Maria Bader-Kubizek

Maria Bader-Kubizek joined the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in 1992.

“For me, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe is the optimal mix of many of the best musicians of our time. After eighteen years in this orchestra, my respect and my appreciation for my colleagues is still growing. There is not a single tour during which I am not amazed at how sophisticated, inspired, musically outstanding and full of character the music played by COE is. I find the numerous nationalities of our players a tremendous asset for all. Everyone has a different sense of humor, different temperament, gets excited by different things. Everyone brings their own facet in this great cooperation. This makes the music incredibly alive. Who could be in an ensemble with such colleagues and not give their very best? We simply enjoy making music together and also just being together. And above it all hovers a spirit of humanity, friendship and willingness to resolve difficulties and disagreements with feelings and understanding and to be there for each other. This is also the mentality of the management team, not only of the musicians. All this fills me with incredible gratitude!”

Maria studied the violin in Vienna, Salzburg and London. She was Artistic Director of the 'Capella Czestochoviensis' for ancient music in Poland from 2006 to 2009 and is leading the Haydn Academy Eisenstadt.

As a soloist, she has appeared on many occasions in Vienna’s Musikverein (where she has performed all Mozart’s violin concertos), as well as taking part in the international Haydn Festival at the Eszterhazy-Eisenstadt’s castle. She also did solo performances from Europe to Japan with orchestras such as the Haydn Academy Eisenstadt, the Capella Istropolitana Bratislava, Vienna’s Mozart Orchestra, and Budapest’s Chamber Symphony.

Maria is passionate about chamber music, performing as much as possible on original instruments matching the style of the period when the pieces were composed. She has taken part in several recordings of repertoire ranging from H.I.F Biber to Mendelssohn.

She also plays first violin in different chamber ensembles and works with artists such as Paul Gulda, the Mosaique Quartet, Richard Fuller, and Rudolf Leopold.

More recently, she has become interested in interdisciplinary projects; for instance, she has collaborated with the ingenious Swiss sculptor Piero Maspoli, improvising freely within some of his installations.