Eberhard Schoener (born May 13, 1938,

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) is a German musician,

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, conductor, and arranger. His activities combine many styles and formats. Originally a classical violinist and conductor of chamber music and opera, he was one of the early adopters and popularizers of the

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in Europe. In the 1970s he traveled to

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and incorporated musical elements from Asia into his own work. He has collaborated with rock musicians such as

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and

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and also with Electronic Music German Pioneer band

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on an orchestral arrangement for the "Mojave Plan" track for a live performance on a German TV show. He has composed film scores, videos, music for television, and an opera to be broadcast via the Internet. He has won numerous awards, including the 1975

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for music, the 1992

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for creativity and a lifetime achievement award at the Soundtrack Cologne Festival of Music and Sound in Film and the Media in November, 2014.

Career highlights

Sources: * 1958 Studies Violin at the Academy of Music in Detmold (Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie) under Professor Tibor Varga, chorister under Professor Eugen Pabst * 1959 Scholarship at the

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in Siena, conducting class under Sergiu Celibidache and chamber music under Quintetto Chiagiano * 1960 First violin at the Bavarian State Opera House * 1961 Foundation of the Munich Juvenile Symphony Orchester, known across the borders as "The Young Orchestra (Das junge Orchester)" in the ARD TV-series. * 1964 Musical supervisor of the Bavarian Opera until 1968 * 1965 Foundation of the Munich Chamber Opera and since the artistic supervisor and conductor. Amongst others he conducted annual opera and concert performances at the Brunnenhof (Fountain-Courtyard) at the Residence Castle in Munich * 1972 "Gianni Schicchi" by

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as a public performance at the Olympic Games in Munich. * 1973 The chamber opera "La Zingara" for German public television (ZDF) * 1974 Collaborates with

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and performance is televised also featuring

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, Glenn Hughes, and

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* 1974 The opera "The Chief of the Theatre (Der Schauspieldirektor)" by W.A. Mozart music supervision and directed for television, starring Peter Ustinov as well as "The Bandmaster (Der Kapellmeister)" by Cimarosa. Both were published as a record through EMI-Classic. * 1975 Conducts Hungarian Philharmonic for

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album by

* 1977 The fragment of an opera "Shakuntala" by Franz Schubert for the International Dance Theatre for German public television (ZDF). * 1981 Orchestral Arrangements and Conducting of "Mojave Plan" by

played with the band for German Public Television at

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in Munich. * 1987 "Pop-Stars perform Brecht/Weill": A concert at the Theatre of Hamburg recorded for television (NDR) featuring

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and

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. * 1989 Third music-festival on the Island Elba with the performance of the opera "Mozart & Salieri".

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Eberhard Schoener Website

Eberhard Schoener Website
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