Pierre Pitzl

Pierre Pitzl is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Music, Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna. He is a renowned viola da gamba and baroque guitar specialist, active as a soloist, chamber musician, and ensemble leader (PRIVATE MUSICKE). His career spans performances at prestigious European festivals and collaborations with ensembles like Concerto Köln and Concentus Musicus Wien.

• Education: Guitar studies at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (soloist diploma cum laude at 19), lute/chamber music/basso continuo at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and viola da gamba at Conservatorium The Hague.

As a recording artist, his CDs with ORF Edition Alte Musik, ACCENT, and Deutsche Grammophon have earned critical acclaim, including the Diapason d'Or. Recently, he has expanded into directing baroque vocal and operatic projects.

His teaching career includes viola da gamba instruction at Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts, and baroque guitar positions at both Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and Bremen University of Music (2017/18).