Prize winner of numerous national and international competitions, among others the International Guitar Competition Milan (Italy), Riviera del Conero Competition in Ancona (Italy), International Guitar Competition in Rust (Austria), International Guitar Competition Stafford (UK), Concurso Comarca del Condado in Jaen (Spain), Vienna International Music Competition.
In 1999 world-famous guitarist Julian Bream awarded him the Julian Bream Prize of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Concerts and recitals as soloist and in chamber music ensembles in Europe, North America and Asia as well as soloist with various orchestras (e.g. Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Vienna Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Lord Yehudi Menuhin; Century Symphony Orchestra Taipeh).
Performances at various festivals such as Britten and the Britons, Junge Frühlingswoche (Konzerthaus, ViennaAustria), Int. Guitar Festival Nürtingen (Germany), Guitar Festival Bolivar Hall (London), Strings Only (Zadar/Croatia).
Armin Egger teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz and at the Vienna Konservatorium in Vienna as well as at several summer classes in Austria and Germany.
“Rarely has one heard guitar playing so abounding with colors and delicate musical facets as in the evening with Armin Egger”
Westfälische Rundschau, Germany
“At only 21 years, Armin Egger is already a world class guitarist. His qualities are a flawless technique and a highly sensitive feeling for sound.”
Ruhr-Nachrichten, Germany
“The playing is of the highest standard throughout and Egger shows himself to be a sensitive interpreter with a formidable technique.”
Classical Guitar Magazine, Great Britain (1999)
“Armin Egger shows himself in brilliant form…. His playing oozes sensitivity and he has an intuitive sense of musicianship which shines through the music like a beacon”
Classical Guitar Magazine, Great Britain (2005)