The trio also appeared in concert series and summer festivals in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, South Corea, Singapore, at the chamber music society in Hong Kong and several cities of Indonesia. The Wiener Mozart Trio made a recording of works by Mozart and Brahms which was produced by the record label Koch Discover International.
Already in his youth Stephan was interested in violin building and he was given the chance by violin maker Jürgen von Stietencron to build a violin himself. Even today he is still fascinated to see how a new instrument comes into existence. Stephan plays a violin by this master from 2002.
Shamita Achenbach-König
received violoncello lessons in her home town of Bregenz and at the Vorarlberg Conservatory with Prof. Penelope Gunther. Further studies were at the music universities of Salzburg and Vienna and the Konservatorium Wien University with Prof. Jontscho Bayrov, from where she graduated with distinction. In addition she took private solo cello studies with Martin Hornstein and chamber music lessons with the Vienna String Sextet and the Vienna Schubert Trio. To complete her education she attended master classes with Siegfried Palm, Heidi Litschauer and Tobias Kühne. She works as a freelance musician and is often invited to play with different ensembles, such as the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, the Vienna Concert-Verein and the Vienna Bach Soloists.
She appears in chamber music concerts with members of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Bregenz Festival among others. Upon the invitation of the Vatican she gave a concert for Pope John Paul II as part of a chamber ensemble in 1993.
In addition, she is much sought after as a cello teacher and she even holds a Guinness World Record for playing the cello non-stop for 24 hours. She plays a cello by Sebastian Dallinger, Vienna, from 1793.