Walter Weller
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Weller was born in Vienna, Austria where he first gained renown as a prodigy on the violin. His father, also named Walter, was a violinist in the Vienna Philharmonic, and at the age of 17, the young Weller became a member, and by the unusually early age of 22 he had become joint concertmaster with Willi Boskovsky. He remained in this post for 11 years. While leading the orchestra, Weller also established and led his own string quartet from 1958 to 1969. In 1966 he married Elisabeth Samohyl with
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Weller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- concertmaster
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- Chandos Records
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- date of birth
- 1939-11-30
- date of death
- 2015-06-14
- name in native language
- Walter Weller
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- member of
- Vienna Philharmonic
- name in kana
- ウォルター
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- Commons category
- Weller Walter
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