Bernd Wiesemann (4 August 1938 – 10 August 2015) was a German pianist, composer, music educator and

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ist.

Career

Born in

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, Wiesemann studied piano with Alexander Kaul at the Robert Schumann-Institut in his hometown. Wiesemann was a pioneer of the ''kinderklavier'' (children's piano, also

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), which he promoted from the end of the 1970s as a concert instrument on which he performed and for which he composed, for example ''Sieben Miniaturen'' (1980), ''Petite Suite'' (1987) and ''Bauhaus-Suite'' (1994). He played many concerts, even in open places such as stations, in ''Kneipen'' and on the street. He organized with René Heinersdorff a concert series, from 1991 to 2000, ''forum 20 – musik unseres jahrhunderts im spiegel der dezennien'' (forum 20 – music of our century mirrored in decades), which focused on a fusion of the arts, both informative and entertaining. He played concerts in Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands, recorded CDs and made radio productions and documentations. He recorded in 2003 a

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''Neue Musik für Kinderklavier'' – ''Das untemperierte Klavier''. Colleagues composing for him and his ''kinderklavier'' included , Oskar Gottlieb Blarr, Ratko Delorko,

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, Oscar van Dillen and Andreas Kunstein. Wiesemann's compositions for children's piano were published by Verlag Dohr in Cologne. He died in his hometown. His daughter is the actress Mirjam Wiesemann. A memorial concert for him was played on 22 November 2015 at the

Tonhalle Düsseldorf Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. The resident orchestra, the ''Düsseldorfer Symphoniker'', play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhei ...

in the series for contemporary music ''Na hör’n Sie mal''.

Selected compositions

* ''Sieben Miniaturen'' (1980) for toy piano (children's piano) or other keyboard instrument. Verlag Dohr, ISMN M-2020-0543-9 * ''Petite Suite'' (1987) for toy piano (children's piano) or other keyboard instrument. Verlag Dohr, ISMN M-2020-0542-9 * ''Bauhaus-Suite'' (1994) for toy piano (children's piano) or other keyboard instrument. Verlag Dohr, ISMN M-2020-0541-5 * ''Choreographie der Klänge'', for piano, trombone, and experimental sounds

Discography

* ''Choreographie der Klänge''. , trombone, Johannes Leis, baritone-saxophone, Bernd Wiesemann, piano, live recording of 27 November 2001,

, Verlag Dohr DCD012, 2002 * ''Das untemperierte Klavier - Neue Musik für Kinderklavier'',

Cybele Records Cybele Records is a German record label based in Düsseldorf, specializing in classical music, namely contemporary music. Founded in 1994, their motto is "Klassik der Zukunft" (Classics of the future), focused on contemporary composers and advan ...

, 2003

References

External links

*
Neue Musik für Kinderklavier
(in German) muziekweb.nl

(in German) Pianomuseum Haus Eller / Sammlung Dohr {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiesemann, Bernd German classical composers German male classical composers German classical pianists Male classical pianists 1938 births 2015 deaths