the
aron quartett and teaches chamber music at the
University of Music in Vienna. He has given masterclasses for violin, viola, and chamber music in Austria and Japan
and regularly has guest performances at well-known festivals.
He has recorded numerous CDs with solo pieces and chamber music works. His CD with viola music of the 20th century
has been highly acclaimed.
studied Violoncello in Saarbrücken with Maurice Gendron, later earning a PhD in music based on his thesis work entitled
»Die Entwicklung des Violoncells und seiner Spieltechnik bis J. L. Duport« at the University of Saarland. Marx performed
as principal cellist in Münster and at the Staatstheater Kassel from 1965 to 1980.
As a founding member of the Kolisch Piano Trio (1975-1980) and the Leonardo Quartet Cologne (1981-1999) Marx toured
Europe and produced numerous recordings for radio, television and CD. His expertise and passion spans the interpretation
of contemporary music, which led to frequent cooperation with composers and numerous prestigious premieres.
Marx is currently professor emeritus of violoncello and chamber music at the University of Mainz, where he was a
tenured professor from 1980 through 2007. In addition, Klaus Marx taught chamber music classes at the Basel Music
Academy from 1985 to 1989, as well as master classes for violoncello and chamber music in several cities including
Montreux and Rio de Janeiro throughout his career.
was born in Thessaloniki. She studied piano with Vasso Devetzi, Kiki Manou-Stavrou, Athanasios Kontos and chamber
music with Alexandros Kazantzis and Dimitris Georgiou. Final degree for music education and for solo piano
(3rd place in the All-Greece Piano Competition). Further piano studies (degree 1959) with Margarete Gelbart and Tonis
Georgiou as well as with Dr. Josef Dichler and Walter Panhofer at the University of Music in Vienna, and Cembalo with
Eta Harich-Schneider and Vera Schwarz.
In 1963 she began teaching piano at the University of Music Graz, a position she held until 1990.
As a soloist and ensemble musician, mainly with her husband Christos and the Camerata Polyzoides, she has played in
many European cities as well as in Brazil, China and Taiwan. Various CD recordings containing contemporary music.
In 1999 the mayor of the city of Graz and 2006 the city of Thessaloniki honoured her for her services to those communities.
was born in Graz. She studied at the University of Music Graz with Sebastian Benda.
Additional influential teachers were Rudolf Kehrer, Alexander Jenner and Eliane Richepin. Her carrier has led to
appearances at renowned festivals, such as Wien modern, the Menuhin-Festival in Gstaad, the »styriarte«
festival in Graz and the Wiener Festwochen. She has been invited to many famous concert halls, for example the Cologne
Philharmony, Wigmore Hall London, Warsaw Philharmony, the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein in Vienna and the Mozarteum
Salzburg (in 2007 with the »Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss«). She is a founding member of the Arcus Ensemble
Vienna.
So far she recorded 25 CDs, lately a CD (ORF) with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna (Christian Offenbauer's piano
concert) and a CD of the »Duo Demetrius & Janna Polyzoides« (Aulos). 2008 she was nominated for the German
Record Critics' Award for a solo CD for einklang-records.
was born in Kaohsiung/Taiwan.
After her diploma at the University Fon-si in Kaohsiung 1994, she continued her studies in Austria at the University
of Music in Graz as a student of Walter Kamper. She finished there 1998 with the first diploma. Subsequently she
studied in Paris at the »Conservatoire National Régional de Rueil-Malmaison«, piano with Pascal Amoyel,
chamber music with Jean-Pierre Berlingen and accompanying with Angéline Pondepeyre (Diplomas 2005).
She studied also Lied accompaniment at the »Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse« in Paris
with Erika Guiomar.
She attended master classes for piano with Matin Isepp and Lada Valešová (France), Claus-Christian Schuster (Austria)
and master classes for chamber music with Angéline Pondepeyre (Belgium).
Since 2007 she is professor for accompaniment at the Conservatoire National Régional Amiens and for Lied accompaniment at
the music school »La Schola Cantorum« in Paris.
Lately she played piano recitals in Braine l'Alleud/Belgium, Sully-sur-Loire and Rueil-Malmaison/France, and in
Graz/Austria, where she also appeared as a soloist with the Johann-Joseph-Fux-Orchestra, and in Taiwan.