Musiksommer: Atalante Quartett & Erica Eloff

"On Wings of Song"

A night about love, longing, pain, death, and letting go, interpreted by the Upper Austrian Atalante Quartet and soprano Erica Eloff, a favorite of the Landestheater Linz.

Classical Music

Erica Eloff: Soprano
Julia Kürner: Violin
Elisabeth Eber: Violin
Thomas Koslwosky: Viola
Lisa Kürner: Cello

Admission: € 26.00
Tickets available at the Vitalwelt Tourist Info office in Bad Schallerbach 07249/420710, tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at  or available through Ö-Ticket.
http://www.musiksommerbadschallerbach.at/  

On Wings of Song
String quartet and song: the most intimate forms of chamber music merge into a whole during this concert evening. A night about love, longing, pain, death, and letting go, interpreted by the Upper Austrian Atalante Quartet and soprano Erica Eloff, a favorite of the Landestheater Linz.

Atalante Quartet
Founded in 2014, this young ensemble consists of musicians who all come from classes of the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts as well as the Mozarteum University Salzburg. Their approach to chamber music is shaped by individual experiences working with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, the Hagen Quartet, the Vienna String Sextet, as well as Ferenc Rados and Bruno Weil. Particularly, the regular work with Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet) and Hatto Beyerle (among others within the ECMA Program) has provided significant impulses for the ensemble. In 2018, the quartet won the 1st prize at the international chamber music competition Svirel in Slovenia and the 3rd prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach.

Historically informed playing and engaging with the great tradition of quartet playing is at least as important to the ensemble as a mutual consensus over the interpretation and significance of these values in our time. Internalizing all of this without losing sight of the essential idea of playful interaction and mutual inspiration, challenges, and stimulation is the highest priority in the work of the Atalante Quartet.

In 2021, the Atalante Quartet released its debut CD HAYDN. The ensemble is active both domestically and internationally (including America, Germany, Bulgaria).

Erica Eloff
The French/South African soprano Erica Eloff has been a member of the ensemble at the Landestheater Linz since 2020, where she sings roles such as Mathilde (Guillaume Tell), Agathe (Der Freischütz), Rachel (La Juive), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Leonore (Fidelio), and Mimì (La bohème). She was awarded the Austrian Music Theatre Prize 2024 for her role as Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and for Marie/Marietta (Die tote Stadt) in Linz.

Recently, she sang, among others, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Graz Opera, as well as a performance of Strauss's Four Last Songs at the Brucknerhaus Linz and the Vienna Musikverein. Other engagements included the title role in Rodrigo at the Handel Festival Göttingen, Leonore (Fidelio) at the Theater Ulm, Tosca in Schwerin and Lübeck, Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) in Lübeck and Bielefeld, as well as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Mozartfest Würzburg. She has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, sang in Tippett's A Child of Our Time at the Southbank Centre, as well as Handel's Catone in Utica at the London Handel Festival, and participated in the Garsington Opera and Opera North.

Her operatic experience and repertoire encompass music from the early Baroque to the 21st century. As a passionate interpreter of songs and contemporary music, Erica Eloff has presented premieres of works by American, Argentinian, English, and South African composers, including pieces specifically written for her. She was responsible for the South African premiere of George Crumb’s "Federico’s Little Songs for Children" as well as the British premiere of Hendrik Hofmeyr’s "Alleenstryd" at Wigmore Hall.

Current projects include her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer.

“In Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's tumultuous String Quartet op. 80, which he composed following the death of his sister Fanny, you will hear woven in his songs, arranged by the violist of the Atalante Quartet, Thomas Koslowsky, along with others by Aribert Reimann, Fanny Hensel, and Clara Schumann. [...] A musical revelation: the energy-filled Atalante Quartet and soprano Erica Eloff” — OÖ Nachrichten

General Information
* The box office opens 90 minutes before the event starts.
* Entry starts approximately 45 minutes before the beginning.
* NEW: Reserved seating booking via oeticket


Ticket Sales

Please note that reserved tickets must be paid for!

oeticket: www.oeticket.com  
Outlets: newsstands, ticket offices, tourist information centers, Mediamarkts, etc.
Bookings through the Musiksommer website are processed with oeticket: www.musiksommerbadschallerbach.at 

Vitalwelt
tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at  
Promenade 2, 4701 Bad Schallerbach
+43 7249 420 710
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 9:00 - 12:00
(except on holidays)

Discounts
Half-Price Pass
Especially for regular audiences from the region, valid year-round. For only € 35.00, you can purchase your personal half-price pass for 2025, which applies to many events! Excluded are events with agency participation as well as concerts that would otherwise be economically unfeasible.

OÖN-Card
15% discount

OÖ Seniors' Association and OÖ Pensioners' Association
€ 2.00 discount on many events.

Vitalwelt Guest Card
50% discount in advance sale only with personal registration at the Vitalwelt office.

Ö1 Club
10% discount

Further Discounts
50% discount for children, youth, students, and people with disabilities.

For students of the OÖ State Music School under 18 years, a flat rate of € 5.00 applies when mentioning the music school and teacher.