Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs

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Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs (born September 21, 1965 in Hameln ) is a German conductor, musician, music researcher and publicist.

education

Cohrs made his debut in 1984 as a conductor with the orchestra of the youth music school in Hameln, where he received his first musical training in the subjects of flute, piano and composition since 1972. He then founded the Hameln Youth String Orchestra, which performed works from the string and chamber orchestra repertoire under his direction until 1990. From 1986 to 1989 Cohrs studied conducting with Nicola Samale in Rome; from 1989 to 1994 at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen concert conducting with Hans Joachim Kauffmann , flute with Susanne Meier and singing with Hidenori Komatsu . His examination concert, which included works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Jean Sibelius and Frank Martin, the Bremen premiere of the 5th Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams , was recorded by Radio Bremen and broadcast several times. In 1994, at the invitation of the University of Adelaide , Cohrs completed a diploma in musicology with Andrew D. McCredie as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) . In 2009 he received his doctorate in historical musicology from the University of Hamburg. In 2010 Cohrs was awarded the Kilenyi Medal by the Bruckner Society of America for his services to Anton Bruckner.

conductor

On November 6, 2000, Cohrs made his international concert debut as a conductor with the Russian National Orchestra in the great hall of the Moscow Conservatory . His Japanese debut with the Royal Flanders Philharmonic on September 28, 2001 in Tokyo included a workshop concert in which he conducted the Japanese premiere of Fragment as well as the completion of the finale of Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony . On October 8th, 2002 he conducted the complete 9th symphony of Bruckner including the finale as part of a festival concert of the Upper Austrian Brucknerbund in Gmunden . The Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava played . In April 2004 he conducted the Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra in Sarajevo with the world premiere of the completed, unfinished Symphony in B minor D 759 by Franz Schubert . On September 20 and 21, 2013, he conducted the world premiere of his new version of Requiem KV 626 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Bremen and Dortmund . On May 28 and 29, 2016, he conducted the first performance of numerous of his own arrangements for string orchestra in Bremen and Peine , again with the Göttingen Barockorchester in historical performance practice.

Music researcher and publicist

Since 1996 Cohrs has been writing and moderating programs and features for Radio Bremen, SWR, WDR. As a cultural journalist and academic author, he works for the daily press, internet magazines, specialist journals, organizers and CD companies. From 1995 to 2012 Cohrs worked on the Bruckner Complete Edition at the Musikwissenschaftlichen Verlag Wien. There he submitted, among other things, a new edition of the 9th Symphony in D minor, a study volume on the Scherzo and the revision report. He was best known as a Bruckner researcher. From 1986 to 2008 he worked as a team with Nicola Samale in the development of the performance version of the unfinished final movement of the 9th Symphony in D minor by Anton Bruckner; a revised new edition appeared in summer 2008. For the academic series Musik-Concepts he compiled the triple issue 120/121/122 on behalf of the former editors Heinz-Klaus Metzger and Rainer Riehn ( Bruckner's Ninth in Purgatory of Reception , Munich 2003). Cohrs has also developed new performance versions of the Unfinished Symphony in B minor D 759 by Franz Schubert, the C minor Mass KV 427 and the Requiem KV 626 by Mozart on the basis of original sources . Since 2012 Dr. Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs Edition manager and editor of the Anton Bruckner Edition Vienna , which is published by the Alexander Hermann publishing group (Vienna). The 7th Symphony in E major was published in summer 2015 as the first volume of the Anton Bruckner Urtext Complete Edition (patron: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (until his death); since 2019: Simon Rattle ) . (First performance: May 2, 2015, Milano / La Scala; May 3, 2015, Vienna / Musikverein; Berliner Philharmoniker , Simon Rattle). The 6th Symphony in A major followed in 2016 (first performance: April 2016, including in Paris, London, Bruxelles, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , Simon Rattle), in 2017 the Missa Solemnis in B (first performance: June 25, 2017, Berlin / Konzerthaus, RIAS Chamber Choir , Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin , Lukasz Borowicz ) in 2018 the 5th Symphony in B flat major (first performance: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Daniel Harding , Stockholm / Berwaldhallen, September 4, 2018), and in 2018 the Requiem d- moll (first performance: November 22, 2018, Berlin / Philharmonie, RIAS Chamber Choir, Academy for Early Music Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz).

Sheet music editions

  • Lili Boulanger : Théme et Variations for piano (1915). First edition. Tonger , Cologne 2005 (ISMN-M-005-32611-3)
  • Anton Bruckner : IX. Symphony in D minor (1st movement – ​​Scherzo & Trio – Adagio). Score and parts. New edition by BG Cohrs on vol. IX of the complete edition of the works of Anton Bruckner, Vienna 2000 (ISMN-M-50025-225-2)
  • Anton Bruckner : IX. Symphony, Finale (unfinished). Completed performance version for orchestra (1983–2012); Critical new edition 2012 with commentary (German / English). Score: Repertoire Explorer No. 444 / Musikproduktion Hoeflich, Munich 2012; Performance material: BGC Manuscript Edition, Bremen.
  • Anton Bruckner : Scherzo and Trio / Older Trios with Viola Solo. Study volume by BG Cohrs on Vol. IX / 2. of the complete edition of Anton Bruckner's works, Vienna 1998 (ISMN-M-50025-182-8)
  • Anton Bruckner : Two postponed trios for the IX. Symphony. Performance version for orchestra. Doblinger , Vienna 1998 (ISMN-M-012-18480-8).
  • Frank Martin : Sonata da chiesa for flute and string orchestra (1993–94); Score and parts (new arrangement at Maria Martin's request); First edition, Universal Edition , Vienna 1997 (UE 30 868).
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Missa Solemnis (Great Mass) in C minor KV 427 , Credo & Agnus Dei, completion based on original sources. Score: Repertoire Explorer No. 1049, Musikproduktion Höflich, Munich 2010; Performance material: BGC Manuscript Edition, Bremen
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem in D minor KV 626 (unfinished), new completion. Score: Repertoire Explorer No. 1425, Musikproduktion Höflich, Munich 2013; Performance material: BGC Manuscript Edition, Bremen
  • Erik Satie : Trois Gymnopédies , arrangement for string orchestra with harp ad lib. and arrangement for melody instrument or soprano vocalise with harp or piano accompaniment or organ solo; Score and parts; First edition, Doblinger, Vienna 2006 (ISMN 0M-012-19299-2)
  • Franz Schubert : Symphony in B minor D 759 (The Unfinished), Scherzo D 759/3 (completed performance version by Nicola Samale & Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs) / orchestral movement D 797/1 (presumed finale); Score: Repertoire Explorer No. 884 / Musikproduktion Hoeflich, Munich 2008; Performance material: BGC Manuscript Edition, Bremen.

Fonts (selection)

  • The final of the IX. Symphony by Anton Bruckner. History - documents - work - presentation of the fragment. (Dissertation) Wiener Bruckner Studies 3, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-900270-94-0
  • Bruckner's ninth in purgatory at the reception. Music concepts 120/121/122 (conception and compilation on behalf of the editors HK Metzger and R. Riehn / various own contributions therein). Munich 2003, ISBN 3-88377-738-2
  • Anton Bruckner: IX. Symphony in D minor (1st movement – ​​Scherzo & Trio – Adagio). Critical report on the new edition by BG Cohrs to IX of the complete edition of Anton Bruckner's works, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-900270-53-8
  • Anton Bruckner's misunderstood musical architecture. Notes on the reception and reception of Bruckner's symphonies. Lecture, Bruckner Symposium Linz, September 2002. In: Bruckner Yearbook 2001–2005, pp. 395–416, Linz 2006, ISBN 978-3-900270-71-1
  • Mus. Hs. 6018: A sketch sheet by Bruckner, reread. In: Studies and Reports. Bulletin 59 of the IBG, pp. 13-25, Vienna 2002
  • The problem of version and arrangement by Anton Bruckner, explained using the three trios for the Scherzo of the Ninth Symphony. In: Symposium Report 1996, pp. 65–84, Linz 1998, ISBN 3-900-270-39-2

Compositions (selection)

  • L'amour perdu (MS, 1993), Berceuse pour Piano op. 4 (dedicated to Ole Georg Graf). Also arrangement for chamber orchestra (MS, 1999)
  • Trois Pastorales (MS, 1991) op.3 for flute and clarinet (dedicated to Michael Donner)
  • Jesu, Deine Passion EKG 67 (MS, 1987/91), chorale prelude for organ op.2 (in memoriam Sebastian Hedemann)
  • Come on, Lord, bless us (MS, 1980/4) op. 1, motet for four to five-part mixed choir, flute and organ (dedicated to Daniela Scholz)

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personal data
SURNAME Cohrs, Benjamin-Gunnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor, cultural journalist, musician, music researcher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamelin