Roland Pröll (born 11 June 1949 in Unna,

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) is a German

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, conductor,

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, and

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Biography

Roland Pröll had his first piano lessons at the age of 5. When he was 11 he became a

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of Dieter Wollert at the

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

Music university in

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. There he passed his

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with distinction. After this he continued his studies in

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at the

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with

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, Loriod, Sancan, Dubois, and other famous teachers. As well as studying the

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, he also studied other musical disciplines such as conducting and composing. The taught method of

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was a formative influence for him, especially in

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, leading to his support for the dissemination of this method all over the world. He finished his studies in

musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

at the Sorbonne in Paris and became a

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, (Doctorat d`Université). After this he became a student of

Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.

and worked with other famous musicians. He has gained many first prizes in international

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, and he gives concerts all over the world. He is a guest of

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

Berlin Philharmonie The Berliner Philharmonie () is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is on ...

and others. His fame has spread, especially in

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and

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, and more recently in

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. Since 2005 he has been working with the Murcia Symphony Orchestra, and he goes on tour with them through

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. He has recorded many CDs and has made many special recordings for television and radio all over the world. He taught at the Dortmund Music university as a professor until 1996 and he led the institute from 1988 to 1990 as

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. From 1999 to 2002 he was dean of the Ibach-Academy in Schwelm, Germany, which was founded in co-operation with him. In the time period from 2006 to the middle of 2007 Roland Pröll worked as a musical leader of the non-profit association Viva la Musica e. V. in

Bad Oeynhausen Bad Oeynhausen () is a spa town on the southern edge of the Wiehengebirge in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe, East-Westphalia-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The closest larger towns are Bielefeld (39 ki ...

. Because of decrease in demand the association dissolved at the end of June 2007. Since that time Pröll works as a tutor and artist for the music agency "Musikagentour Viva" in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. In 1987 he founded the international Schubert-Competition in

, which is today one of the great piano competitions. (Today's leader is

Arnulf von Arnim Arnulf von Arnim (born 1947 in Hamburg) is a German classical pianist and teacher. Von Arnim studied in Germany and France and attended classes by Claudio Arrau and Wilhelm Kempff. He is the winner of several prizes - Viotti (Vercelli), Busoni ( ...

). Today Roland Pröll holds

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for

and

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at the Atsugi Showa University of Music in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica in

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, and at the Conservatory in

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. He gives masterclasses and concerts all over the world.

Discography (summary)

W.A. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

: Concert for piano and orchestra KV 413 and KV 414 a quattro (with Arnsberger Streichtrio) *

: Chamber music from three generations of Mozart (

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, W.A., Son) (with Manfred Hörr,

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, Christiane Hörr,

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

und Peter Hörr,

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

) * L. v. Beethoven:

Piano sonata A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement ( Scarlatti, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Berg), others with t ...

s op. 110 und op. 111 * F. Schubert: "

Die Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

" (with Berthold Schmidt, tenor) * F. Schubert, C. Debussy, J. Brahms and G. Fauré: Cello

sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

s (with Peter Hörr,

) * J. Brahms: Piano concerto No. 1 (d-minor, op. 15) (with the "Junge Symphoniker" Werner Seiss, conductor) * J. Brahms: Violin sonatas No. 1 (op. 78), No. 2 (op. 100), No. 3 (op. 108) and

Scherzo A scherzo (, , ; plural scherzos or scherzi), in western classical music, is a short composition – sometimes a movement from a larger work such as a symphony or a sonata. The precise definition has varied over the years, but scherzo often ref ...

c-minor (oop.) (with Ismene Then-Berg,

) * J. Brahms: Horn-Trio Es-Dur (op. 40),

Violin sonata A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, often accompanied by a keyboard instrument and in earlier periods with a bass instrument doubling the keyboard bass line. The violin sonata developed from a simple baroque form with no fixed form ...

No. 2 (op. 100) and Scherzo c-minor (oop.) (with Gerhard Reich,

) * J. Brahms: Variationen und Fugen über ein Thema von

Händel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...

(op. 24) and Vier Balladen (op. 10) * R. Schumann: Fantasie in C (Op. 17), M. Ravel: Miroirs * M. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante Défunte, P.I. Tschaikowsky:

from Symphony No. 1 (op. 13) in g-minor, G. Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue ''Rhapsody in Blue'' is a 1924 musical composition written by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman, the work premiered i ...

(with LJOrchester RP Michel Luig, conductor)

Books

* L`Effet Psychologique du Triton dans la Musique d`Alexandre Scriabine * Fantasy and artistical Production, is it possible to learn Creativity? *

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Proll, Roland 1949 births Living people People from Unna University of Paris alumni German musicologists German pianists German male conductors (music) German composers Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold 21st-century German conductors (music) 21st-century pianists 21st-century German male musicians