Tara Stranegger

Biography

At 22 years old, Austrian cellist Tara Stranegger, laureate of seven national and international competitions, has already performed across Europe, Asia, America and Australia, in addition to appearing at the Ball of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and on the front page of the New York Times. Selected as a member of LGT Young Soloists in 2023, she continues to perform as a soloist and in ensembles around the world. She currently studies in the class of Torleif Thedéen at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, playing a cello by Giovanni Lazzarro (2008).

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Performance

Tara is a prizewinner at the following international competitions: FLAME (Paris), Popper International Cello Competition, Liezen International Cello Competition, Antonio Janigro, SVIREL, and Euterpe. She also won the first prize at the Austrian National Competition for piano, as well as many other junior awards.

She plays regularly with LGT Young Soloists, “one of the finest youth Orchestras in Europe” (Fanfare Magazine), in Europe and abroad. Tara has performed with this award-winning group in fourteen countries in venues including the Musikverein in Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Victoria Hall in Singapore, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. As a member of Scandinavian Cello School, she was part of a viral sensation that featured on the front page of the New York Times and most of the world’s press (seen by more than two billion people). She also played with the SCS Ensemble at the Ball of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and was a featured artist at the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK) “Friday Nights at SMK,” performing live on Denmark’s national TV2.

Studies

Following her first cello lessons aged 7, Tara soon was admitted to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (Junior Program), followed by the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW – young class of Stefan Kropfitsch). From 2018-2022 Tara received lessons from Prof. Jacob Shaw.

She currently studies with Torleif Thedéen at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and Jacob Shaw at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She has taken part in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Troels Svane, Wen-Sinn Yang, Miklos Perenyi, Matias de Oliveira Pinto, Danjulo Ishisaka and Reinhard Latzko.

Recordings

SCS Cello Ensemble – The Road To Vienna (Live)

Ave Maria (Caccini/Vavilov) & Don Quixote, Op. 35: XIV. Finale. (Strauss)

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Concerts

Next Performance: On the 7th and 8th of March, Tara will perform G. Sollima’s Violoncelles Vibrez with the LGT Young Soloists at the Chassé Theater in Breda, NL and the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, GER.

Tickets for Breda are available here.

Tickets for Düsseldorf are available here.

October 2024, with Giovanni Sollima at Dynamikfest at Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria

Performance

Tara is a prizewinner at the following international competitions: FLAME (Paris), Popper International Cello Competition, Liezen International Cello Competition, Antonio Janigro, SVIREL, and Euterpe. She also won first the prize at the Austrian National Competition for piano, as well as many other junior awards.

She plays regularly with LGT Young Soloists, “one of the finest youth Orchestras in Europe” (Fanfare Magazine), in Europe and abroad. Tara has performed with this award-winning group in fourteen countries in venues including the Musikverein in Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Victoria Hall in Singapore, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

As a member of Scandinavian Cello School, she was part of a viral sensation that featured on the front page of the New York Times and most of the world’s press (seen by more than two billion people). She also played with the SCS Ensemble at the Ball of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and was a featured artist at the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK) “Friday Nights at SMK,” performing live on Denmark’s national TV2.

Recordings

SCS Cello Ensemble – The Road To Vienna (Live)

Ave Maria (Caccini/Vavilov) & Don Quixote, Op. 35: XIV. Finale. (Strauss)

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Studies

Recordings

SCS Cello Ensemble – The Road To Vienna (Live)

Ave Maria (Caccini/Vavilov) & Don Quixote, Op. 35: XIV. Finale. (Strauss)

Listen Now

Concerts

Next Performances: On the 7th and 8th of March, Tara will perform G. Sollima’s Violoncelles Vibrez with the LGT Young Soloists at the Chassé Theater in Breda, NL and the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, GER.

Tickets for Breda are available here.

Tickets for Düsseldorf are available here.