Peter Hollfelder (24 November 1930 – 6 December 2005) was a German classical pianist.
Life
Born in Munich, supported by the
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Hollfelder studied 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 t ...
. His teachers were
Franz Dorfmüller,
Erik Then-Bergh and
Friedrich Wührer Friedrich Wührer (29 June 1900 – 27 December 1975) was an Austrian-German pianist and piano pedagogue. He was a close associate and advocate of composer Franz Schmidt, whose music he edited and, in the case of the works for left hand alone, revi ...
. He made his debut in 1955 with the
Münchner Philharmoniker
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 Rad ...
. As Prize winner of the (1957/58), he went on a big tour of Germany. He found international recognition after piano recitals in the
Tonhalle, Zürich
The Tonhalle is a concert hall in Zurich, home to the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, one of Switzerland's leading orchestras. The 1455-seat hall, located at Claridenstrasse 7 in Zurich, was inaugurated in 1895 by Johannes Brahms. The hall is conside ...
and the
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadin ...
.
In 1963, Hollfeder went to the
Hochschule für Musik Würzburg
The Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (University of Music Würzburg) was founded in 1797 by Franz Joseph Fröhlich as Collegium musicum academicum (Academic college of music). From 1921 to 1973, it was named Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium der Mu ...
, whose chair for piano he held until 1996.
Hollfelder died in
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River.
Würzburg is ...
at the age of 75.
Work
* ''Geschichte der Klaviermusik.'' Two volumes. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1989, .
* ''Das große Handbuch der Klaviermusik''.
* ''Lexikon Klaviermusik.'' Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1999, .
* ''Lexikon Klaviermusik.'' Supplement. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, .
* ''Die Klaviermusik : historische Entwicklungen''. Hamburg : Nikol Verl.-Ges., 1999,
* ''Auftragsnetze''.
''Auftragsnetze''
on WorldCat Munich: Siemens, 1973.
References
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German male pianists
German classical pianists
Male classical pianists
1930 births
2005 deaths
Musicians from Munich
Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg
20th-century German male musicians