Wolfram Lorenzen (1951/1952 – 15 June 2020) was a German pianist.

Biography

Wolfram Lorenzen was born in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He studied with Klaus Linder, Ludwig Hoffmann, Paul Badura-Skoda and participated in masterclasses held by Wilhelm Kempff, among others. He has won many important international music competitions (Monza, Vercelli, Senigalla a.o.). In 1982 he was awarded first prize at the Sixth International Piano Competition in

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, Uruguay. Since then, numerous concert tours have led him to all countries over the world. He appeared with well-known orchestras and renowned conductors, performing seventy different piano concertos as well as an extensive solo repertoire and some four hundred chamber music works. Wolfram Lorenzen was a regular guest in the broadcasting studios of German-speaking countries and regions as well as at many festivals. He collaborated for many years with both the clarinetist Sabine Meyer and the flutist Peter-Lukas Graf. Together with the violinist Renate Eggebrecht and the Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet, Lorenzen recorded the

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University ...

Chamber Music Edition on three CDs. In 1998 he presented the world premiere CD recording of the autograph fair copy of the piano cycle Das Jahr ("The Year") by

Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was also known as Fanny (Cäcilie) Mendelssohn Bartholdy and, after her marriage, Fanny Hensel (as well as Fanny Mendelssohn He ...

Hensel. Two CD recordings with works by

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and Clara Schumann were released in 2006 and 2010. He died on 15 June 2020 at the age of 68.

Recordings

* Robert Schumann, Faschingsschwank op. 26, Fantasiebilder op. 12, Symphonische Etüden op. 13, 2006. Abegg Variations op. 1, Novelettes op. 21, 2010. * Clara Schumann, Sonata g-minor (1841), 2010 * Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, "Das Jahr", 12 Character Pieces for Fortepiano after the illustrated fair copy of 1842, Piano pieces in C major and A flat major, 1998 * Max Reger, Violin Sonata op. 72 (Renate Eggebrecht, violin), Piano Quintet op. 64, Piano Trio op. 102, Piano Quartets opp. 113 und 133 (Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet), 1996–98 * Max Reger, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op. 114 , Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Conductor Reinhard Petersen (1910) * Max Reger, Sonatinas op. 89 no. 1 & 3 (1905-1908), Five Humoresques op. 20 (1898), Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Joh. Seb. Bach op. 81 (1904), 2010 * Béla Bartók, Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra op. 1 (1904), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Conductor Jiri Starek, 2010 * Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Capriccio brillant for Piano and Orchestra op. 22 (1832), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Conductor Ernest Bour, 2010

References

External links

Wolfram Lorenzen at the "Next Generation III" Festival in Harenberg / Germany
* http://www.troubadisc.de/templates/tyBA_standard_level2.php?topic=Wolfram_Lorenzen {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenzen, Wolfram 1950s births 2020 deaths German pianists 20th-century pianists 21st-century pianists Musicians from Freiburg im Breisgau