Karin-Regina Florey

Biography

» Art, as holistic awareness of the vital energy’s creativeness, represents for me a worldview apt for the future. If religion represents the opposite of science, art should take individual responsibility to adjoin both poles, without having to justify itself through either one. «
K.R. Florey

Mag.art. Karin-Regina Florey

born November 14th 1963 in Klagenfurt, Austria, studied violin in Graz, Vienna, and in the US. She holds a professorship at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory of Music in Feldkirch, (A). Her priorities as a performer are set on music for solo violin and on chamber music, therefore her membership in the Cappella Andrea Barca means a lot to her. Aside from her outstanding teachers, it was her father, Hans Florey, and Sir András Schiff who greatly influenced her attitude towards music.

Karin-Regina Florey’s concern is the essential in art.

In an interview with music critic Fritz Jurmann, she said:

“.. from a very early stage, I was interested in playing an instrument as a means of developing one’s personality. For me, making music is also an experience of refining one’s consciousness. My goal is to attain a heightened clarity of perception while playing. Working with a musical instrument proves to be a way of self-discovery, therefore I consider musical education a valuable asset in any case. [..] The main questions I am interested in are: what is the essence of art, and what is the essential quality that characterizes a good musician? [..] I get the impression somehow, that we are surrounded by so many machines and by so much artificial energy, that we, as human beings, nourish the ambition to imitate this energy. That is why it is important for me to search for the vital force, the inexplicable, which in fact lies at the source of art. This has more to do with mindfulness and introspection, rather than with bustling activity and marketing. Thus, I’d like to sense a deeper meaning behind it all, and also pass that on.”
KULTUR – Magazine N°. 5/2014

First violin lessons at age five; at age eleven accepted to the University of Music, Graz, Austria (Christos Polyzoides).
From 1979 undergraduate studies in violin, parallel to attending College; high school diploma with award of excellence.
Graduate studies and “Konzertdiplom” at the University of Music, Vienna (Gerhard Schulz),
Master of Music degree an der Northern Illinois University, USA (Shmuel Ashkenasi),
Performer Diploma at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA (Franco Gulli),
Magistra Artium degree at the University of Music, Graz, Austria.
Participation in Master classes given by Yuuko Shiokawa, Andrzej Grabiec, Herman Krebbers, Sandor Végh and Nathan Milstein, among others.
First prizes at the Austrian competitions “Jugend musiziert” and “Stephanie Hohl” (ex aequo with Benjamin Schmid).
1989 participant at the Marlboro Music Festival, VT, USA.
1990-93 member of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra (artistic director Philippe Entremont).
Since 1993 professor for violin at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory of Music, since 2023 at the Stella Vorarlberg Privathochschule of Music in Feldkirch, Austria.
Since 1999 member of the ensemble Cappella Andrea Barca, directed by its founder Sir András Schiff.
First comprehensive recording of the works for solo violin and violin and piano by Josef Matthias Hauer (Extraplatte, Wien).
First performance of the Thai violin concerto Sankitamankala with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.
Various pedagogical activities in Italy, Spain, USA, Thailand, Japan.
Teacher at summer music workshops in Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, USA.
Since 2009 organizer and artistic director of the Chamber MUSIC FESTival at Weinberg Castle, Upper Austria.
Concerts in various chamber music groups. Lecture recitals with works by Josef Matthias Hauer und Hans Florey.

Chamber Music • Orchestra • New Music

Concert activity

Cappella Andrea Barca

Sir András Schiff's Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

WKO • SOV • and others

Chamber Music

From duo to nonet • KammerMUSIKFESTival

Contemporary Music

Uraufführungen • J.M. Hauer • H. Florey

Courses • Teaching • Lectures

Pedagogical work

» Art can show the way to the next developmental stage of realized democracy by lastingly awakening and refining all senses to the point of their emancipation within the individual’s consciousness.
Thus, violin playing in the 21st century has the potential to lend new symbolic depth to culture, by being a future-oriented awareness practice that communicates peace, rather than being considered irrelevant or, at best, considered entertaining as an outdated ways of escape from reality. «

K.R. Florey

Teaching Activities, Master Classes

Teaching Activities, Master Classes

Since 1993, K.R. Florey holds a professorship for violin at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory, since 2023 at the Stella Vorarlberg Privathochschule of Music in Feldkirch, Austria.
From 2013 to 2019, she taught violin in the Villa del Cigliano, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Italy, at the annual summer music camps of Eva-Erna Szabó, whose pedagogical concept incorporates Alexander technique und Girokinesis.
Since 2006 she participated in the Erasmus Teaching Exchange Program, and taught Master Classes at the Conservatorio Statale di Avellino and the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Italy, at the Conservatorio Superior de Sevilla, Spain, and 2023 at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE) in Porto, Portugal
2000/01 she worked as a violin teacher at the Smith Holden Music School in Bloomington, IN, USA.
In addition to her teaching position at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory, she taught violin at the Werdenberg Music School, Switzerland, from 1993 to 1994.
From 2004 to 2006, she gave concerts and performed in schools to promote Western classical music in Okinawa, Japan.
Between 1999 and 2001 she undertook several exchange activities with Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL, USA, including Master Classes, chamber music concerts and recitals.
During the summer of 1994 she did a four weeks’ teaching project at the Chintakarn Music School and the Royal Thai Navy School in Bangkok, Thailand.

Lectures and Writings

Lectures and Writings

In her Master’s Thesis (2003), K.R. Florey dealt quite extensively with the „Orientation on the Fingerboard of the Violin“, and wrote additional excercises exemplifying this topic.

Given the necessity to find a sustainable and conclusive motivation for playing the violin in the era of digital media, she feels inspired to philosphical thought.

Public Lectures

Lecture, powerpoint-presentation und first performance: „On the Orientation of the Violinist’s Left Hand Technique beyond the Diatonic System of Positions; illustrated by the newly discovered manuscript of a twelve-tone-game for violin and piano (dated April 3rd, 1955) by J.M. Hauer“; given at the annual ESTA-Conference in Feldkirch (Oct. 30th, 2018).
Lecture recital on „Getting started – about Beginnings“ at the series of eventsSalon Paula; Festival Feldkircher Zwischentöne (Feb. 21st, 2015).
Concept, organization and presentation of the 80th anniversary concert „Number-Colour-Sound“ featuring Hans Florey’s artistic ouevre in the Konzerthaus, Vienna, Schubert Hall (March 21st, 2011).

Lecture on „Artistic Identity – Basic features of a mindset fostering creativity, referring to experiences with violin playing and QiGong“; presented at the annual ESTA Conference in Feldkirch (Oct.15th, 2010)
Lecture „On the concept of top quality in playing string instruments“ as part of the “Vorarlberg Day for Strings” in Feldkirch (April 23rd, 2005).
Lecture „Introduction to Chilel QiGong“ at the 1st International Congress on Medicin for Musicians in Feldkirch (March 19th,2005).
Lecture recital and CD presentation on the compositions for violin by J.M. Hauer at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA (Feb. 28th, 2001).
Lecture and chamber music concert „J.M. Hauer and the discovery of twelve-tone-music – an attempt of a holistic view“ as part of the event series Musik in der Pforte, Feldkirch (April 23rd,1999).
Lecture recital on the compositions for violin by J.M. Hauer at Silapakorn University in Nakorn-Pathom, Thailand (1994).
Lecture on Leopold Mozart’s Violin Treatise at the International Congress on L. Mozart in Feldkirch (1992).

VISUAL ARTS • WRITING • QIGONG

Creative work

Visual arts

origami

writing

QiGong

audio • video • photo • press

Media library

Open Media Library

Review & Preview

News

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Concerts

Cappella Andrea Barca

January 2024: Fantastic tour of the Cappella Andrea Barca starting in Athens, Greece (Megaron), before two concerts at the Mozart Week in Salzburg, Austria, and a final concert in the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany. Sir András …

Pedagogical activity

Bravo, former student

Xenia Rubin (former student of K.R. Florey) was a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra from 2019 until 2021, and played as Academist with the “Niederösterreichische Tonkünstler” orchestra from 2021 until 2023 besides her …

Concerts

Violin and piano

Various programs for violin and piano: November 3rd and 21st, 2023, performances with piano colleague Anna Adamik; continuing collaboration with pianist Zsuzsana Csegzi; new project with pianist Johannes Piirto. K.R. Florey and Zsuzsana Csegzi K.R. …

Concerts

Cappella Andrea Barca

Jänner 2023: Die Konzerte bei der Mozartwoche 2023 waren der konzertanten (halb-szenischen) Aufführung von Mozarts Oper „Don Giovanni“ in der Felsenreitschule Salzburg gewidmet. Solist*innen der Cappella Andrea Barca unter der Leitung von Sir A. Schiff …

QiGong

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