Peter Hudler
Devotion and individuality characterize the sound world of the Viennese cellist. Baroque, jazz, Viennese songs, flamenco, rock, and folk music—the initiator of the concert series „Cello Expansion” knows no fear and dares to undertake one bold crossover experiment after another. As a soloist and chamber musician, he is a welcome guest at venues ranging from the Vienna Konzerthaus to the Leipzig Bach Festival and the Moscow Philharmonic.
About the artist
Cellist with magical skills
Career
Peter Hudler, born in 1980 near Vienna, studied at the Vienna Conservatory and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he graduated with honors with a bachelor's and master's degree in concert performance on the cello. He took part in masterclasses at the IMS Prussia Cove and the Accademia Chigiana Siena with renowned cellists such as Enrico Dindo, Antonio Meneses, Enrico Bronzi, Thorleif Thedeen, Pieter Wispelwey, Tröls Svane, Christoph Richter, Wenn Sin Yang, and others.
As a chamber musician, he has received decisive inspiration from Thomas Riebl and Rainer Schmidt, among others.
Stage partners
Peter Hudler performs as a soloist and in various ensembles and groups, and does not shy away from venturing into non-classical genres and stylistic experiments.
His artistic partners include Paul Gulda, Thomas Riebl, Erich Höbarth, Rainer Schmidt, Christoph Meier, Stefan Mendl, Maria Kubizek, and Adela Liculescu. In the field of jazz and Viennese songs, he has collaborated with Agnes Palmisano, the Wladigeroff Brothers, Matthias Loibner, Albin Paulus, cabaret artist Gunkl, bassist Gina Schwarz, and many others.
With Andreas Teufel on the Schrammel harmonica in the duo “Schrammelbach,” he also appears as an arranger, singer, and song composer, including at the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Bach Festival in Leipzig.
Crossover
Peter Hudler's crossover solo program “Cello On Fire,” which explores the cello's entire range of stylistic possibilities, has been successful throughout Austria and internationally and has been featured prominently on Ö1 on several occasions. The solo CD was released in 2022 by Gramola Vienna with the support of the Austrian Music Fund. In 2022, Peter Hudler toured the UK with this program, and in 2023 he will also tour Austria.
On Stage
Peter Hudler's projects have taken him to the Vienna Konzerthaus, the International Mozarteum Foundation, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Schaffhausen Bach Festival, the Mozart Festival, the Halbthurner Schlosskonzerte, Radio Kulturhaus Wien, and, in 2019, the Moscow Philharmonic.
Activities
Since 2019, Peter Hudler has been the artistic director of the Vienna concert series “Cello Expansion,” in which he performs in high-class chamber music concerts with renowned guests (including Paul Gulda, Christoph Meier, Thomas Riebl, Stefan Mendl, Erich Höbarth), crossover projects (with Gunkl, Matthais Loibner, Agnes Palmisano, among others) and innovative solo programs featuring the violoncello, offering his audience original concert formats and exciting musical programming beyond the classical mainstream.
He has experience as a teacher at the Vienna Academy of Music, as a lecturer at the Prayner Conservatory, and as a guest of the Barenboim/Said Foundation. He has participated in numerous orchestra projects, including with the Camerata Salzburg, the Tonkünstler Niederösterreich, and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, and was engaged as principal cellist in Norway with the Northern Opera and Symphony Orchestra and with the Danish Chamber Players in Denmark.
Instrument
Peter Hudler plays a cello by Giovanni Cavani (Spilamberto, circa 1900, on private loan).
