Violinist Erich Höbarth is a significant figure on the Austrian scene, performing with both modern and historically oriented ensembles. Since 1987, he has been a member of the Quatuor Mosaïques, a pioneering group in the performance of Classical-era music according to historical performance principles.
Höbarth was born on May 26, 1956, in Vienna. He began taking violin lessons at nine, studying at the Vienna Conservatory with Grete Biedermann. He went on to the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and finally to the Salzburg Mozarteum, where he became a proté...