The Leipziger Consort was a well-known

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ensemble from the

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History

The

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was founded in 1982. Members were on the one hand

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(

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Matthias Sannemüller Matthias Sannemüller (born 2 September 1951) is a German violist. Life Born in Leipzig, Sannemüller was born in 1951 as son of the concertmaster Horst Sannemüller and the opera singer Philine Fischer. In his youth he learned piano and viol ...

(

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) and Dieter Zahn (

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). They were solo musicians in the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (today: MDR-Sinfonieorchester) and members of the

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. In addition, Roland Zimmer (

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) and later Thomas Blumenthal (guitar) were its members. They dedicated themselves to

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and

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. In particular they premiered works by

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, Manfred Schubert und

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. The Leipzig Consort gave guest concerts in many European countries; numerous radio productions were documented. The group disbanded in the early 1990s. In 1992 Sannemüller and Blumenthal founded the

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Literature

* Manfred Vetter: ''Kammermusik in der DDR.''''Kammermusik in der DDR.''
on WorldCat Peter Lang, Frankfurt 1996, , .

References

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