Siglind Bruhn

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Siglind Bruhn (2010)

Siglind Bruhn (born October 11, 1951 in Hamburg ) is a German musicologist and concert pianist .

Life

Siglind Bruhn grew up as the daughter of the engineer Ernst Bruhn and the interpreter Leonore Bruhn, née Kieberger, in Hamburg . Even before graduating from high school in 1970, she studied three semesters in Eckart Besch's piano class at the Hamburg University of Music , then in the master class of Wladimir Horbowski at the Stuttgart University of Music ; 1975 State examination in music with a major in piano . She also took Romance studies , comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Munich; 1976 Magister Artium with a thesis on the drama Ramón del Valle-Incláns. During this time she met her future husband, the philosopher Gerhold K. Becker . In the years 1976-78 Siglind Bruhn wrote her first book, which combines the pedagogical legacy of her teacher Horbowski with her first own research. After a further four years of professional activity, she enrolled at the University of Vienna , where she received her doctorate summa cum laude in the spring of 1985 with an interdisciplinary dissertation in the subject area of music analysis and psychoanalysis . Two years later, she followed her husband, who had meanwhile taken a job in Hong Kong , to Asia and taught at Hong Kong University for six years . During her first sabbatical year from 1993-1994, which she spent at the University of Michigan , USA, she was appointed to the local humanities research institute, where she is now a research associate for life.

Career history

  • 1975–1976 piano teacher at the Stuttgart music school
  • 1977–1978 piano teacher, Conservatoire de musique de Genève
  • 1978–1982 musical director, Unterhaching music school
  • 1982–1987 director and lecturer, Institute for Musical Interpretation, Dinkelsbühl
  • 1984–1987 director and lecturer, Pianist Academy, Ansbach
  • 1987–1994 Music Director, School for Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
  • 1993–1997 Research Associate, Institute for the Humanities, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • since 1997 Life Research Associate, Institute for the Humanities, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Awards

Book publications (German)

Book publications in English here

Editorial activity

Collections of articles published as co-author

Concert activity

First piano recitals and solo appearances with orchestra from the age of 14. Since then, concert activity as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles in 23 countries on all continents, radio recordings with most West German and several foreign radio stations.

  • Maurice Ravel : Histoires Naturelles , Modest Mussorgski: Songs and Dances of Death . Cornelia Kallisch, mezzo-soprano; Siglind Bruhn, piano. LM-M E 2011 (1984).
  • Paul Hindemith : Five Sonatas for String Instruments and Piano. [a] Andrew Jennings, violin; [b] Yizhak Schotten, viola; [c] Bruce Smith, viola d'amore; [d] Anthony Elliott, violoncello; [e] Derek Weller, double bass; Piano: Siglind Bruhn, [a], [c], [e], Katherine Collier [b], Anton Nel [d]. Equilibrium 1995.
  • Paul Hindemith: Five sonatas for woodwind instruments and piano. [a] Leone Buyse, flute; [b] Harry Sargous, oboe; [c] Fred Ormand, clarinet; [d] Harry Sargous, English horn; [e] Richard Beene, bassoon; Piano: Siglind Bruhn, [a], [b], [e], Anton Nel [c], [d]. Equilibrium 1995.
  • Paul Hindemith: Five sonatas for brass instruments and piano. [a] Charles Darval, trumpet; [b] Bryan Kennedy, Horn; [c] Charles Darval, alto horn; [d] H. Dennis Smith, trombone; [e] Fritz Kaenzig, tuba; Piano: Siglind Bruhn, [a], [b], [e], Robert Conway [c], Anton Nel [d]. Equilibrium 1996.
  • Paul Hindemith: Ludus tonalis and series of small pieces . Siglind Bruhn, piano. Equilibrium 1996.

Since 2007 she has been organizing the chamber concerts "Am Bruckwald" in the southwest German town of Waldkirch.

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personal data
SURNAME Bruhn, Siglind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist and concert pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg