Alois Kottmann

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Alois Kottmann (born June 20, 1929 in Großauheim , Hessen ) is a German violinist , music teacher , patron and university teacher .

life and work

Alois Kottmann grew up in his family's home with two siblings as the son of a silversmith. His music-loving mother in particular did everything possible to have her three children trained in music. His music teacher at the High School (Gymnasium) in Hanau encouraged him to play the violin. After graduating from high school, Kottmann took violin lessons privately at the Hölscher house, where he was given special musical support through his friendship with Gert Hölscher (1930–2010). In this way he got to know the pianist Günter Ludwig early on . At the Frankfurt University of Music , Kottmann finally studied with Marie-Louise Graef-Mönch, Alma Moodie's assistant , and was trained after Carl Flesch . He had taken lessons from her years before graduating from high school.

Kottmann's violin playing was awarded a prize at the university competition in Hamburg. After his concert exam he was employed as a violin teacher at the Odenwald School . From 1958 Kottmann worked as a university professor at the renowned Hoch'schen Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main. Later he was also active as a lecturer at the Frankfurt University of Music , at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . From 1977 to 1979 he was acting head of Dr. Hoch's Conservatory.

Kottmann studied mainly with Walther Davisson , Kurt Hessenberg , Gustav Lenzewski , August Leopolder and Helmut Walcha . There were also encounters with the von Bethmann family , Anton Biersack , Reinhold Finkbeiner , Erich Flinsch , Karl Freitag , Karlheinz Ludwig Funk , Ludwig Hoelscher , Richard Rudolf Klein , Dieter Lindemann, Otmar Mácha , Thomas Magyar , Yehudi Menuhin , Ginette Neveu , Elly Ney , Váša Příhoda , Max Rostal , Gerhard Taschner , Rüdiger Volhard , Bruno Vondenhoff and Friedrich Zipp .

“ Music is not a means of self-expression, but a medium of communication between people. "

- Prof. hc Alois Kottmann

Kottmann entered into artistic partnerships with Karl Freitag, Agnes Giebel , Peter-Lukas Graf , Ingo Goritzki , Rainer Hoffmann , Alois Ickstadt , Maria Jäger-Jung , Marietta Krutisch , Günter Ludwig, Albert Mangelsdorff , Gisela Sott and Heinz Teuchert .

Alois Kottmann was committed, among other things, to the continued existence of the Hoch Conservatory, which has been questioned several times, for the regional promotion of musical culture in the Rhine-Main area , the promotion of international young talent, the works of Frankfurt composers and the violin tradition established in the Main metropolis Carl Flesch, for a high level of humanity and a lively international artistic and social exchange. This comprehensive commitment has continued almost unabated to this day.

Lectureships

  • University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main
  • Dr. Hoch's Conservatory, Frankfurt am Main
  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Initiatives and engagements

Radio

There was a longstanding collaboration with the Hessischer Rundfunk and the Norddeutscher Rundfunk through joint archive productions of a large number of violin solo works. Recordings were also made at RIAS Berlin , for Radio Diffusion Paris, Swiss Radio DRS (Studio Basel) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as well as acquisitions in Czechoslovak Radio ( Československý rozhlas ). Together with the figural choir of the Hessischer Rundfunk under the direction of Alois Ickstadt, a large number of radio broadcasts were created for ARD , in which the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann and Alois Kottmann were artistically involved as soloists.

watch TV

  • ZDF documentary Passion and Passion (1985), with Adalbert Kraus , Ernst Gerold Schramm , Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann , soloist: Alois Kottmann (from left), director: Meinolf Fritzen

Tour overseas

Alois Kottmann has made guest appearances with the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann , which he founded , in the United Kingdom , the United States and Mexico .

Honors

literature

  • Association of Friends of the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann e. V. (Ed.): 40 years of Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann. Festschrift. With greetings from Dr. hc Petra Roth , Dr. hc Traudl Herrhausen , Prof. Dr. hc Peter-Lukas Graf, Helmuth Fintl , Prof. Richard Rudolf Klein and Prof. Alois Ickstadt. Otto Lembeck publishing house. Frankfurt am Main 2008.

Discography

  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Concerto in A minor for violin, basso continuo and strings , Concerto in E major for violin, basso continuo and strings , Concerto in D minor for two violins, basso continuo and strings . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left), basso continuo is performed with theorbo . Melisma 7210-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Albert Mangelsdorff: I think of Bosnia for trombone and strings ; Miniatures for violin and trombone ; Richard Rudolf Klein: contradiction for violin, trombone and strings ; Paul Hindemith : Sonata No. 2 for solo violin. Soloists: Albert Mangelsdorff (trb), Alois Kottmann (from left), Bruno Suys (kb). Melisma 7239-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Joseph Haydn : The seven last words of the Savior on the cross . With interim texts by Peter Härtling . Recitation by Karlheinz Böhm . Melisma 7016-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Georg Friedrich Handel : The Messiah . Performers: Sharon Markovich (soprano). Hildegard Laurich (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), figural choir of the Hessischer Rundfunk, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 6046, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Paul Hindemith : Funeral music for violin and strings; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto for violin and strings; Edvard Grieg : From Holberg's Time op. 40; Edward Elgar : Serenade op. 20; Samuel Barber : Adagio for Strings . Melisma 7098-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Symphonies No. 12 in G minor and No. 9 in C minor for string orchestra. Melisma 7031-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Joseph Haydn: Concerto in C major for violin and string orchestra ; Symphony No. 88 in G major Hob. I: 88 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann (from left). Melisma 7262, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Joseph Haydn: The Creation . Oratorio for solos, choir and orchestra. Soloists: Dorothea Wirtz (soprano), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), figural choir of the Hessischer Rundfunk, wind instruments of the Frankfurt Museum Orchestra , Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 706, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata Heart and Mouth and Action and Life. BWV 147 ; Joseph Haydn: Missa in D minor in angustiis Hob. XXII: 11 ( Mass in the distress , also: Nelson Mass ). Performers: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 726, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245 . Performers: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 7058, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 . Performers: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), figural choir of the Hessischer Rundfunk, conductor: Alois Ickstadt. Melisma 7023-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Concerto in D minor for violin and strings ; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto for violin and strings ; Johanna Senfter : Concerto for two violins and string orchestra in C minor . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left). Melisma 7248-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Ernest Bloch : Suite 1 ; Max Reger: Prelude and Fugue in B minor op. 117/1 ; Eugène Ysaÿe : Sonata in D minor (ballade) op. 27 No. 3 ; Igor Stravinsky : Élégie ; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in C major BWV 1005 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann (from left). Melisma 7100-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Symphony in A major KV 201 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann (from left). Peter Härtling speaks texts from Hindemith's Bach speech from 1950. Paul Hindemith: Funeral music for solo violin and strings ; Duets for two violins . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left); Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann. Melisma 7099-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa in C major KV 317 Coronation Mass Regina Coeli, KV 127 ; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Lord God, you are our refuge / For the sake of our sins ; Joseph Rheinberger : Abendlied op. 79/6 . Soloists: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 7035, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Robert Schumann : Sonata in A minor op. 105 ; Sonata in D minor op.121 . Clara Schumann : Romances . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7101, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johannes Brahms : Sonata No. 1 in G major op. 78 ; Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 100 ; Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7102, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • César Franck : Sonata in A major ; Max Reger : Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 3 . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7018, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Ferruccio Busoni : Sonata No. 2 in C minor op.36a ; Gabriel Fauré : Sonata No. 1 in A major op. 13 ; Olivier Messiaen : Thème et variations . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7253, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Gallus concerts in the baroque church in Flörsheim am Main . Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Joseph Rheinberger and others Opus 27035. Cappella Wiesbaden 1989
  • Gallus Concerts in Flörsheim am Main . Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dietrich Buxtehude , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Joseph Rheinberger and others Opus 27042. Cappella Wiesbaden 1990
  • 40 years of Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann - polyphony . Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in D minor ; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto for violin and string orchestra; Johanna Senfter: Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra in C minor . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left). Melisma 6735519, Oestrich-Winkel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photo: Alois Kottmann on: op-online.de
  2. ↑ Culture must be accessible to everyone . Conversation between Alois Kottmann and Albrecht Göbel. In: practicing & making music . Journal for instrumental education and musical learning. Bulkhead. Mainz. Issue 2/1994.
  3. ↑ Virtuosity always connected with soul on: op-online.de
  4. ↑ Biography at: alois-kottmann.de
  5. ^ Pedagogue out of conviction - The violinist Kottmann and humanity in: Frankfurter Rundschau, October 14, 2008
  6. ↑ Internationale Musiktage Hessen Main-Taunus Hofheim on: internationale-musiktage.de
  7. ↑ Fast is not enough in: Frankfurter Rundschau, May 5, 2010
  8. ^ Antipole to the establishment in: Frankfurter Rundschau, May 13, 2009
  9. ^ Another season for palace concerts in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 25, 2007
  10. ^ New Paul Hindemith Prize next year in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 20, 2005
  11. ↑ Louis Spohr - Paul Hindemith Hessian musical geniuses as role models for our time on: kassel.de (PDF file; 80 kB)
  12. ↑ Hanau: Jury and city argue about the location for the Hindemith Prize : hr-online.de
  13. ↑ Alois Kottmann Prize at: kulturportal.hessen.de
  14. ↑ Alois Kottmann Prize at: kultur.frankfurt.de
  15. ↑ Alois Kottmann Prize at: miz.org
  16. ↑ Alois Kottmann Prize at: internationale-musiktage.de
  17. ^ The contender for the good tone in: Frankfurter Rundschau, November 2, 2009
  18. ↑ Célia Schann, Harim Chun and Marcus Tanneberger win Alois Kottmann Prize 2009 on: klassik.com
  19. ↑ Alois Kottmann Prize to Célia Schann, Harim Chun and Marcus Tanneberger at: dasorchester.de
  20. ↑ State Gazette for the State of Hesse, No. 46/2006, page 2622, from October 2, 2006
  21. ↑ Professor Kottmann awarded the gold badge of honor in Hofheim In: Wiesbadener Kurier, October 23, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Kottmann, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, music teacher, patron and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Großauheim , Hesse