Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (born 6 September 1937 in

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), is a German conductor,

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, composer,

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and university lecturer. After working for the

Berliner Rundfunk The Berliner Rundfunk (BERU) was a radio station set in East Germany. It had a political focus and discussed events in East Berlin. Today it is a commercial radio station broadcast with the name "Berliner Rundfunk 91.4". History The Berliner R ...

from 1971, he was principal conductor of the

MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra The MDR-Sinfonieorchester (in English, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra) is a German radio orchestra based in Leipzig. It is the radio orchestra of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, the public broadcaster for the German states of Thuringia, Saxony a ...

and the Rundfunkchor Leipzig from 1978 to 1985. In 1984 he was still awarded the

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, but in 1985 he came to terms with the GDR authorities and moved to the FRG. In Stuttgart he was appointed

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and helped the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra there to national recognition. In 1991 he went to Essen, where he was also opera director of the Aalto Theater from 1992 to 1997. In the 2000s he returned to the

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and conducted the

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and the

Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock The Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, based in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, is the state's largest symphony orchestra and also the orchestra of the Volkstheater Rostock. Founded in 1897, the orchestra grew to 90 musicians by 1991. Th ...

. The latter appointed him its honorary conductor in 2004. Especially with the Berlin and Leipzig radio sound institutions, he brought numerous contemporary works to world

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s. He also recorded the complete choral works of

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. In Essen he could realize the complete ''

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'' by Wagner.

Life

Greiz origin

Hauschild was born in 1937 as son of the journalist and dramaturge Franz Hauschild (1907-1996) in Greiz.Günther Buch: ''Namen und Daten wichtiger Personen der DDR''. 4th revised and extended edition . Dietz, Berlin among others 1987, , . His father was co-founder of the "Greizer Musikwochen" and the "Stavenhagen-Wettbewerb". At the age of five, Hauschild received his first piano lessons, later he took up theatre. Looking back he remembered

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, Reimar Johannes Baur and

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with whom he had played in Greiz. Early he began composing, among others he wrote a . From the age of fifteen he composed

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s for the theatre of his home town. As a high school student he also received

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

lessons from

Ottmar Gerster Ottmar Gerster (29 June 1897 in Braunfels, Germany – 31 August 1969 in Borsdorf) was a German viola player, conductor and composer who in 1948 became rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar. Life Ottmar Gerster was born some 50 k ...

in Leipzig.

Studies and professional beginnings in Weimar

At the age of seventeen he began studying music at the

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, which he completed in 1959 with three

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Musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

(Ottmar Gerster),

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

(first with

Hermann Abendroth Hermann Paul Maximilian Abendroth (19 January 1883 – 29 May 1956) was a German conductor. Early life Abendroth was born on 19 January 1883, at Frankfurt, the son of a bookseller. Several other members of the family were artists in diverse dis ...

, then

Gerhard Pflüger Gerhard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (9 April 1907 − 24 October 1991) was a German conductor. Life Born in Dresden, Pflüger attended the citizen school and a grammar school in Dresden from 1913 to 1924. He then studied with Kurt Striegler and F ...

) and piano.

Carl Dahlhaus Carl Dahlhaus (10 June 1928 – 13 March 1989) was a German musicologist who was among the leading postwar musicologists of the mid to late 20th-century. A prolific scholar, he had broad interests though his research focused on 19th- and 20th- ...

Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (5 January 1919 – 30 August 1999) was a German musicologist and professor of historical musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. Life Eggebrecht was born in Dresden. His father was a Protestant mini ...

(ed.): ''Brockhaus ''

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''. In vier Bänden und einem Ergänzungsband''. Supplementary volume: ''A–Z''. 2nd revised and extended edition, Schott, Mainz 1995, . For his final thesis he designed a stage version of Mozart's

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Bastien und Bastienne ' (''Bastien and Bastienne''), K. 50 (revised in 1964 to K. 46b) is a one-act singspiel, a comic opera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ' was one of Mozart's earliest operas, written in 1768 when he was only twelve years old. It was allegedly commis ...

'', which was performed at the

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. He completed his training in

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es with

Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor. Life Scherchen was born in Berlin. Originally a violist, he played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He conducted in Riga ...

and

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 as ...

.Vera Grützner: ''Musiker in Brandenburg vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart''. Jaron, Berlin 2004, , . Until 1956 he was influenced above all by his teacher

, whose "overall personality and authority" he greatly appreciated. The latter let him work independently in Weimar with the and lay choir. Furthermore, for Hauschild the conductor and cultural politician Helmut Koch was "an artistic and human father figure.Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Robert Schuppert: ''Auftakt. Gespräche mit Dirigenten: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild im Gespräch mit Robert Schuppert''. In ''

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'' 9/1984, , here . After his studies Hauschild began his artistic career as

répétiteur A (from the French verb meaning 'to repeat, to go over, to learn, to rehearse') is an accompanist, tutor or coach of ballet dancers or opera singers. A feminine form, , also appears but is comparatively rare. Opera In opera, a is the person ...

at the

Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar The (DNT) is a German theatre and musical organisation based in Weimar. It is a twin institution, consisting of the theatrical (German National Theatre, now solely based in Weimar) and the symphony orchestra known as the . It has a total of s ...

.Hella Kaden: ''Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter''. In Gabriele Baumgartner,

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(ed.): ''Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ, DDR. 1945–1990.'' Vol. 1: ''Abendroth–Lyr''. Saur, Munich 1996, , . Also here he composed incidental music for plays. Soon he was allowed to conduct and rehearse contemporary works. After two years he was

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. In 1963 in Weimar he brought 's opera ''Der fröhliche Sünder'' of his teacher,

, for the world premiere.

Station in Frankfurt (Oder)

From 1963 to 1970 Hauschild was musical director at the

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and permanent conductor of the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. His tasks there extended accordingly to both the and the concert series. His repertoire included among others Verdi, Mozart and Bizet. In 1966 he conducted the

Kurt Hübenthal Kurt Hübenthal (30 November 1918 – 13 March 2007) was a German operatic bass baritone, director and music teacher. He was professor for singing at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. Life Hübenthal was born in 1918 as one of two ...

's production of Georg Friedrich Handel's opera ''

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''. He was also responsible for the world premiere of the symphonic work ''Schwedter Impulse'' by Nikolai Badinski as well as the GDR

of the opera ''Der zerbrochene Krug'' by Zbynik Vostrak and ''

The Rake's Progress ''The Rake's Progress'' is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings ''A Rake's Progres ...

'' by Stravinsky. Because of its proximity to Berlin, as Hauschild explained, renowned singers such as

Reiner Süß Reiner Süß (2 February 1930 – 29 January 2015) was a German Kammersänger (bass), entertainer and politician (SPD). Life Born in Chemnitz, Süß attended the St. Thomas School, Leipzig and studied singing with Hans Lissmann among others. ...

could be won for roles. With the politician

Erich Mückenberger Erich Mückenberger (1910 in Chemnitz – 1998 in Berlin) was a German socialist politician. He began his political career in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) when the ...

, Hauschild at the time advocated a new venue, the future .

Engagement by the Berliner Rundfunk

In 1971 Hauschild was engaged at the

, where he first conducted the

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. From 1973 to 1976 he was representative of

Heinz Rögner Heinz Rögner (16 January 1929 – 10 December 2001) was a German conductor. He was born in Leipzig. Rögner was a student of Hugo Steurer (piano), Egon Bölsche (conducting) and Otto Gutschlicht (viola). From 1947 to 1951, he was a repetite ...

at the

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. On the radio he met Helmut Koch again, a "fateful acquaintance", as he would later remember. So he represented him at the world premiere of

Fritz Geißler Fritz Geißler (or Geissler) (16 September 1921 in Wurzen, Saxony – 11 January 1984 in Bad Saarow, Brandenburg) was one of the most important composers of the German Democratic Republic. The son of Elsa and Walther Geißler, he was raised in m ...

's Oratorium ''Schöpfer Mensch''. Further premieres at the

MaerzMusik MaerzMusik is a festival of the Berliner Festspiele and has been held annually since 2002 in March at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and other venues. It is the successor festival to the Musik-Biennale Berlin and is considered one of the most im ...

in Berlin were to follow, among others in 1975 Jürgen Wilbrandt's ''Mein Haus hat Erde und Meer'' (speaker Horst Westphal) and

Ruth Zechlin Ruth Zechlin (22 June 1926 – 4 August 2007) was a German composer. Life Ruth Oschatz was born in Grosshartmannsdorf, where she began piano lessons at the age of five years, and wrote her first composition at the age of seven. From 1943 to 1 ...

's ''Klavierkonzert'' (with Eva Ander), 1976 Wolfgang Strauß' ''4. Sinfonie mit Sopran-Solo'' (with Renate Frank-Reinecke) and

Siegfried Matthus Siegfried Matthus (13 April 1934 – 27 August 2021) was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as '' Judith'', were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Berlin. In 1991, he founded the ...

' ''Laudate pacem'' (with Renate Krahmer, Elisabeth Breul,

Annelies Burmeister Annelies Burmeister (25 November 1928 in Ludwigslust – 16 June 1988 in Berlin) was a German contralto and actress. Burmeister studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar. She was a member of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and made severa ...

, Armin Ude and

Hermann Christian Polster Hermann Christian Polster (born 8 April 1937) is a German opera singer ( bass). Life Born in Leipzig, the son of the concert singer and singing teacher Fritz Polster, he received his first education from his father. He was a member of the Dresdn ...

) and in 1977

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's ''Der gefesselte Orpheus'' and

Lothar Voigtländer Lothar Voigtländer (born 3 September 1943) is a German composer. Life Voigtländer was born in Leisnig. He received his formative musical education between 1954 and 1962 as a choirboy and later as choir prefect in the Dresdner Kreuzchor under ...

's ''

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'' (with Brigita Šulcová). In 1976 Hauschild succeeded

Herbert Kegel Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor. Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began co ...

as leader of the

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. Even after his move to Leipzig, he cultivated the connection to the capital and was a guest conductor at the Deutsche Staatsoper and the

Komische Oper Berlin The Komische Oper Berlin is a German opera company based in Berlin. The company produces opera, operetta and musicals. The opera house is located on Behrenstraße, just a few steps from Unter den Linden. Since 2004, the Komische Oper Berlin, a ...

. Thus he took over the musical direction of the

Götz Friedrich Götz Friedrich (4 August 1930 in Naumburg, Germany – 12 December 2000 in Berlin, Germany) was a German opera and theatre director. He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in (East) Berlin, where he we ...

's production of Verdi's ''

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''.

Choral conducting with the RSO and Rundfunkchor Leipzig

After conducting works by

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

in Leipzig in late 1977, Hauschild became principal conductor of the

and in parallel head of the

MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig MDR Rundfunkchor is the radio choir of the German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), based in Leipzig, Saxony. Dating back to 1924, the choir became the radio choir of a predecessor of the MDR in 1946, then called Kammerchor des Senders L ...

. He was able to assert himself against the Leipzig general music director

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and the Halle music director

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, all of whom had been engaged as guest conductors by the legendary predecessor

Steffen Lieberwirth Steffen Lieberwirth (born 10 March 1952) is a German musicologist, dramaturge and journalist. Life Born in Leipzig, Lieberwirth studied musicology and German literature at the Karl-Marx-University Leipzig and the Martin Luther University of Ha ...

(ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters''. Written on behalf of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk by Jörg Clemen, Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, , . In Leipzig, Hauschild maintained the

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(ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters''. Written on behalf of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk by Jörg Clemen, Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, , . thus he continued the "Mozartiana" series begun by Kegel. He also continued to put

Concert performance A concert performance or concert version is a performance of a musical theater or opera in concert form, without set design or costumes, and mostly without theatrical interaction between singers. Concert performances are commonly presented in co ...

s on the programme (Janáček, Wagner among others). On the other hand, he brought with the symphony orchestra and the chamber orchestra various

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works to world premieres - 1978

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. B ...

' ''Konzert für Klavier und Orchester'' (with

Günter Philipp Günter Philipp (13 September 1927 – 10 July 2021) was a German pianist, musicologist, composer and amateur painter. Life Born in Sohland an der Spree, Philipp grew up in Riesa, Oppach and Bautzen. Attracted by music and figure drawing, he w ...

), 1979 Lombardi's ''Sinfonie'', Neubert's ''Notturno'', Lohse's ''Konzert für Klavier und Orchester'' (with

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) and

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's ''Vierzehn Stücke aus "Internationale Kriegsfibel"'' (with Helga Termer, Elisabeth Wilke, Horst Gebhardt and Bernd Elze), 1980 Katzer's ''Konzert für Klavier und Orchester'' (with Rolf-Dieter Arens) and Wallmann's ''Stadien für Orchester und Klavier'' (with Bettina Otto), 1981 Schenker's ''„Fanal Spanien 1936“'', 1983 Lombardis ''Zweite Sinfonie'' and Krätzschmar's ''Heine-Szenen'' (with Wolfgang Hellmich). He was also responsible for several DDR premieres among others in 1979

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's ''Holiday Symphony'' and 1984

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's ''Pax Questuosa'' and

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's ''Etym''. Like Kegel before him, he always placed contemporary music before Beethoven's '' 9th Symphony'' at the end of the season.Steffen Lieberwirth (ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters''. Written on behalf of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk by Jörg Clemen, Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, , . Moreover, he again invited composer-conductors to Leipzig, such as

Milko Kelemen Milko Kelemen (30 March 1924 – 8 March 2018) was a Croatian composer. Life Milko Kelemen was born in Slatina, Croatia (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). He studied under Stjepan Šulek in Zagreb, under Olivier Messiaen in Paris ...

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study ...

and

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. With the 1979/80 season he introduced weekly morning concerts in the Kongreßhalle Leipzig. After the opening of the Neue Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1981, the Rundfunkorchester played regularly in the new concert building.Steffen Lieberwirth (ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters''. Im Commission of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk written by Jörg Clemen, Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, , . This was followed by an increase in the number of concerts. Hauschild made several recordings with the orchestra, ranging from the music of Telemann and Schumann to Ives, Denissow, Thiele and Krätzschmar, including the complete choral works of Johannes Brahms and several

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s by Handel.Wulf Mämpel: ''Vorhang auf! 25 Jahre Aalto-Oper. Die Essener Oper ist ein Gesamtkunstwerk und Botschafterin der Musik''. Ed. by

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, Beleke, Essen 2013, , . Extensive guest performances took him among others to the Soviet Union with the Orchestra and Japan. After his departure from Leipzig, it took two seasons before the leadership positions could be filled again with

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(orchestra) and

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(choir).

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In the course of his opera performances in Leipzig, Berlin and Dresden, Hauschild became the "Wagner conductor of the hour" by the mid-1980s, as Robert Schuppert put it.Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Robert Schuppert: ''Auftakt. Gespräche mit Dirigenten: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild im Gespräch mit Robert Schuppert''. In ''

'' 9/1984, , here . At the turn of the year 1984/85, he conducted the orchestra which performed in the

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in Berlin with the participation of the Leipziger Rundfunkklangkörper and the soloists

Reiner Goldberg Reiner Goldberg (17 October 1939 in Crostau, Lusatia, Germany) is a German operatic heroic tenor. After his vocal studies at the conservatory of music "Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden, Goldberg made his debut 1967 in the Saxon Theatre (Sächsi ...

, Magdalena Falewicz, Uta Priew and

Beethoven's ''9. Sinfonie'', which was broadcast live on the first channel of the

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. Hauschild became internationally known in February 1985 through the television broadcast of the

Joachim Herz Joachim Herz (15 June 1924 – 18 October 2010) was a German Opera director and manager. He learned at the Komische Oper Berlin as an assistant to Walter Felsenstein. His major stations were the Leipzig Opera where he opened the new house with Wa ...

' production of Weber's ''

Der Freischütz ' ( J. 277, Op. 77 ''The Marksman'' or ''The Freeshooter'') is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun from their 181 ...

'', which he presented on the occasion of the (40th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden) for the reopening of the

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. His conducting was highly praised by

John Rockwell John Sargent Rockwell (born September 16, 1940) is an American music critic, dance critic and arts administrator. According to '' Grove Music Online'', "Rockwell brings two signal attributes to his critical work: a genuine admiration for all ...

in the ''

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''. The Dresden musicologist

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(2007) rated Hauschild "among the leading conductors in the GDR".

: ''Wolf-Dieter Hauschild wird heute 70 Jahre alt''. In the ''

Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (DNN) is a regional newspaper that appears in the city of Dresden and its surroundings. It is the third largest newspaper in the region after the ''Sächsische Zeitung'' and the ''Dresdner Morgenpost''. The sold circul ...

'', 6 September 2007, .

Relocation to the BRD and Stuttgart

After an originally promised double engagement Leipzig-Stuttgart did not come about due to "the rigid attitude of the GDR authorities", as Jörg Clemen explained, Hauschild settled in Stuttgart in spring 1985 on the occasion of a guest performance.Steffen Lieberwirth (ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters''. Written on behalf of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk by Jörg Clemen, Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, , . There he became

Generalmusikdirektor A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the d ...

and chief conductor at the beginning of the 1985/86 season of the

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker The Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (Stuttgart Philharmonic) is the symphony orchestra of Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1924, they play regular concert series including youth concerts in Stuttgart, as well as guest c ...

.''Wolf-Dieter Hausschild'', in ''Internationales Biographisches Archiv'' 14/2005 dated 9 April 2005, in

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Artikelanfang
frei abrufbar) In a statement, he explained that in the summer of 1984, the city of Stuttgart approached him with the request for a permanent guest conducting position, whereby he would take over some of

Hans Zanotelli Hans Zanotelli (23 August 1927 – 12 July 1993) was a German conductor. Life Born in Cronenberg, now part of Wuppertal, Zanotelli learned to play the violin and piano as a child. He studied music at the Musikhochschule Köln from 1942 to 194 ...

's tasks. After the GDR authorities agreed to this, he agreed in Stuttgart. In April 1985, however, he realized that the GDR authorities "were no longer fully committed to their promise". He felt that he had a duty to the orchestra members and to the Stuttgart city administration and decided "with a heavy heart" to move to the BRD. In the GDR, on the other hand, he was declared ''

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'' and was henceforth also known among fellow musicians as a notorious "" his family only received permission to leave the country two years later. In 1985, Hauschild conducted the premiere in the Stuttgart Liederhalle, of Kelemen's ''Phantasmen'' (with Eckart Schloifer) and in 1987 Yun I-sang's ''2. Violin Concerto'' (with Akiko Tatsumi). Concert tours with the Philharmonic have taken him through Europe, Japan and the USA. According to the cultural journalist Frank Armbruster, he took the orchestra "to a high point in its history. In the end, however, Hauschild left Stuttgart because "he had not succeeded in convincing the city of the need for additional orchestra positions for the Philharmonic," as Armbruster remarked.Frank Armbruster: ''Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, der ehemalige Chefdirigent der Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, wird am Donnerstag siebzig Jahre alt''. In the ''

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'', 4 September 2007. In addition to his engagement in Stuttgart, he was guest conductor of the

Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover The Hanover State Symphony Orchestra (german: Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover) is based in Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. It serves as the orchestra of the Hanover State Opera (), and primarily performs its symp ...

, with which he

d Kelemen's ''Archetypon'' in 1986. In 1986 he conducted the

Staatsorchester Stuttgart The Staatsorchester Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Orchestra; full name, ''Württembergisches Staatsorchester oder Orchester der Württembergischen Staatstheater'') is a German symphony orchestra based in Stuttgart. The orchestra is resident at the ...

bei der

Loriot Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow (12 November 1923 – 22 August 2011), known as Vicco von Bülow or Loriot (), was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer. He was best known for his cartoons, the sk ...

-Inszenierung von Flatows's ''

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'' am

Staatstheater Stuttgart The Staatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre) is a theatre with three locations, Oper Stuttgart (Opera Stuttgart), Stuttgarter Ballett (Stuttgart Ballet), and Schauspiel Stuttgart (Stuttgart Drama Theatre), in Stuttgart, Germany. The s ...

. With the

NDR Radiophilharmonie The NDR Radiophilharmonie is a German radio orchestra, affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony. The orchestra principally gives concerts in the ''Großer Sendesaal'' of the ''Landesfunkhaus Niedersa ...

oblag ihm 1992 die Uraufführungen von Tal's ''6. Sinfonie''.

Director at the Aalto-Theater in Essen

In 1991 Hauschild became conductor of the

Saalbau Essen Saalbau Essen is a concert venue in Essen, Germany, the home of the Essen Philharmonic. The original building was completed in 1902, and destroyed during World War II on 26 July 1943. It was rebuilt between 1949 and 1954 and completely renov ...

and in 1992 additionally artistic director and general music director of the

Aalto-Theater The Aalto Theatre (Aalto-Theater) is a performing arts venue in Essen, Germany, and is home to the city's opera company Aalto-Musiktheater and the ballet company Aalto Ballett. The serve as the venue's orchestra. The theatre opened on 25 Septembe ...

, a dual function created especially for him. During his term of office the orchestra was awarded the prize "Best Concert Programme of the Season" 1991/92 by the . In his era the ballets ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...

'' by

Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and '' Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas ''Le pos ...

and ''Der grüne Tisch'' by Fritz Cohen as well as the operas '' Lady Macbeth von Mzensk'' by Dmitri Shostakovich and ''

Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...

'' by Puccini were staged. At the Aalto Theatre, however, he devoted himself above all to the works of

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

, so he had ''

Parsifal ''Parsifal'' ( WWV 111) is an opera or a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is loosely based on the 13th-century Middle High German epic poem ''Parzival'' ...

'' (1991/92) and ''

Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was compose ...

'' (1992/93) performed here. After seventy years, from 1994 to 1997, together with the director Klaus Dieter Kirst, whom he knew from Dresden, he brought the tetralogy ''

Der Ring des Nibelungen (''The Ring of the Nibelung''), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the '' Nibe ...

'' to the stage. Already in GDR times, he had developed a "love for Wagner" through the symphonic works of

Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

and

Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

, which, however, had to remain "platonic" for a long time, as he explained in an earlier interview. Hauschild also turned his attention to contemporary Eastern European music, premiering Suslin's ''Farewell'' in 1993 and Denissow's ''Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra'' (with Dagmar Becker and

Wolfgang Meyer Wolfgang Meyer (13 August 1954 – 17 March 2019) was a German clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe. He worked internationally as a soloist, in chamber music ensembles, and in jazz, with a repertoire from early m ...

) in 1996. His engagement in Essen ended in 1997. From 1998 to 2001 he was a freelanceHelmuth Fiedler: ''Kapellmeisterliche Kompetenz. Wolf-Dieter Hauschild wird 70''. In the ''

Stuttgarter Nachrichten ''Stuttgarter Nachrichten'' (''Stuttgart News'') is a newspaper that is published in Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany. It sells together with the ''Stuttgarter Zeitung The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German-language ...

'', 6 September 2018, . He also was active conductor e.g. at the

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI; literal translation, Orchestra of Italian Switzerland) is a Swiss orchestra based in Lugano. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the ''Auditorio RSI''. The OSI also gives a concert series at the S ...

in Lugano.

Chef conductor in Halle (Saale) and Rostock

From 2001 to 2004 he was the successor of the permanent guest conductor

Bernhard Klee Bernhard Klee (born 19 April 1936) is a German conductor, originally from Schleiz, in Thuringia. Trained as a member of the Thomanerchor, he has since conducted many of Europe's most prestigious orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic and Sta ...

and Chef conductor of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle. In 2003 he premiered Jean-Christophe Marti's ''H aspiré'' at the Neues Theater Halle. With reference to the planned orchestra merger, which he rejected, he ended his engagement with the Philharmonic State Orchestra early. Besides his engagement in Halle he was Generalmusikdirektor of the

Volkstheater Rostock The Volkstheater Rostock ( en, Rostock People's Theatre, link=no) is the municipal theatre of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. It has three venues: the ''Großes Haus'', the ''Theater im Stadthafen'' and the ''Kleine Komödie'' and puts on plays, ...

and Chefdirigent of the

from August 2002 until 2004,Juliane Hinz: "Er ist einer unserer Allergrößten“. onversation with Wolf-Dieter Hauschild In the ''

Schweriner Volkszeitung The ''Schweriner Volkszeitung'' (SVZ) is a newspaper in Germany. The controlling company, Zeitungsverlag Schwerin GmbH & Co. KG, has its head office in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Hauschild has been a guest conductor in Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Finland, Taiwan and other countries.

Teaching commitments

After having studied at the

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in Berlin and the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

Hauschild initially held teaching posts, and was appointed professor for orchestra conducting at both music academies in 1981.

Alain Pâris Alain Pâris (born 22 November 1947) is a French conductor and musicologist. Biography Born in Paris, Alain Pâris was trained as a pianist and has a law degree. He studied conducting with Pierre Dervaux, Paul Paray and Georg Solti and won the ...

: ''Klassische Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Instrumentalisten, Sänger, Dirigenten, Orchester, Chöre''. 2nd completely revised edition, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1997, , . In 1988 he became professor for orchestra conducting at the

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. Hauschild also taught as professor of conducting from 1989 to 2003 at the

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Karlsruhe's University of Music (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in German) is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally the Baden Conservatory of Music, it was elevated to a Hochschule under the direction of Franz Philipp, who led ...

. In 1983 he founded the "Seminar for Young Opera Conductors" in

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. Repeatedly he was then also artistic director for orchestral conducting at the of the

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(Essen 1994, Koblenz 1998 and 2005, Halle (Saale) 2001, Rostock 2002 and 2004 and Bremen 2006). In the winter semester 2005/06 and the summer semester 2007 he was

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for auditions in the orchestra / symphony concert at . Among his students were

Michael Gläser Michael Gläser (born 2 November 1957) is a German singer, choral conductor and academic teacher. He was artistic director of broadcasters' choirs including the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk. He has been professor ...

Constantin Trinks Constantin Trinks (born 9 April 1975) is a German conductor. Life Born in Karlsruhe, Trinks studied piano with Günter Reinhold at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe and conducting with Wolf-Dieter Hauschild Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (born 6 Sep ...

and

Hendrik Vestmann Hendrik Vestmann (born 30 April 1974) is an Estonian conductor. Life Born in Tartu, Vestmann studied choral direction from 1992 to 1996 at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn. He was subsequently employed as a conductor at the ...

Family

Hauschild, Protestant, has been married since 1959 and is the father of two children. his son Thomas Hauschild (b. 1964) is professor for horn at the

Awards

; Culture prizes * 1975: Critics' Prize of the ''

Berliner Zeitung The ''Berliner Zeitung'' (, ''Berlin Newspaper'') is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in East Germany in 1945, it is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since reunification. It is published by Berliner ...

'' for the directing of Emil Petrovic's's Opera ''Lysistrata'' at the

* 1977:

Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic (German: ''Kunstpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik'') was an East German state award bestowed on individuals for contributions in various fields of art. History The Art Prize was annually a ...

* 1984:

III. Klasse für Kunst und Literatur "for his outstanding achievements as principal conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig and the Rundfunkchor Leipzig as well as for his groundbreaking interpretations of works of the classical heritage and for the cultivation of the contemporary music of the GDR in the field of choral symphony" ; Record prizes * 1991: Quarterly list 1/1991 of the

Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik The Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik ("German Record Critics' Award") was established in Germany in 1963 by publisher Richard Kaselowsky with the aim of setting the "most rigorous standards for supreme achievement and quality" in the field ...

for the ''

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s'' by

Wolfgang Amadeus 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. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

Joseph von Eybler Joseph Leopold Eybler (8 February 1765 – 24 July 1846) was an Austrian composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Life Eybler was born into a musical family in Schwechat near Vienna.Badura-Skoda and Herrmann-Schneider (n.d.) His fat ...

and

Franz Xaver Süßmayr Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

* 1993: Quarterly List 3/1993 of the German Record Critics' Prize for ''Sinfonie concertanti'' by

François Devienne François Devienne (; 31 January 1759 – 5 September 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. Career Devienne was born in Joinville, as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker. After receiving h ...

* 199?: Choc of ''

Le Monde de la musique ''Le Monde de la musique'' was a French monthly musical magazine published from 1978 to 2009 with a circulation of 20,000 copies in 2008. It was founded in 1978 by ''Le Monde'' and ''Télérama'' at the initiative of Jean-Michel Croissandeau, in c ...

'' for ''Sämtliche Chorwerke a cappella und mit Instrumentalbegleitung'' by

; Other honours * 1966: * 2004: Honorary conductor of the Norddeutschen Philharmonie Rostock

Compositions

Hauschild composed the following incidental music:Work by Wolf-Dieter Hauschild
theaterzettel-weimar.de, retrieved 144 June 2020. * ''Die Insel Gottes'' (

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) * ''

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'' (Shakespeare) * ''Faust I'' (

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) * ''Krasnaja šapočka'' (

Evgeny Schwartz Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц; , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplay ...

) * ''Repka'' (

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

) * ''Des Teufels drei goldene Haare'' (Horst Ulrich Wendler) * ''Prinz Friedrich von Homburg'' (

Heinrich von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amphit ...

) * ''Antigona a tí druhí'' ( Peter Karvaš)

Discography

; Harpsichordist * 1974: Joseph Haydn: '' The Creation)'' (

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) with the

, the Rundfunkchor and the

under Helmut Koch; soloists: Regina Werner,

Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...

Theo Adam Theo Adam (1 August 1926 – 10 January 2019) was a German operatic bass-baritone and bass singer who had an international career in opera, concert and recital from 1949. He was a member of the Staatsoper Dresden for his entire career, and sang ...

* 1975: Georg Friedrich Händel: ''

Music for the Royal Fireworks The ''Music for the Royal Fireworks'' ( HWV 351) is a suite in D major for wind instruments composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. The ...

'' among others (Eterna) with the

Kammerorchester Berlin The Kammerorchester Berlin has been in existence since 1945 and its first director was the conductor Helmut Koch (conductor), Helmut Koch. Already in the 1950s, the orchestra succeeded in making a name for itself. Among other awards it received the ...

under Helmut Koch * 1975: Georg Friedrich Händel: '' Messias'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunk-Solistenvereinigung, the Rundfunkchor and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin under Helmut Koch; soloists: Regina Werner, Heidi Rieß, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam ; Conductor * 1979: Sergei Prokofiev: ''

Alexander Newski Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ...

'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor, the Rundfunk-Solistenvereinigung and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; soloist: Ingeborg Springer * 1980: Edisson Denissow: ''Konzert für Klavier und Orchester / Peinture'' (Nova) with the

and Berlin; soloist:

* 1980:

: ''Fest- und Gedenksprüche / Motetten Op. 29, 74, 110'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig * 1981:

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesh ...

: ''Burlesque de Quixotte / Ouvertüre der Konzertsuite F-Dur'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester and the Rundfunk-Kammerorchester Leipzig * 1982:

Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed f ...

: ''A Symphony: New England Holidays / Central Park in the Dark'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig * 1982:

Johann Joachim Quantz Johann Joachim Quantz (; 30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German composer, flutist and flute maker of the late Baroque period. Much of his professional career was spent in the court of Frederick the Great. Quantz composed hundreds of flute ...

Domenico Cimarosa Domenico Cimarosa (; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan school and of the Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is ''Il matrimonio segreto'' (1792); most of his ...

Carl Stamitz Carl Philipp Stamitz ( cs, Karel Stamic; baptized 8 May 17459 November 1801) was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of Joh ...

: ''Flötenkonzerte'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunk Kammerorchester Leipzig; soloist: Werner Tast * 1983: Johannes Brahms: ''Lieder und Romanzen'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig * 1983: Joseph Haydn,

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical to the Romantic ...

Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". Many years later, in 1898, Giu ...

: ''Oboenkonzerte'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunk-Kammerorchester Leipzig; soloist:

Burkhard Glaetzner Burkhard Glaetzner (born 29 May 1943) is a German oboe virtuoso und conductor. He is one of the leading oboe players in Germany. Life Glaetzner was born in Poznań. His grandfather was the Goethe researcher , who last taught in Leipzig. In ...

* 1983: Johannes Brahms: ''Deutsche Volkslieder'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig * 1984: Georg Friedrich Händel: ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; soloists: Kari Lövaas,

Doris Soffel Doris Soffel (born 12 May 1948, Hechingen, Germany) is a German mezzo-soprano. Doris Soffel first played the violin, then switched to singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. She was member of the Stuttgart Opera ensemble from ...

, Hebe Dijkstra,

Eberhard Büchner Eberhard Büchner (born 6 November 1939 in Dresden) is a German operatic and concert tenor. He made his debut in 1964 as Tamino in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte'' at the Mecklenburg State Theatre. Recordings * Franz Schubert: Messe G-Dur for sop ...

, Rolf Tomaszewski * 1984: Georg Friedrich Händel: ''

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'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; soloists: Carola Nossek, Petra-Ines Strate, Rosemarie Lang, Christian Vogel, Siegfried Lorenz,

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* 1984: Johannes Brahms: ''Geistliche Chorwerke'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; soloists: Julia Schlegel, Heidi Rieß * 1984: Robert Schumann: ''

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'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; soloists: Magdaléna Hajóssyová,

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, Eberhard Büchner, Hermann Christian Polster among others. * 1984:

Wilfried Krätzschmar Wilfried Krätzschmar (born 23 March 1944) is a German composer. Life Born in Dresden, Krätzschmar received piano lessons from 1952. After his Abitur at the he studied composition with Johannes Paul Thilman from 1962 to 1968, piano with Wolfga ...

: ''Explosionen und Cantus'' among others (Nova) with the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig * 1984: Johannes Brahms: ''Kanons und Chöre / Volkskinderlieder'' (Eterna) with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig; soloists:

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Karl Engel Karl (Rudolf) Engel (Birsfelden, 1 June 1923 - Clarens, Switzerland, Chernex, 2 September 2006) was a Switzerland, Swiss pianist. In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, Queen Elisabeth competition. ...

* 1985: Carl Maria von Weber: ''

'' (Eterna) with the choir of the Staatsoper and the

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* 1985:

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: ''Flötensinfonie'' (Nova) with the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; soloist: Werner Tast * 1990:

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: ''Violinkonzert A-Dur'' (Amati) with the

; soloist:

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* 1991:

, Franz Xaver: ''Klarinettenkonzerte'' (Novalis) with the

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; soloist

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* 1993:

: ''Sinfonie Concertanti'' (Koch-Schwann) with the Consortium Classicum and the

* 1995:

Siegfried Thiele Siegfried Thiele (born 28 March 1934) is a German composer. From 1990 to 1997 he was rector of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Life Born in Chemnitz Thiele was born the son of a craftsman. Already at the age of twelve he created hi ...

: ''Übungen im Verwandeln'' among others (

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) with the Rundfunksinfonie-Orchester Leipzig * 1997: Johannes Brahms: ''Sämtliche Chorwerke a cappella und mit Instrumentalbegleitung'' (Orfeo) with the Leipziger Rundfunkchor and instrumental soloists * 1998:

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: ''Symphony No. 2'' among others (

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) with the Stuttgarter Philharmonikern * 2000:

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: ''Overtures and Symphonies'' (Dynamic) with the

* 2001:

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: ''Symphonie à 17 parties'' (

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) with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana

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Kalliope In Greek mythology, Calliope ( ; grc, Καλλιόπη, Kalliópē, beautiful-voiced) is the Muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry; so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Hesiod and Ovid called her the "Chief of all Muses". ...

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