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Prof. Rainer Küchl is the former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist he has worked with some of the world's most famous orchestras and conductors, such as Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Kleiber, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, and Simon Rattle. In 1973 he founded the Küchl Quartett which is now known as the Wiener Musikverein Quartett. Since 1976, the Wiener Musikverein Quartett has its own concert series at the Brahmssaal of the Musikverein Vienna. Rainer Küchl is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Among his pupils were Wolfgang David and Joji Hattori. Rainer Küchl plays 'The Chaconne' by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1725, provided as a loan by Oesterreichische Nationalbank. #karajan #küchl #classicalmusic