Alexander von Puttkamer (musician)

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Alexander Wilhelm Jesko von Puttkamer (born February 11, 1973 in Düsseldorf ) is a German tuba player .

Puttkamer comes from the old Pomeranian noble family von Puttkamer . His career began at an early stage as a multiple federal award winner with Jugend musiziert with the result of selected membership in the Federal Youth Orchestra , the Young German Philharmonic and the "Youth Orchestra of the European Union ".

After completing his studies with tuba player and conductor Walter Hilgers at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater , he became a member of the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg in 1996 . In 1998 he moved to the Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich. From 1999 to 2006 von Puttkamer played regularly in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival . From 2004 to 2007 he was tuba player in the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks .

He has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2007 , where he acts as principal tuba player. At the same time, he is a sought-after representative of his field in top chamber music associations , such as German Brass , "HR-Brass", "Brass Partout", the Munich Brass Quintet, Vienna-Berlin Brass Quintet, the brass quintet of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Ensemble Modern . He taught a master class at the Vienna Conservatory in 2012 and at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2013 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Adelige Häuser A Volume XXII, page 300, Volume 103 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1992, ISSN  0435-2408
  2. ^ Ellinor von Puttkamer (editor): History of the sex v. Puttkamer (= German Family Archives, Volume 83–85). 2nd edition, Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1984, p. 717
  3. ↑ Yesterday the Federal Youth Orchestra - today a professional ( memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Federal Youth Orchestra website
  4. ↑ a b The orchestra: Alexander von Puttkamer , Berlin Philharmonic
  5. ↑ With ear plugs in the sauna , Merkur Online , August 8, 2006
  6. ^ Renate Meinhof: Among friends. 19 days in Asia: the Berlin Philharmonic meet their biggest fans , Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin 03/2012, page 6, photo by Monika Rittershaus
  7. ↑ Geoff Edgers: Tuba Chronicles, BSO Tour , The Boston Globe , September 6, 2007
  8. ^ Lecturers , Orchesterzentrum NRW
  9. ^ Annette Becker: Brass ensemble "brass partout": There is room for angels , Frankfurter Rundschau , July 19, 2006; Online at brasspartout.de
  10. ↑ Review: Parable , Das Orchester 03/2006
  11. ↑ Vienna-Berlin Brass Quintett ( Memento from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), 10th Gunskirchen concert season 2013/14
  12. ↑ Susanne Eckstein: Rightly lost works and more ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Südwest Presse , April 12, 2011
  13. ↑ Alexander von Puttkamer - Tuba Master Class ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Conservatory Vienna , May 2012
  14. ↑ Berliner Philharmoniker Tuba Master Class - Wagner's Das Reingold , Carnegie Hall , August 15, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Puttkamer, Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Puttkamer, Alexander Wilhelm Jesko von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tuba player
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf