Götz Bernau

Götz Bernau (born May 26, 1941 in Braunschweig ) is a German violinist, music researcher, music teacher and music journalist.

Life

After studying the violin in Hanover (Karl Heinrich v. Stumpff) and Detmold ( Max Strub ), Bernau worked as concertmaster in Bonn, Flensburg, Nuremberg and Regensburg. Between 1969 and 2004 he was 1st concertmaster with the Berliner Symphoniker , until 1990: Symphonisches Orchester Berlin (SOB), with whom he also appeared regularly as a soloist in the Berlin Philharmonic and Konzerthaus Berlin as well as on tours. Solo engagements have also taken him to orchestras in Europe, Turkey, the USSR, the USA and South America. In addition to the works of the classical violin concerto repertoire, Bernau also presented new compositions - including several premieres and premieres - and dedicated himself to unknown and forgotten works from the classical, romantic and modern periods.

As a chamber musician, Bernau cultivates a repertoire of different line-ups - in addition to studying string quartet and piano trio literature. The spectrum ranges from the one-man orchestra ( The Downfall of the Titanic by Wilhelm Dieter Siebert for violin and percussion), through duets for violin and a vocal part (without piano accompaniment) to the larger mixed formations (strings and wind instruments, with and without piano). The collaboration in Pihtipudas Kvintetti (piano quintet), which he co-founded and which is also documented on several CDs (including various first recordings), should be emphasized. Götz Bernau is also committed to chamber music for contemporary composers (premieres e.g. of works by Carlo Domeniconi , Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon , Fazil Say , Wilhelm Dieter Siebert) as well as for forgotten or rarely performed works, including re-performances from manuscripts and early ones Printing of works from the classical and romantic periods.

A real specialty is a series of (partly semi-staged) concert programs in which Bernau u. a. Operas or opera composers ( Carl Maria von Weber : Der Freischütz ; Giacomo Meyerbeer ) portrayed on the basis of contemporary arrangements of opera melodies from the 19th century that can now only be found in libraries (in a duo with the pianist Eckehard Scholl ).

Radio productions took place in various European countries as well as records resp. CD recordings, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician.

In 2004, Götz Bernau was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his extraordinary programs, his commitment to contemporary works by German and especially Berlin composers, the presentation of foreign contemporary composers in Germany, as well as for his diverse music education work.

He lives in the Oderbruch (Land Brandenburg) and in Berlin.

World premieres (works with orchestra, selection)

• Mozart Camargo Guarnieri : Concert No. 2 (first performance)
• Jeannot Heinen : Concert piece op.37 (1970) (world premiere)
• Paul Huber : Concerto No. 2 (1974) (world premiere)
• Helge Jörns : Concert No. 2 (world premiere)
• Helge Jörns: Concerto No. 3 (world premiere, 2002)
• Ernst Krenek : Concerto op.29 (1924) (US premiere)
• Ernst Krenek: Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and Chamber Orchestra op.124 (1950) (German premiere)
• Usko Meriläinen : Chamber Concerto (1962) (German premiere)
• Friedrich Metzler : Concert (1942) (world premiere, 2001)
• Gisbert Näther : Concerto op.66 (world premiere, 1996)
• Pehr Henrik Nordgren : Concerto No. 3 op.53 (1981) (German premiere)
• Wallingford Riegger : Variations for Violin and Orchestra op.71 (1959) (German premiere)
• Aulis Sallinen : Concerto op.18 (1968) (German premiere)
• Fazil Say: Reflections for piano, violin and orchestra (1990) (world premiere, with the composer)
• Wilhelm Dieter Siebert: Concert (world premiere, 2004)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos : Fantasia (European premiere)
• Sabine Wüsthoff : Concert (World Premiere)
• Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon: Oracle Violin Concerto (world premiere)

Discography (selection)

With the Pihtipudas Kvintetti:

• Max Bruch , Pehr Henrik Nordgren , Alexander Borodin : piano quintets. eda records, EDA 1.
• Ernest Bloch , Amy Beach , Toivo Kuula : piano quintets. eda records, EDA 3 (1991).
• Edward Elgar , Camille Saint-Saëns : Piano Quintets. eda records, EDA 4.
• Jean Sibelius , Christian Sinding : piano quintets. eda records, EDA 7 (1994).
• Anton Rubinstein , Dmitri Schostakowitsch : Piano Quintets. eda records, EDA 10 (1996).
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg , Johannes Brahms : piano quintets. eda records, EDA 25
• Louis Ferdinand of Prussia , Daniel Steibelt : piano quintets. Concerto Berlin (2001).
• Antonín Dvořák , Max Reger , Bohuslav Martinů : piano quintets. Concerto Berlin (2010).

Other:

• Violin concertos by Paul Huber and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , with the Ostschweizer Kammerorchester under the direction of Urs Schneider . Berliton (LP).
• Musica Chirurgica . Compositions by surgeons (Alexander Borodin, Walter Courvoisier , Peter Lichtenthal , Carl Ludwig Schleich , Theodor Billroth ) and by Marin Marais.
• Fruits des Operas . Opera melodies in compositions for violin and piano (Eckehard Scholl). Concerto Berlin (2002).
• Works for violin and piano ( Valentina Diaz Frénot ) by Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvořák, Remberto Gimenéz , Franz Schubert and Luis Szarán . Concerto Berlin (2003).

Publications

• Carl August Pesch : Sonata in B flat major for solo violin. Ed .: Götz Bernau, Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel / Zurich 2000, OCLC 652944526 , ISMN 979-0-2037-1071-4 (search in the DNB portal) .

Web links

• berliner-zeitung.de
• eda-records.com
• nzz.ch