Anton Stricker, known professionally as Toni Stricker, was born on April 4, 1930, in Vienna, Austria. He began playing the violin at age six and studied at the Wiener Konservatorium. In 1953, Stricker joined Vera Auer's jazz band, where he played with notable musicians like Joe Zawinul and Attila Zoller. His first recordings were made with his own quintet in Vienna and Kitzbühel. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stricker toured extensively across Europe. He released several albums, including Let's Dance With Strings (1965) and Pop Tops Violin (1972). In the 1970s, Stricker composed music for various films and television series, notably "Ringstrassenpalais" (Original Filmmusik Aus Der TV-Serie) (1980), and collaborated with prominent artists. He won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in 1981 for his LP Pannonische Balladen und Wiener Tänze. Stricker passed away on February 16, 2022, in Bad Sauerbrunn, Burgenland.
