Werner Resel


Werner Resel is a German cellist. From 1987 to 1997, he was chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Life

Born in Essen, from 1949 Resel studied cello with Richard Krotschak at the Vienna Music Academy. From 1955 to 1959, he was solo cellist of the Tonkünstler Orchestra.
In 1959, Walter Weller, Josef Kondor, Helmut Weis and Resel founded the Weller Quartet. In 1959, Resel became a member of the Vienna State Opera and in 1962 a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was its managing director from 1982 to 1986. In 1987, he succeeded Alfred Altenburger as Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, being replaced in this role by Clemens Hellsberg in 1997. In 2006, he retired as cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Resel is vice president of the Johann Strauss-Gesellschaft Wien. In 1995, he was a guest on the ORF show .

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