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Friedrich Schenker (23 December 1942  8 February 2013) was a German avant-garde composer and trombone player.

Friedrich Schenker
Schenker in 2005
Born(1942-12-23)23 December 1942
Zeulenroda, German Reich
Died8 February 2013(2013-02-08) (aged 70)
Berlin, Germany
Occupation
  • Trombonist
  • Composer
Awards
  • Hanns Eisler Prize
  • Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic
  • Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig
  • Nationalpreis der DDR
Websitewww.annette-jahns.de

Life


Born in the German town of Zeulenroda, Schenker learned trombone and piano as a child and made his first compositional attempts at the age of 10.

At the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin he studied trombone from 1961 to 1964 with Helmut Stachowiak and music composition with Eisler's student Günter Kochan. During his studies he taught himself the technique of dodecaphony and played in a jazz band. After the instrumental Staatsexamen in 1964 he was employed as principal trombonist in the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig until 1982. He continued his composition studies in evening classes at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig until in 1968 with Fritz Geißler.

In 1970 he founded the Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler with the oboisten Burkhard Glaetzner and six other musicians from the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and the Gewandhaus orchester in Leipzig. This special ensemble, which also included Schenker's brother, the percussionist Gerd Schenker, became the most important interpreter of contemporary chamber music of the avant-garde of the German Democratic Republic. Together with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky [de] he also moved in the field of Free improvisation.

As a master student of Paul Dessau at the Academy of Arts, Berlin from 1973 to 1975, Schenker received important impulses for his artistic motivation and aesthetics. His membership in the Berlin Academy of Arts from 1986 onwards was followed ten years later by admission to the Sächsische Akademie der Künste as well as the Freie Akademie der Künste zu Leipzig [de]. Until 1989 he was a member of the board of the Association of composers and musicologists of the GDR [de].

Since 1982 Schenker has been a freelance musician and composer as well as consultant for new music at the Leipzig Gewandhaus (until 1989) and received lectureships for music composition and improvisation at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. From 2000 to 2002 he was theatre composer at the Staatstheater Kassel.

Schencker's grave
Schencker's grave

Schenker died in Berlin on 8 February 2013 at the age of 70 after a serious illness. He is buried at the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery.


Compositions


His compositions:[1]


Vocal music



Stage music



Instrumental music



Orchestral and concert work


Chamber music


Solo forms


Improvised music


Movie music


Radio play


Awards and prizes



Literature



References





На других языках


[de] Friedrich Schenker

Friedrich Schenker (* 23. Dezember 1942 in Zeulenroda, Thüringen; † 8. Februar 2013 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Avantgarde-Komponist und Posaunist.
- [en] Friedrich Schenker



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