Hans Stroecker

Hans Stroecker has been a member of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra since 1984, of the Association of the Vienna Philharmonic since 1987 and of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle since 2012.

He studied trombone with Prof. Johann Poettler at the Musikhochschule in Graz and with Karl Jeitler at the Musikhochschule in Vienna. From 1983 to 1984 he was bass trombonist of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, and since 1984 he has been bass trombonist and contrabass trombonist in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic.

He taught at the Musikhochschule Wien from 1993 to 2000 and at the Musikhochschule Graz/Oberschützen from 1994 to 1996, and since 2003 he has been Professor of Trombone at the Kunstuniversität Graz/Oberschützen.

He has been invited for masterclasses and solo appearances at the Juilliard School in New York, Toho University Tokyo, DePaul University Chicago, the New England Conservatory Boston, the Conservatorium in Sydney, the Royal Academy of Music London, the Curtis Institute Philadelphia, the University of Maryland School of Music, the Pacific Music Festival Sapporo and the Music Master Course Japan in Yokohama, and at many international trombone festivals (International Trombone Association).

He has played for many years with ensembles such as "die reihe", "Ensemble Kontrapunkte", "Klangforum Wien" and "Ensemble Modern Frankfurt", and he founded the Vienna Trombone Quartet. He has been a guest with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.