Friedrich Cerha has accompanied the musical work of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1969. He soon became one of the most important composers and conductors for the Vienna RSO. Numerous of his works were premiered by our orchestra, such as his monumental main orchestral work "Spiegel I-VII" at the steirischer herbst 1969 in Graz, "Aderngeflecht" - Concerto for Baritone and Orchestra with Cerha himself as conductor in 2007 at the Musikverein in Graz and "Eine blassblaue Vision" at the Salzburg Festival in 2016.
Angelika Möser, artistic director of the RSO Vienna:
"With Friedrich Cerha, the Vienna RSO loses a long-time companion, friend and artistic partner whose work and personality have had a lasting impact on the Austrian music scene for decades. His services as a conductor and composer were and are of inestimable value to us. The Vienna RSO will always keep Friedrich Cerha in grateful and honourable memory and carry his music into the future."
On 18.02. you can hear the Vienna RSO in the "Homage to Friedrich Cerha - the RSO honours Austria's great composer" at 09.50 on ORF III.