Hans Deinzer (14 January 1934 – 26 February 2020) was a clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater,

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for thirty years, and retired in 1996.

Biography

Born in , Deinzer received his first clarinet lessons at the Städtisches Konservatoriun in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

between 1949 and 1955. He was until 1962 a student of Rudolf Gall in

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. Deinzer was clarinetist at the

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and at the Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks in Hamburg. He was one of the first clarinetists to professionally adopt the use of rubber mouthpieces, and also was a champion of historical instruments and playing. He recorded two versions of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto using a reconstructed historical boxwood clarinet and has premiered several important works, including

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's "Domaines" —which was written for him— and

Henri Pousseur Henri Léon Marie-Thérèse Pousseur (23 June 1929 – 6 March 2009) was a Belgian classical composer, teacher, and music theorist. Biography Pousseur was born in Malmedy and studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to ...

's Madrigal I. He is a two-time winner of the

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. His students include several prominent clarinetists, such as

Sabine Meyer Sabine Meyer (born 30 March 1959) is a German classical clarinetist. Biography Born in Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Meyer began playing the clarinet at an early age. Her first teacher was her father, also a clarinetist. She studied with Otto ...

, Reiner Wehle,

Wolfgang Meyer Wolfgang Meyer (13 August 1954 – 17 March 2019) was a German clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe. He worked internationally as a soloist, in chamber music ensembles, and in jazz, with a repertoire from early m ...

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, Andreas Sundén,

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, Nicholas Cox, Antonio Salguero and

Michele Zukovsky Michele Zukovsky (''née'' Bloch) is an American clarinetist and longest serving female woodwind player in the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, serving from 1961 at the age of 18 until her retirement on December 20, 2015. Backgr ...

Discography

The track "Edition" features several of his students. *

Werner Heider Werner Heider (born 1 January 1930) is a German composer, pianist and conductor. Life Born in Fürth, Heider studied with Willy Spilling in Nuremberg and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich between 1945 and 1951. From 1949, h ...

; ''Dialog I'' for Clarinet and Piano; Colosseum Colos SM 552 (p) 1973 * Werner Heider; ''Inventio II'' for Solo Clarinet; Colosseum Colos SM 552 (p) 1973 * Werner Heider; ''Strophen'' for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra; Colosseum Colos SM 552 (p) 1973 * Werner Heider; ''Edition'' for five Clarinets; Colosseum Colos SM 552 (p) 1973 * Werner Heider; ''Kunst-Stoff'' for Electric Clarinet, Prepared Piano and Tape; Colosseum Colos SM 552 (p) 1973

References

Pamela Weston Pamela Theodora Weston (17 October 1921 – 9 September 2009) was a British clarinetist, teacher and writer. Born in London, she attended Priors Field School. Following two years at the Royal Academy of Music she won a scholarship to the Guild ...

; ''Clarinet Virtuosi of Today''; p. 83–88, , Egon publishers 1989.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deinzer, Hans 1934 births 2020 deaths German clarinetists Musicians from Nuremberg Musicians from Bavaria 20th-century clarinetists