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DeutschMarie-Luise Neunecker
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.JPG) Neunecker in 2011 | |
| Born | 17 July 1955 |
| Education | Hochschule für Musik Köln |
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| Organizations | Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" |
Marie Luise Neunecker (born 17 July 1955) is a German horn player and professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".
Professional career
[edit]Neunecker was born in Erbes-Büdesheim. She studied musicology and German studies. She completed her horn studies with Erich Penzel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1978 she started her career at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt as second horn. In 1979 she was appointed principal horn with the Bamberg Symphony, and from 1981 to 1989 she held the same position with the hr-Sinfonieorchester. She has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras worldwide, and is also active as a chamber music player.
In 1986 she won first prize at the Concert Artists Guild international competition in New York.[1]
In 1988 she was appointed professor at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, and in 2004 she was appointed professor of horn at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".[2]
Volker David Kirchner dedicated his Orfeo for baritone, horn and piano on poems from Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus to her, premiered on 6 May 1988 in Karlsruhe with Hermann Becht and Nina Tichman.[3]
György Ligeti dedicated to her his Hamburg Concerto, which she premiered on 20 January 2001 in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble.[4] She also recorded the work for Teldec's Ligeti Project series.[5][6][7]
Recordings include works by Britten, Hindemith, Mozart and Richard Strauss and also lesser known repertory, such as horn concertos by Reinhold Glière, Paul Hindemith,[8] Othmar Schoeck, and Vissarion Shebalin; three works for horn and piano by Alexander Glazunov; Poème by Charles Koechlin; and the concerto for violin, horn and orchestra by Ethel Smyth.[9][10]
She has served on the jury of The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments.[11]
Discography
[edit]Concertante works
[edit]| Year | Composer | Work | Conductor Orchestra | Format: Record label Catalogue number |
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| ? | W.A. Mozart | Horn Concertos 1–4 | Thomas Füri Camerata Bern | Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 030-0 |
| 1993 | Paul Hindemith | Horn Concerto | Werner Andreas Albert Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt | Audio CD: CPO Cat: 999142-2[8] |
| 1993 | Reinhold Glière Vissarion Shebalin | Horn Concerto, Op. 91 Horn Concertino | Werner Andreas Albert Bamberg Symphony | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[10] |
| 1995 | Othmar Schoeck Charles Koechlin Ethel Smyth | Horn Concerto, Op. 65 Poème for horn and orchestra, Op. 70b Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra | Uri Mayer NDR Radiophilharmonie | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-6412-2 H1[9] |
| 1995 | Max Reger | Scherzino for horn and orchestra | Horst Stein Bamberg Symphony | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1489-2 H1[12] |
| 1999 | Richard Strauss Benjamin Britten | Horn Concertos 1–2 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings[13] | Ingo Metzmacher Bamberg Symphony | Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 72435 56183-2 |
| 2002 | György Ligeti | Hamburg Concerto | Reinbert de Leeuw Asko Ensemble | Audio CD: Teldec Cat: 8573 88263-2 |
Chamber music
[edit]| Year | Composer | Work | Ensemble | Format: Record label Catalogue number |
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| ? | W.A. Mozart | Quintet for horn and strings, KV 407 | Mannheimer String Quartet | Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 006-2 |
| 1993 | Alexander Glazunov | Reverie, Serenade, Idyll for horn and piano | Paul Rivinius (piano) | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[10] |
| 1996 | György Ligeti | Trio for violin, horn and piano | Saschko Gawriloff (violin) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) | Audio CD: Sony Classical Cat: SK62309[14] |
| 1996 | Johannes Brahms | Trio for piano, violin and horn in E Flat, Op.40 | Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano) | Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: CDC556385 |
- Neunecker, Marie Luise; Weithaas, Antje; Avenhaus, Silke; Brahms, Johannes; Aho, Kalevi; Ligeti, György (2011), Horn trios (in no linguistic content), Åkersberga, Sweden: BIS, OCLC 811642726
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Past competition winners". Concert Artists Guild. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Marie Luise Neunecker". Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Orfeo". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Hamburgisches Konzert". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "The Ligeti Project". Warner Classics. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ Andrew Clements (2 May 2003). "Ligeti: Hamburg Concerto; Double Concerto; Ramifications; Requiem". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
The solo horn part in the Hamburg Concerto is mind-bogglingly difficult, yet Marie-Louise Neunecker makes light of every challenge.
- ^ Ligeti, György; Stein, Caroline; Reisen, Margriet van; Zoon, Jacques; Holliger, Heinz; Neunecker, Marie Luise; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan; London Voices; Asko Ensemble; Schönberg-Ensemble; Berliner Philharmoniker; University of York Department of Music (2003), The Ligeti project IV, Hamburg: Teldec Classics, OCLC 1139882005
- ^ a b "Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 3". ArkivMusic. 2001. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ a b Rob Barnett (1999). "Three Works for French Horn and Orchestra". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Rob Barnett (2000). "Russian Horn Concertos". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Marie-Luise Neunecker". The Aeolus International Competition. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ Rob Barnett (1999). "Max Reger Edition – Orchestral Works". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ Britten, Benjamin; Bostridge, Ian; Neunecker, Marie Luise; Metzmacher, Ingo; Harding, Daniel; Bamberger Symphoniker; Britten Sinfonia (1999), Serenade ; Our hunting fathers, New York: EMI Classics, OCLC 840328019
- ^ "Marie-Luise Neunecker". grammy.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Durch Leistung überzeugen, Spiegel Magazin
- "Die Hornistin Marie-Luise Neunecker". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- "Kronberg Academy: Marie-Luise Neunecker". Kronberg Academy (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- "Marie-Luise Neunecker". Astrid Schoerke (DE) (in German). 11 November 2003. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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