Carl August Bünte

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Carl August Bünte (born September 23, 1925 in Berlin ; † June 6, 2018 ) was a German conductor and university professor .

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Carl August Bünte is a son of Charles Bünte . From 1946 to 1949 he studied conducting in the master class with Sergiu Celibidache at the International Music Institute Berlin (a predecessor of the Berlin University of the Arts ) and composition with Paul Höffer. Bünte was chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1967 - as long as this symphony orchestra existed in Berlin (West). This orchestra performed up to 60 concerts a year inside and outside Berlin and made frequent guest appearances in the Hamburger Musikhalle as well as in Oldenburg , Hanover , Hildesheim , Cologne , Düsseldorf , Speyer , Nuremberg , Stuttgart , Bremen and Munich . With the orchestra he was also signed for the Berliner Festwochen .

From the very beginning, Bünte was also chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (SOB), which was founded in 1967 . It emerged from the merger of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra with what was then the German Symphony Orchestra . In 1973 Bünte ended his activity there at his own request in order to continue his career in other European countries and in Japan and South America .

After 1978, Bünte worked for several years as a visiting professor for conducting and orchestral conducting at the State University of Fine Arts and Music Tokyo / Japan. Bünte conducted as a guest in Japan (14 orchestras), England, Sweden, Denmark, France, Austria, Greece, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. In the Federal Republic of Germany, Bünte conducted 19 orchestras as guest, including the Berlin and Munich Philharmonics. From 1987 to 1999 Bünte was a professor for conducting at the Berlin University of the Arts . Bünte was from 1957 to 1965 with the actress Brigitte Grothum and in third marriage with Heidi, geb. Napetschnig, attaché in the diploma. Service of Austria, married.

Awards

In 1962 Bünte received the Critics' Prize in the music category, awarded by the Association of German Critics. u. a. for “his work with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra [...] especially through his interpretation of the works of Beethoven and Bruckner, he has proven that he knows how to awaken the spirit of these works. Carl August Bünte is now a conductor who is firmly anchored in Berlin's musical life. ”In 1982 Bünte was appointed honorary conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra Osaka / Japan and in 1982 honorary professor of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Appointment as honorary professor at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (University of the Arts) on January 12, 1998.

Discography (selection)

  • Sergej Rachmaninoff: 2nd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op.18 / Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 op.120 . Bella Musica, Bühl 2014
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major op.36 / Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op.17.Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in C major op. Posthumously / Ludwig van Beethoven: Ouv. "The Consecration of the House" op. 124. Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Hector Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony op. 14 / Richard Strauss "Death and Transfiguration" op. 24. Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67.Bella Musica, Bühl 2012
  • Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98.Bella Musica, Bühl 2012
  • Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op.74.Bella Musica, Bühl 2011
  • Peter I. Tschaikowski: Serenade for string orchestra, op.48.Bella Musica, Bühl 2011
  • Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major, original version Haas. Bella Musica, Bühl 2011
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: German Dances 1-3. Bella Musica, Bühl 2006
  • Franz Schubert: German Dances. Bella Musica, Bühl 2006
  • Bedŕich Smetana: The Moldau / Overture to Libussa / Sârka / Dance of the Comedians. Intercord Sound Society, Stuttgart 1978
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 9th Symphony in D minor, op. 125 with the final chorus "To Joy". Bella Musica, Bühl 2004
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 3rd Symphony in E flat major "Eroica". Bella Musica, Bühl 2007
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Overtures and Triumphal March from Aida. CBS & Intercord, 1972
  • Maurice Ravel: Bolero. Musica et litera. & Edition Lazare USA
  • Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op.64.Bella Musica, Bühl 2009
  • Johannes Brahms: 2nd Serenade op.16 Bella Musica, Bühl 2009
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 6th Symphony in F major op. 68 "Pastorale". Bella Musica, Bühl 2009
  • Richard Strauss: "Don Juan" tone poem for large orchestra. Bella Musica, Bühl 2009
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano concertos in E flat major 1784 and D major in one movement (youth concerts). Turnabout TV 34367S © 1971
  • Mozart-Haydn-Beethoven-Schubert: German Dances. CBS 1971
  • George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Piano Concerto in F. approx. 1960 VEGA + Edition Lazare USA
  • Alfredo Casella: Scarlettiana, iGM-La Musica Moderna
  • Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Pot Pourri for Cello and Orchestra. Tournabout (Made in USA)
  • Ferrucio Busoni: Concert piece f. Klav. u. Orch., Rondo Arlecchinesco, Divertimento, Concertino f. Clarinet and Orch., Candide-VOX
  • Gustav Holst: The planets etc., iGM La Musica Moderna
  • John Field: Piano Concerto No. 2 , Candide USA
  • Joh. Nep. Hummel: Piano Concerto in G major , Tournabout USA
  • Giov. Batt. Viotti: Violin Concerto & Concert f. Violin , piano and orchestra, Tournabout London

literature

  • Carl A. Bünte: Tends to make independent decisions ... A life as a conductor. Autobiography. Frieling, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-8280-1306-6 .
  • Music city Berlin between war and peace . Edition Bote & Bock, Berlin-Wiesbaden 1956.
  • CA Bünte: Berlin concerts 1946 - 1973 . Berlin 1973.
  • CA Bünte: Collected reviews from 1947 to 1994. Berlin State Library, music department.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Bünte. In: tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved June 24, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Frederik Hanssen: Carl August Bünte: From Berlin to Tokyo - and back . In: tagesspiegel.de, June 25, 2018. Accessed June 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Christine Fischer-Defoy: "Art, in the construction a stone". The West Berlin art and music colleges in the post-war area of ​​tension. University of the Arts, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89462-078-1 .
  4. ↑ Certificate of appointment of the President of the Berlin University of the Arts as honorary professor dated January 12, 1998
  5. ^ Biography of Víctor García Priego
  6. ↑ Confirmation is only available in Japanese
  7. ↑ Certificate signed by the President of the University on February 25, 1982 is available - in English and Japanese
personal data
SURNAME Bünte, Carl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 2018