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Michael Papierniak
Michael Papierniak
Orchestra Member
Instrument
HornsYear Joined
1972Most memorable performance with the ESO
As a brass player, the concert when Adolph Herseth played the Hummel Trumpet concerto with the orchestra.
Favorite ESO soloist
Frank Miller, when he played Schelomo by Ernest Bloch with the orchestra in 1979 – a fantastic musician.
Why I like playing with the ESO
It is a joy to come together and make music with the amazing and diverse community members of the ESO. They all have a common bond of making great music together.
Favorite composer or piece
Richard Strauss, also Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler to name only a few
When I’m not playing with the ESO, I’m…
My one-year-old grandson has added a new chapter to my life. Traveling to Austria for concerts and opera. Also playing my Vienna horn with Vienna Philharmonic friend and other Vienna Horn Society members after hiking in the mountains around Salzburg.
Something most people don’t know about me
I took ballroom dancing lessons so I could waltz to the left at the Vienna Philharmonic Ball.