Herbert Maderthaner

Place of birth: Windhag bei Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Lower Austria)
Joined the Vienna State Opera Orchestra in 2010
Joined the association of the Vienna Philharmonic in 2013 (full orchestra membership)

Herbert Maderthaner was born on 13 June, 1981 in Windhag bei Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Lower Austria) as the sixth of seven children. At the young age of seven, he received his first clarinet lessons from his brother Thomas. Soon after that, he became a part of the Trachtenmusikkapelle (town band) Windhag led by his father, where he played together with his siblings. Fascinated by the sound of the oboe he heard there, he decided to study this instrument with Johannes Strassl at the music school in Waidhofen an der Ybbs from 1996 onwards.

Just a short while later, he was playing in the local chamber orchestra and, in 2000, he passed the entrance examination at the Conservatory Vienna (now Music and Arts University Vienna) and was admitted into the class of Thomas Höniger. In 2005, Herbert Maderthaner won his first audition for the position of second oboe and english horn at the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra where he then stayed for five years, already planning his next career move. After a period of intense preparation, he successfully auditioned for the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, once again securing the position of second oboe and english horn which he took up on January 1, 2010.

From the beginning of his career, Herbert Maderthaner has always dedicated himself to chamber music. Together with Mathias Schulz (Flute, Vienna State Opera Stage Orchestra), Daniel Ottensamer, David Seidel (Bassoon, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra) and Jonas Rudner (Horn, Tonkünstler Orchestra), he forms the "BAOLE Quintett Wien". Furthermore, he is a member of the "Wiener Virtuosen" and is a part of the "Theophil Ensemble" which was founded by Matthias Schorn in 2008 and is composed of members of different Viennese orchestras. The "Theophil Ensemble" was named after Theophil Hansen, the Danish architect responsible for designing the Musikverein building.