Berthold Paul

Berthold Paul

Berthold Paul (* 1948 in Aumühle near Hamburg ) is a German composer of serious music , pianist, music publisher, conductor and photographer.

Life

Paul studied piano, music theory, pedagogy and composition at the Hamburg Conservatory , the latter with Walter Steffens. This was followed by further studies at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Hamburg with the subjects piano with Reimer Küchler and Ferry Gebhardt, composition and theory with Werner Krützfeldt and conducting with Albert Bittner .

His works were first performed in Hamburg in 1968 with members of the NDR symphony orchestra . In 1969 the first international performance took place at the GAUDEAMUS festival in Holland. Also in 1969, at the age of 21, his chamber music and orchestral works were published by the international music publishers Sikorski , Hamburg. Paul received his first composition prize in 1970 from the LTM-VDMK Association of German Music Educators and Performing Artists, Hamburg. Its first orchestral performance took place in 1972 with the Siegerland Orchestra . His work Nouvelles pour Orchester was performed . The concert was recorded and broadcast by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) . All works were written on behalf of ensembles, the state government of Schleswig-Holstein and German and international broadcasters. Almost all works are produced by German broadcasters, as well as broadcasters in the USA, Australia, Spain, Austria and Denmark.

In 1975 he founded the “Musica Nova-Aktuell” series in Reinbek , which took over the financing and patronage. Paul took over - together with his wife Ingeborg Sawade , a multi-instrumentalist - the voluntary care of the same for ten years. There were 30 concerts with international ensembles and soloists, including with

• the Varius Ensemble
• the Stuttgart wind quintet
• the choir of the North German Radio - once under the direction of Helmuth Franz and once under the direction of Alexander Šumski
• the Hamburg Bach Choir St. Petri (main church) under the direction of Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke
• the Austrian ensemble for new music
• the ensemble “Das neue Werk” of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk
• the Benthien Quartet
• the Berlin wind trio
• the wind quintet of the Südwestfunk
• the Rhenish Bach Collegium
• the Ensemble Australia Felix under the direction of Felix Werder
• the Ars Nova Ensemble Nürnberg under the direction of Werner Heider
• Hans Deinzer
• Werner Heider
• Werner Taube
• Peter Roggenkamp
• Geske Hof-Helmers

In all concerts of the “Musica Nova aktuell” were u. a. Performed works by Berthold Paul. 24 works that were commissioned by Paul were premiered in the series in Reinbek. There were also several German premieres, as well as radio productions for which Paul had taken care of, concert recordings in cooperation with the “new work of the ndr” in Hamburg and television recordings. Paul achieved that the series “Musica Nova aktuell” was financially and ideally supported by the state government of Schleswig-Holstein. The 188th concert “das neue werk des ndr” took place in connection with the 15th concert “Musica Nova aktuell”. The 30th concert was played by the orchestra of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk a. a. with a commissioned work by Berthold Paul 1985, STUFEN for large orchestra op.46.

Ensemble New Horizons

In 1984 he founded the Ensemble Kaleidoskop together with his wife Ingeborg Sawade, Norbert Linke and Annette Linke. In 1990 the ensemble was named Ensemble Neue Horizonte. From 1984 to 1989 it was funded by the state government of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1985 he was invited by the state government to tour high schools and vocational schools in Schleswig-Holstein with 50 concerts. In the 1980s and 1990s the Ensemble Neue Horizonte also received funding from the Senate of Hamburg. As a member of the ensemble, Berthold Paul gave concerts in the cathedral in Meißen , in the main church St. Petri Hamburg , in the cathedral in Quedlinburg , in the cathedral in Schwerin , in the lower church of the Frauenkirche Dresden , in Luther's preaching church in Wittenberg and in Bach's baptistery in Eisenach . The actress Angélique Duvier wrote several poems that were set to music by Paul and performed by the ensemble.

In 1997 he resumed composing for other ensembles. A work for ten brass instruments, “Aufbruch”, was premiered in 1997 in the Cologne Philharmonic by members of the Rheinische Philharmonie and the Gürzenich Orchestra . Paul founded the music publisher AURUM in the early 2000s and began publishing chamber music by Norbert Linke , Alfred Goodman, Peter Heeren and Ingeborg Sawade. He has been working as a photographer since 2001 and published the illustrated book Melanie . Berthold Paul lives with his wife as a freelance composer in Reinbek and Hamburg.

Sound carrier

• The 1st CD with the Neue Horizonte Duo is a recording of a public concert in the main church St. Petri Hamburg in 1994: "Vom Tao der Klänge" with gongs, flutes.
• The 2nd CD with the duo Neue Horizonte: “Vom Klang der Stille” (synthesizer, vocals, flute) was released by Horos, Dresden 2003. * The 3rd CD with Berthold Paul at the piano - recorded at the Kreuzgymnasium Dresden - “Zwischenentöne” was released also at Horos, Dresden.
• A concert with the Dresden Kapellsolisten under the direction of Helmut Branny in 2003 in the Annenkirche in Dresden was released as a recording and CD with the work "Sinfonietta" by Berthold Paul, also by Horos, Dresden. The ensemble has been playing in a threesome since 1986 and gives concerts mainly in churches.
• CD with the Gaudeamus Quartet, Brasov (string quartet “Memento mori”, commissioned by Radio Bremen), Saurus Records
• CD with the Gaudeamus Quartet, Brasov (“Aphorisms for String Trio”), Saurus Records
• CD with light music (10 tracks) "Fontänen" - Wasserschloss Velen (pseudonym Alex von Anselm), Saurus Records

Awards

• 1970: Composition Prize of the LTM (State Association of Tonkünstler and Music Educators Hamburg in conjunction with the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation)
• 1972: Promotion Prize of the City of Stuttgart
• 1972: Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of the Interior for the International Cité des Arts, Paris, for six months in 1973; then as the youngest German composer
• 1974: 2nd LTM composition prize (VDMK, Hamburg; Association of Music Educators and Performing Artists)
• 1975: Stuttgart City Promotion Prize
• 1978: Promotion Prize of the Johann Wenzel Stamitz Prize of the Esslingen Artists' Guild; WP of the string quartet “Novembermusik” on the occasion of the award ceremony
• 1980: Sponsorship award for the Schleswig-Holstein State Art Prize from Minister President Gerhard Stoltenberg. On the occasion of the award ceremony, Paul conducted several of his works for chamber orchestra with members of the NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg in Kiel Castle. Performance of “Reflections I and III” on the occasion of the award ceremony in Kiel Castle; Members of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Berthold Paul

literature

• International Chronological Lexicon of Piano Music by Peter Hollfelder , Noetzel; New edition 1999, ISBN 3795907705 .
• Composers lexicon of the German composers' association DTKV

Web links

• Website by Berthold Paul
• Website of the ensemble

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ensembleneuehorizonte.de/ensemble_neue_horizonte/ueber_uns.php
2. ↑ Compare the evidence in the catalog of the German National Library
3. ↑ http://www.verbindistenlexikon.de/content/verbindungen.php?id=734