Irene Güdel (7 July 1930 – 11 July 2023) was a Swiss cellist. From 1957 to 1995 she taught the cello at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, from 1969 as professor.

Life and career

Güdel was born in Aegerten on 7 July 1930. She studied violoncello at the with Richard Sturzenegger (1905-1976), at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

with

André Navarra André-Nicolas Navarra (Biarritz, 13 October 1911 – Siena, 31 July 1988) was a French cellist and cello teacher. Early life He was born into a musical family in Biarritz, his father being a bassist of Italian descent."'Play From The Stomach, ...

and completed her artistic training in

master class A master class is a Class (education), class given to students of a particular Academic discipline, discipline by an expert of that discipline—usually music, but also science, painting, drama, games, or on any other occasion where skills are b ...

es with Paul Tortelier and Pierre Fournier. She performed concerts in Europe, South America and Japan and was invited by German and Swiss radio stations to make solo and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

recordings. From 1953 to 1965 she was a member of the

Strub Quartet The Strub-Quartett was a well-known German string quartet from Berlin (1929–1945) and Detmold (1945–1965), named after primarius Max Strub. History The first Strub Quartet was formed from the chamber orchestra of Edwin Fischer and was supp ...

in Detmold. She died in

Detmold Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...

on 11 July 2023, at the age of 93.

Recordings

*''Vinzenz Lachner – Kammermusik und Klavierwerke'', Antes (Bella Musica). *

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

(1714–1788), ''Cello Concerto in B flat Major'' / Georg Philipp Telemann, ''Suite in B flat Major'' (

Carlos Kleiber Carlos Luis Bonifacio Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was an Austrian conductor who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time. Early life Kleiber was born as Karl Ludwig Bonifacius Kleiber in Berlin in 1930, the ...

/ ), Profil.

Publications

Jost Michaels Jost is both a German given name and a surname and a Jewish (Ashkenazi) surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Jost Amman (1539–1591), Swiss * Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments ...

/Irene Güdel:

Ferdinand Ries Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first concerto ...

(1784–1838), ''Sonata in G minor op.125 for violoncello and piano''. Ries & Erler, Berlin 1984, * Jost Michaels/Irene Güdel: ''

Vinzenz Lachner Vinzenz Lachner (also spelled Vincenz) (19 July 1811 – 22 January 1893)"Vinzenz Lachner", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1980. was a German composer and conductor. Early life Born in Rain am ...

, 6 pièces caractéristiques: No. 1–4''. Schott, Mainz 1989. * Jost Michaels/Irene Güdel: ''Vinzenz Lachner, 6 pièces caractéristiques: No. 5–6''. Schott, Mainz 1989. * Jost Michaels/Irene Güdel:

Peter von Winter Peter Winter, later Peter von Winter, (baptised 28 August 1754 – 17 October 1825) was a German violinist, conductor and composer, especially of operas. He began his career as a player at the Mannheim court, and advanced to conductor. When the ...

, ''Concertino in E flat major for clarinet, violoncello and orchestra''. Sikorski, Hamburg 2005.

Prizes and awards

* First prize of the

, 1952 * Studienpreis des Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein 1952Max Favre
''Tendenzen und Verwirklichungen: Festschrift des Schweizerischen Tonkünstlervereins aus Anlass seines 75-jährigen Bestehens (1900-1975)''
on WorldCat Atlantis Verlag, 1975, , * , 1954 * Support prize of the

ARD International Music Competition The ARD International Music Competition (german: link=no, Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD) is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and held once a year in Munich. Si ...

, 1954

References

External links

*
Magazin.klassik.com
retrieved 27 July 2020 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gudel, Irene 1930 births 2023 deaths Musicians from Bern Swiss cellists Women cellists