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Peter Gasteiger
Peter Gasteiger (b. 1971 in Kitzbühel) studied saxophone performance with Marcus Weiss at the Hochschule für Musik Basel. He subsequently completed studies in saxophone pedagogy (with clarinet as a minor) at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory and later at the Mozarteum University, graduating with honours. He also undertook training in music school management at the MCI in Innsbruck.
HHe took masterclasses with Claude Delangle, Jean Ives Formeau, Jean Denis Michat and Otis Murphy. Gasteiger is a member of the Mozarteum Salzburg’s Philharmonic Wind Band and the saxophone quartet "De Saxlamanda". He has performed with various chamber music ensembles at home and abroad and recorded a number of CDs. Orchestral playing has taken him to the Erler Festival under Gustav Kuhn, to Windkraft Tirol, to the RSO Frankfurt and to the Basel University Orchestra under Krzysztof Penderecki.
He taught saxophone and clarinet at the music school in Sarganserland from 1995 to 2002, and saxophone at BORG Lauterach from 1999 to 2002. He has been director of the State Music School in the Kitzbühel region since 2002, and has taught saxophone at the Mozarteum University Salzburg since October 2007, where he completed his habilitation in November 2016.