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Siegfried Stöckigt
Siegfried Stöckigt (8 December 1929 – 6 July 2012) was a German classical pianist. Life Born Lengenfeld, Stöckigt grew up with a brother three years older than him in the small town of Lengenfeld () in SaxonyVogtland as the son of a businessman. At the age of nine, Stöckigt received his first piano lessons. From 1946 to 1959, he studied piano with Hugo Steurer at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. He passed his exams with distinction. In 1951, he was the only German prize-winner at the World Festival of Youth and Students#1951 East Berlin, World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. From 1952 to 1985, he taught at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" and was appointed a Professor in 1968. In 1959, he received a medal at the Geneva International Music Competition. In 1966, he was awarded the Art Prize of the GDR, in 1974 the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic and in October 1974 the National Prize of the GDR. Guest performances took him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lengenfeld
Lengenfeld is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany. The town is situated 19 km southwest of Zwickau, and 18 km northeast of Plauen. History During World War II, in the town, Germany operated a Forced labour under German rule during World War II, forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison in Zwickau, and a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.Christine O'Keefe''Concentration Camps''/ref> About 1,000 prisoners, half of whom were deported from German-occupied Poland, a quarter from the Soviet Union, and the remainder were mostly Jews from various other countries, were imprisoned as forced labour in the latter. 246 prisoners died in the subcamp, and were mostly cremation, cremated in nearby Reichenbach im Vogtland, and the remaining were evacuated in a death march, during which many also died. References Vogtlandkreis {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
