Gerhart Darmstadt (born 1952) is a German cellist, arpeggione player, conductor, specialist in

historical performance practice Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of the musical era in which ...

and academic teacher.

Life

Born in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

, Darmstadt studied violoncello at the

Folkwang University of the Arts The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in E ...

with Mirko Dorner and historical performance practice with

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. He supplemented his training with several courses with Anner Bylsma. Darmstadt is professor of baroque violoncello, historical performance practice and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Since 2006, he has been president of the International

Joseph Martin Kraus Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 – 15 December 1792), was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred ...

Society. In 2014, Darmstadt and Isolde Zerer-Kittel were awarded the Hamburg Teaching Prize for the study project ''Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach''. The 10,000 euros award is presented by the Government of Hamburg and is based on suggestions from students. His older brother is the church music director, academic teacher and composer Hans Darmstadt.Prof. Gerhart Darmstadt
on hfmt-hamburg

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