Cäcilia Dorner was born in Dornbirn, Austria, in 2002. She received her first violin lessons at the age of four at the Bregenz music school with Günther Presslaber, and later with Alexandra Rappitsch at the Dornbirn music school. At twelve she moved to the Vorarlberg State Conservatory in Feldkirch to study with Rudens Turku, before continuing her training in the class of Editha Fetz. From 2019 to 2022 she studied with Philip A. Draganov at the ZHdK PreCollege in Zurich. She is currently studying violin with Thomas Reif at the Mozarteum Salzburg.
At just six, Cäcilia won her first first prize at the regional “Prima la Musica” competition. Since then she has enjoyed numerous successes, both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles, at regional and national level.
In March 2022 she became regional winner in the solo violin category with the maximum score of 100 points. She has also received important musical impulses at masterclasses such as the Austrian Arts Sessions, Allegro Vivo, SIMA Youth Classics and the Solonghello summer masterclasses.
In 2018 Cäcilia founded the piano trio “The Silver Trio” with her sister Miriam and the pianist Stefan Man. With this ensemble she won first prize at the national “Prima la Musica” competition in Klagenfurt. In 2020 the trio released its debut album on the Coviello Classics label, with early works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Bernstein.
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