Otto Sauter

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Otto Sauter (born June 23, 1961 in Tengen , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German trumpeter specializing in baroque music and piccolo trumpet .

Life

At the age of four he received his first trumpet lessons. At the age of 16 he began studying with Claude Rippas at the conservatory in Winterthur / Zurich. There he obtained a teaching and orchestral diploma in 1984 and a soloist diploma a year later. After graduating, he deepened his studies with Bo Nilsson in Malmö , Sweden and Pierre Thibaud in Paris.

From 1988 to 1998 he was the solo trumpeter in the Philharmonic State Orchestra in Bremen. In 1991 he founded the annual International Trumpet Days Bremen (concerts with for example Maurice André , Montserrat Caballé , Ray Charles ) and in 1994 the International Trumpet Academy Bremen. In 1988 he was appointed to the University of the Arts in Bremen . In 1995 the Toho Gakuen School for Music in Tokyo and the Universidad Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile gave him visiting professorships.

In December 1995 Otto Sauter played with the Philharmonia Orchestra London at St. James Palace in the presence of Prince Charles. In 1998 he made a guest appearance in the Vatican on the occasion of the founding of the “German Society for the Restoration of Vatican Art Treasures”. There he also played in August 2000 for Pope John Paul II accompanied by the Philharmonia Hungarica during the “Festa Musica Pro Mundo VNO”. In 2001 he gave a concert with the China National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Muhai Tang in the "Forbidden City" in Beijing.

At EMI Classics he began to record concerts of his 600 or so music collection of lost compositions by baroque and early classical masters such as A. Scarlatti , G. Reutter or J. M. Molter as world premier recordings. To expand the repertoire of contemporary original literature for piccolo trumpet, he has commissioned works from, for example, Julien-François Zbinden , Harald Genzmer and Jan Koetsier . In 2004 he presented three world premieres of works by the Czech composer Juraj Filas , two of them at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn: The “Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra”, performed with the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra and “Appassionate” for piccolo trumpet and Organ.

In 2008 he gave the world premiere of the new trumpet concerto for piccolo trumpet and symphony orchestra by Mikis Theodorakis , which the Greek composer wrote for Otto Sauter, in a ring premiere at the Philharmonie in Cologne and Berlin (directed by Gert Hof / arrangement Robert Gulya). In 2004 he opened the "Wartburg Festival" as artistic director. In 2005 Otto Sauter initiated the international choir and music festival “Musica Sacra a Roma” in Rome and in the Vatican under the patronage of Cardinal Paul Poupard.

In 2007 he initiated the Little Amadeus Live children's concert series as artistic director with around 70 concerts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in cooperation with the cartoon series from KI.KA, ARD and ZDF, which was awarded the “Echo Klassik für Kinder”.

In 1991 Otto Sauter founded the “Ten of the Best” ensemble with ten trumpeters, bass, drums and piano. In August 2001 they played at the opening of the AufSchalke arena . In 2006 the ensemble gave 16 concerts during the “Playtime Live City Concert Tour”, the Germany-wide music festival as part of the 2006 World Cup , supported by the 2006 World Cup Organizing Committee.

social commitment

In 2003 he initiated a series of concerts in German churches and cathedrals, as well as the opening gala of the Schafhof Festival for UNICEF by Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff in favor of the 50th anniversary of UNICEF Germany . In Singen am Hohentwiel he gave benefit concerts a. a. with Montserrat Caballé or Bobby McFerrin for the Otto Sauter Relief Fund. On the occasion of the Mozart year 2006 he initiated the “Little Amadeus Day of Action” at German primary schools together with the producer Peter Will of the TV series of the same name.

Discography

  • Rendez-Vous Royal I - trumpet & organ, Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Christian Schmitt (organ)
  • Rendez-Vous Royal II - trumpet & organ, World Premiere Recordings *, Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Christian Schmitt (organ), Franz Wagnermeyer (second trumpet)
  • DVD for Telemann CD Box , from Schwetzingen Castle, Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Nicol Matt (conductor)
  • The trumpet in Salzburg (CD 1/2), Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Franz Wagnermeyer (second trumpet), Cappella Istropolitana , Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics)
  • The trumpet in Vienna (CD 1/2), Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Franz Wagnermeyer (second trumpet), Cappella Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics)
  • Johann Melchior Molter Trumpet Concertos Complete (approx. 1695 - 1765) (2 CD BOX), Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Cappella Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (conductor), Franz Wagnermeyer (second trumpet) (Brilliant Classics)
  • The complete works for trumpet and orchestra of Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) (4 CD BOX), Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Cappella Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (conductor), Franz Wagnermeyer (second trumpet) (Brilliant Classics)
  • World of Baroque V , Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Maki Mori (soprano), Philharmonic State Orchestra Halle , conductor Marcus Bosch (EMI Classics)
  • World of Baroque IV , Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), David Timm (organ) (EMI Classics)
  • World of Baroque III , Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), David Timm (organ) (EMI Classics)
  • World of Baroque II , Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Cappella Istropolitana, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach (conductor) (EMI Classics)
  • World of Baroque I , Otto Sauter (solo piccolo trumpet), Cappella Istropolitana, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach (conductor) (EMI Classics)
  • Contrasts for trumpets , Anthony Plog, Otto Sauter, Bo Nilsson, Urban Agnas, Claes Stroemblad, Howard Snell (lead)
  • Ten of the Best & Friends , Sting guitarist Dominic Miller, Level 42 leyboarder Mike Lindup, Sting percussionist Rhani Krija
  • Playtime Live - Pop Classics , Otto Sauter & Ten of the Best & Nürnberger Symphoniker , István Dénés (conductor)
  • Ten of the Best - Live in Concert , Otto Sauter & Ten of the Best
  • Christmas Melodies , Otto Sauter & Ten of the Best (EMI Classics)

Compositions for Otto Sauter

  • Mikis Theodorakis : Rhapsodie for trumpet and orchestra Concert for Piccolo Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra (2008) (Ed. Schott Verlag) (World Ring Premiere: Philharmonie Köln and Philharmonie Berlin)
  • Enjott Schneider : Ikarus, Desire for Light, Concert for Piccolo Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra (2016) (World Ring Premiere: Opera Manaus, Brazil / Philharmony Kiev and Dnipro Ukraine) (Ed. Strube Verlag)
  • Juraj Filas : Concert for Piccolo Trumpet and (Symphony) Orchestra (2002) (Hrsg .: Editions Bim) (World Premiere: Beethoven Festival Bonn, 2004)
  • Juraj Filas: Appassionata, Concert for Piccolo Trumpet and Organ (2004) (Ed .: Editions Bim) (World Premiere: Beethoven Festival Bonn, 2004)
  • Juraj Filas: Adagio for Piccolo Trumpet and Piano (Editions Bim) World Premiere: 2004 by Otto Sauter and Juraj Filas on the way from Chile to Haiti in the Caribbian Sea
  • Juraj Filas: Träumerei, Romanze for Piccolo Trumpet and Piano World Premiere: 2004 by Otto Sauter and Juraj Filas on the way from Chile to Haiti in the Caribbian Sea
  • Julien Francois Zbinden : Triade Opus 78 pour 2 trompettes et orgue (Editions Bim) World premiere: St. Petri Dom Bremen (1991)
  • Jan Koetsier : Echo Concert for 2 Piccolo Trumpets and Chamber Orchestra or Organ , World Premiere: 1st International Trumpet Days Bremen 1991 by Otto Sauter, Bo Nilsson
  • Andrés Valero-Castells : Pegasus - for Piccolo Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra (IVM) World Premiere: Valencia, Spain 2005 by Otto Sauter
  • Harald Genzmer : Concert for two trumpets and organ , World Premiere: Otto Sauter, Bo Nilsson, Herz Jesu Kirche Singen, November 1st, 1990
  • Bernhard Krol : Concertino a tre - Opus 129 - for 2 Trumpets and Organ (Haas Verlag) World Premiere: Bottrop, Germany by Otto Sauter, Bo Nilsson
  • Romuals Kalsons : Concertino "Serio É Buffo" - for 2 Piccolo Trumpets and Chamber Orchestra

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personal data
SURNAME Sauter, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Tengen , Baden-Württemberg, Federal Republic of Germany