Bernd Angerhöfer

Bernd Angerhöfer (* 1964 in Leipzig ) is a German musician.

Life

Angerhöfer was born into an old family of musicians. He is the son of the well-known Leipzig contrabassoonist Karl-Heinz Angerhöfer and nephew of the bassoon teacher Günther Angerhöfer (cf. Günther Angerhöfer / Werner Seltmann : "Das Fagott 1-4", VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig and others). He learned the recorder at an early age, then played the French horn for a few years and finally received tuba lessons from Hans Lachmann . Soon after, he was playing in what was then the district music corps. He successfully completed his studies in orchestral music with tuba as a major at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin with Professor Dietrich Unkrodt . He successfully took part in various competitions in the GDR and abroad and played in the brass band of the jazz legend Hannes Zerbe . His interest in contemporary music also led to participation in the Avantgarde Ensemble or projects by the musician Steffen Schleiermacher.

He has been solo tuba player in the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig since 1986 and makes regular guest appearances in other ARD orchestras. He is also a founding member of the Leipzig Brass Soloists and plays at various festivals (including Drüggelter Kunststückchen , Sächsisches Mozartfest, MDR Musiksommer ). From 1998 to 2012 he taught tuba at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig ; He is also regularly asked to serve as a juror in German youth competitions.

Bernd Angerhöfer and the reawakening of the Ventilophikleide

In 2005, together with the company F. Syhre Leipzig and with the support of the Musikinstrumentenmuseum (MfM) of the University of Leipzig, he began to develop a version of the Ophikleide that can be played in today's orchestras . The result is a five-valve ophicleide in F (tuning equal to the F tuba), this is based on an "Ophicleide á Rotation" from the museum's holdings, built around 1850 in southern Germany, Austria or possibly Italy. In terms of playing technique, this instrument can be adapted by tuba players in a short time, a long time to get used to it, as is the case with valve instruments. In terms of sound, this instrument is closer to Ophikleide and closely mensored bombardon than to today's orchestral tubas, it mixes much better with the deep woodwinds and strings and can therefore be used for the entire orchestral repertoire for serpent, bass horn, Ophikleide or Bombardon - by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Schumann on Berlioz, early works by Wagner (during his lifetime the Dresden court orchestra owned, among other things, 4 Ventilophikleiden!) And Verdi's "Cimbasso" voices until 1880 (only then did Verdi specify that the deep brass part with a "Trombone Basso" - a valve - Double bass trombone - should be performed).
Bernd Angerhöfer accompanied the development of this instrument from the beginning, first with Friedbert Syhre, later Frank Syhre and finally with her successor Takao Nakagawa. Particular emphasis was placed on practicality when used in today's professional symphony orchestras, i.e. on a response, intonation and balance in the sound that is appropriate for today's times, even after the shortest possible preparation time. Recordings were made on the CD "Musical Morning Entertainment" (published by MfM of the University of Leipzig) and on several CDs of the MDR Symphony Orchestra. Bernd Angerhöfer was also involved in setting up the simultaneous concert world record by the "Leipziger Notenspur Nacht der Hausmusik" in November 2014 with a concert contribution at the Ventil-Ophikleide.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Herbert Heyde: The valve wind instrument - development in the German-speaking area from the beginning to the present VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik. Leipzig 1987 ISBN 978-3765102257
2. ↑ "Musical morning entertainment" ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CD and audio sample at the Museum for Musical Instruments at the University of Leipzig  
3. ^ "Press report" Leipziger Notenspur Nacht der Hausmusik, November 21, 2015, Leipziger Volkszeitung, October 13, 2015, accessed on January 19, 2016

Web links

• The Leipzig brass soloists on the pages of the MDR