On October 16, 2023, Merito String Instruments Trust was the focus of a theme day on Radio Klassik Stephansdom (editor: Michael Gmasz). In addition to Dr. Habermayer, renowned musicians, Jan Nast (Intendant of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra), and Linda Uschinski (Head of the String Quartet Department at Impresariat Simmenauer) also took part in the discussions. All recorded contributions were kindly provided with the permission of Radio Klassik. Please note that the interview recordings are available in German only.
Wolfgang Habermayer on the origin
The Merito String Quartet Award
Günther Pichler on the importance of good old string instruments
Wolfgang Habermayer on philanthropy
Kian Soltani on philanthropy and what it means for his career
Linda Uschinski and Jan Nast
Maria Grün, Matthias Honeck and Eckart Runge on special instruments
Wolfgang Habermayer on investors
On December 21, Dr. Wolfgang Habermayer was a guest on the program "Der Klassik-Tjek." For an hour, he spoke with Emmanuel Tjeknavorian not only about historical string instruments and chamber music but also about financing and returns in this context. We are grateful to Radio Klassik Stephansdom for providing us with a recording of the broadcast. Please note that the recording is available in German only.
Wolfgang Habermayer in the series “Der Klassik-Tjek”.