Albrecht Mayer
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Albrecht Mayer (born June 3, 1965 in Erlangen ) is a German oboist .
Life
After studying with Gerhard Scheuer , Maurice Bourgue , Georg Meerwein and Ingo Goritzki as well as his membership in the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra , Albrecht Mayer became principal oboist of the Bamberg Symphony in 1990 . Since 1992 he has held the same position with the Berliner Philharmoniker .
As a soloist he has released several CDs. Recordings were made with the Berlin Baroque Soloists, the Sabine Meyer wind ensemble and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra . In search of his ideal sound, he founded the ensemble New Seasons . In addition to solo projects, he also devotes himself to chamber music . a. Nigel Kennedy and Hélène Grimaud . Accompanied by the Berlin Baroque Soloists , Albrecht Mayer made his debut in New York's Carnegie Hall in November 2007 . In 2008 he was Artiste Etoile at the Lucerne Festival . Albrecht Mayer also played works with his oboe that were written for other instruments. Examples are his CD Songs without Words with Bach transcriptions and his album New Seasons with Handel transcriptions, which even made it into the German pop music - Charts managed. His CD On Mozart's Footsteps with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Claudio Abbado stayed in the German Classical Charts for months and was also included in the best list of the German Record Critics.
Mayer used to play on a Green Line oboe made by the French manufacturer Buffet Crampon , and since 2009 on an oboe or oboe d'amore that he developed with the instrument maker Ludwig Frank and manufactured by the Mönnig brothers .
Awards
- 2004: Echo Klassik in the instrumentalist category
- 2006: E. T. A. Hoffmann Prize
- 2008: Echo Klassik in the Best DVD category for his album New Seasons
- 2010: Echo Klassik in the category Instrumentalist of the Year for his album Bach
- 2010: Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Foundation
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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2006 | New Seasons - Handel for oboe and orchestra |
DE85 (1 week) DE |
First published: August 18, 2006
Deutsche Grammophon |
2008 | In Venice |
DE43 (6 weeks) DE |
First published: August 15, 2008
Decca |
2009 | Bach (works for oboe, choir & orchestra) |
DE87 (2 weeks) DE |
First published: September 18, 2009
Decca |
2010 | Bonjour Paris |
DE69 (1 week) DE |
First published: August 20, 2010
Decca; with Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the direction of Mathias Mönius |
2015 | Lost and Found |
DE70 (4 weeks) DE |
First published: February 13, 2015
Deutsche Grammophon; with the Potsdam Chamber Academy |
Bach: Concerts and Transcriptions |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
First published: October 16, 2015
Deutsche Grammophon |
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2016 | A winter fairy tale - Christmas carols from Germany |
DE25 (5 weeks) DE |
First published: November 25, 2016
with Max Raabe , Gregor Meyle , Katharina Thalbach , Cassandra Steen & Thomas Quasthoff |
More albums
- 1999: Debut - Albrecht Mayer (works for oboe, oboe d'amore and cor anglais) (EMI)
- 2002: Clair de lune (Tudor)
- 2003: Songs without words (Bach for oboe & orchestra) (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2004: In Mozart's footsteps (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2007: The Oboe (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2012: Reed (Decca)
- 2017: Tesori d'Italia (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2019: Longing for Paradise (with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , Deutsche Grammophon)
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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2013 | Swan Lake Opus |
DE57 (2 weeks) DE |
with Schiller
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literature
- Berliner Philharmoniker: Variations with Orchestra - 125 Years of the Berliner Philharmoniker . Volume 2: Biographies and Concerts . Verlag Henschel, May 2007, ISBN 978-3-89487-568-8
Web links
- Works by and about Albrecht Mayer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Albrecht Mayer ( Memento from February 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- Interview with the Swiss classic portal Classicpoint.ch
swell
- ^ Albrecht Mayer: Biography ( Memento from August 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE
- ↑ Bonjour Paris (2010, CD) | Discogs. In: discogs.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020 ; accessed on March 25, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mayer, Albrecht |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German oboist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |