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| BIOGRAPHY |
Milan Turkovic originates from an Austro-Croatian family, grew up in Vienna and today
is among the few internationally-known bassoon soloists. He was a founding member of
the Ensemble Wien-Berlin, a woodwind quintet which he formed along with the principal
players of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic. Since 1967 he has been a member of
the Concentus Musicus of Vienna and has also been a member of the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center in New York since 1993. For the past fifteen years, he has
been active as a conductor and has appeared in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Milan, Venice,
Florence, Rome, London, New York, Tokyo, Osaka and Brisbane with orchestras such
as the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Radio Symphony, the Camerata Salzburg, the
Orchestra di Padova, The Rome Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Sinfonica G.
Verdi of Milan, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra
of Taiwan. The accredited Japanese music magazine “Ongaku-no tomo” recently listed
Turkovic on a short list of the most interesting conductors in its August 2009 issue
(alongside names such as Muti, Harnoncourt, Luisi and Blomstedt).
Milan Turkovic has performed as a soloist in almost all the musical centers of the world
with numerous renowned orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony, Stockholm
Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Munich
Philharmonic, I Solisti Italiani, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Camerata Academica,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival
Orchestra in New York, The English Consort, NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, and
the F. Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Budapest. He has worked with such conductors as
Eschenbach, Giulini, Harnoncourt, Loughran, Marriner, Navarro, Pinnock, Sawallisch,
Stein, Vegh, Zinman and others.
Milan Turkovic appears regularly at important festivals all over the world, such as
Salzburg, Vienna, Lucerne, Lockenhaus, Prades, Prague, New York Santa Fe, Portland
and Osaka, Sapporo, Kusatsu in Japan. In 1998 he toured the United States with
acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Chamber Players. Two
years later, Mr. Marsalis dedicated his quintet for bassoon and string quartet to Milan
Turkovic.
Turkovic’s discography consists of 15 CDs of solo repertoire, 26 CDs of chamber
music, over 200 CDs with Concentus Musicus, and a growing number of releases as a
conductor. He has recorded the Mozart bassoon concerto four times, the third of which
was played on a period instrument with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting. His most
recent releases include the concerti by C.M.v. Weber (with Marriner), five bassoon
concerti by Vivaldi (I Solisti Italiani) and a double CD entitled “Bassoon Extravaganza.”
As a conductor, he records for “Camerata” and “Dabringhaus”. Turkovic’s newest CD
features him conducting three symphonies by Joseph Haydn with “Wiener Concert-
Verein”
In print, Mr. Turkovic is the author of three books (in German), which includes a book
about the Concentus Musicus Vienna in commemoration of its 50th anniversary. The
aforementioned book was also translated into Japanese.
Milan Turkovic's son from his first marriage lives in the US and is a record producer and
an employee of a computer company. Since 1993, he has been married to the famous
television personality, former ice skating champion and member of the Austrian
Parliament, Ingrid Wendl.
is among the few internationally-known bassoon soloists. He was a founding member of
the Ensemble Wien-Berlin, a woodwind quintet which he formed along with the principal
players of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic. Since 1967 he has been a member of
the Concentus Musicus of Vienna and has also been a member of the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center in New York since 1993. For the past fifteen years, he has
been active as a conductor and has appeared in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Milan, Venice,
Florence, Rome, London, New York, Tokyo, Osaka and Brisbane with orchestras such
as the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Radio Symphony, the Camerata Salzburg, the
Orchestra di Padova, The Rome Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Sinfonica G.
Verdi of Milan, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra
of Taiwan. The accredited Japanese music magazine “Ongaku-no tomo” recently listed
Turkovic on a short list of the most interesting conductors in its August 2009 issue
(alongside names such as Muti, Harnoncourt, Luisi and Blomstedt).
Milan Turkovic has performed as a soloist in almost all the musical centers of the world
with numerous renowned orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony, Stockholm
Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Munich
Philharmonic, I Solisti Italiani, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Camerata Academica,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival
Orchestra in New York, The English Consort, NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, and
the F. Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Budapest. He has worked with such conductors as
Eschenbach, Giulini, Harnoncourt, Loughran, Marriner, Navarro, Pinnock, Sawallisch,
Stein, Vegh, Zinman and others.
Milan Turkovic appears regularly at important festivals all over the world, such as
Salzburg, Vienna, Lucerne, Lockenhaus, Prades, Prague, New York Santa Fe, Portland
and Osaka, Sapporo, Kusatsu in Japan. In 1998 he toured the United States with
acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Chamber Players. Two
years later, Mr. Marsalis dedicated his quintet for bassoon and string quartet to Milan
Turkovic.
Turkovic’s discography consists of 15 CDs of solo repertoire, 26 CDs of chamber
music, over 200 CDs with Concentus Musicus, and a growing number of releases as a
conductor. He has recorded the Mozart bassoon concerto four times, the third of which
was played on a period instrument with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting. His most
recent releases include the concerti by C.M.v. Weber (with Marriner), five bassoon
concerti by Vivaldi (I Solisti Italiani) and a double CD entitled “Bassoon Extravaganza.”
As a conductor, he records for “Camerata” and “Dabringhaus”. Turkovic’s newest CD
features him conducting three symphonies by Joseph Haydn with “Wiener Concert-
Verein”
In print, Mr. Turkovic is the author of three books (in German), which includes a book
about the Concentus Musicus Vienna in commemoration of its 50th anniversary. The
aforementioned book was also translated into Japanese.
Milan Turkovic's son from his first marriage lives in the US and is a record producer and
an employee of a computer company. Since 1993, he has been married to the famous
television personality, former ice skating champion and member of the Austrian
Parliament, Ingrid Wendl.
