Gottfried Rabl

Born in Vienna, Austria, Gottfried Rabl studied at the University of Music in Vienna (the
former Academy of Music). He holds degrees in French horn, conducting and vocal
coaching. After a one year conducting fellowship at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki,
Finland, he started to perform with his own, highly successful contemporary music
ensemble “Theatre of Silence” for several years, in which he appeared as conductor,
pianist and composer.

After working shortly as a vocal coach at the Studio of the Vienna State Opera he started
a close collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, during which Mr. Rabl served as musical
assistant and editor of Bernstein’s last opera “A Quiet Place”. He subsequently pursued
for several years post-graduate studies at Indiana University in the United States, where
he also worked as conductor.

Recognized for his strength and intensity in conducting nineteenth and twentieth
century repertoire as well as contemporary music, Gottfried Rabl conducts frequently
the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the internationally renowned ensemble ‘die
reihe’, and has worked with the Vienna Concert Orchestra, the Radio Choir and the
Vienna Concert Choir. Special cooperation includes successful programs presenting
classical music to young listeners.

Internationally, Gottfried Rabl has worked, among others, with the NDR Radio
Philharmonic Hannover, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Symphony
Orchestra, Australia, the Shanghai Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the
George Enescu Philharmonic Bucharest, as well as many others. He has recorded for
the labels Naxos, BMG-Ariola, Orfeo, cpo and Capriccio, Kairos as well as SONY Classical.
Three CDs with Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, whose voice was first digitally separated
from the old orchestra and then delicately accompanied anew with the Vienna Radio
Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Rabl sold more than 100 000 copies each. The first has
been awarded the coveted “Echo”-prize in Germany. He was also chosen numerous
times to conduct world premieres, most recently at the Shanghai “New Music Week” and
the “Contemporary Music Festival” in Timisoara, Romania.

Mr. Rabl has arranged and transcribed numerous orchestral scores, ranging from
traditional repertoire to electronic music (among others for the Vienna State Opera). He
is also active at the piano as chamber music and recital accompanist. Most notably he
appeared at the Salzburg Festival and the Dresdner Musikfestspiele.

2023