Ingolf Turban (born 17 March 1964) is a German violinist.
Life
Born in Munich, Turban's mother was a pianist, his father a music-loving physician, his sister
Dietlinde an actress. At the age of 12 he was accepted into the violin class of in Munich. He also attended courses in the US with Jens Ellermann and
Dorothy DeLay.
In 1985, he became first
concertmaster
The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...
at the age of 21 of the
Munich Philharmonic
The Munich Philharmonic (german: Münchner Philharmoniker, links=no) is a German symphony orchestra located in the city of Munich. It is one of Munich's four principal orchestras, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Ra ...
under
Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache (; 14 August 1996) was a Romanian conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over five decades, including tenures ...
.
Celibidache's esteem was expressed in the ''
bon mot
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'', "I am Celi and you are Turbi."
In 1986, Celibidache let him perform as a soloist for the first time. In 1988, he left the orchestra and began a successful soloist career. In 1991 he made his debut at
La Scala in Milan and in Washington.
In 1995, he received a professorship at the
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart.
In 2005, Turban founded the chamber orchestra "I Virtuosi di Paganini".
This corresponds with his special commitment to the works of Paganini.
Since 2006, Turban has been a professor at the
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is ...
.
Turban plays the great violin literature "from Bach to Berg",
but also many rarely or never before heard works of all styles. Among them are curiosities such as Otto Soldan's ''Adagio religioso – Quartet for one violin'', which is bowed over all four strings with detached bow hairs.
Turban likes to play this piece as an
encore
An encore is an additional performance given by performers after the planned show has ended, usually in response to extended applause from the audience.Lalange Cochrane, in ''Oxford Companion to Music'', Alison Latham, ed., Oxford University Pre ...
.
, Turban has released over 40 CDs,
including violin-accompanied literary readings by his sister Dietlinde Turban. He is a member of the
string trio
A string trio is a group of three string instruments or a piece written for such a group. From at least the 19th century on, the term "string trio" with otherwise unspecified instrumentation normally refers to the combination violin, viola and cell ...
Deutsches Streichtrio.
Deutsches Streichtrio
Retrieved 4 March 2021
He was awarded the Günther-Klinge-Kulturpreis of the municipality of Gauting in 1999. He won the International Classical Music Awards
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards (later called MIDEM Classical Awards) formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines ...
Special-Achievement-Award 2021.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Interview with Ingolf Turban about Niccolò Paganini
on the Online-Klassik-Magazin KlassikInfo.de
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German classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
1964 births
Living people
Musicians from Munich