Christine Schornsheim

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Christine Schornsheim, actually Christine Engelmayr (* 1959 ), is a German harpsichordist and pianist .

Life and accomplishments

Christine Schornsheim attended from 1969 to 1976, the Special School of Music in Berlin and studied until 1982 at the local music academy , the specialist piano . From 1982 to 1983 she was a solo repetitor at the Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam . She took part in master classes by Gustav Leonhardt , Ton Koopman , Johann Sonnleitner and Andreas Staier . She made her debut in 1994 as a song accompanist for Peter Schreier on the fortepiano .

From 1988 to 1992 she had a teaching position for harpsichord and figured bass at the Leipzig University of Music , where she was appointed professor for harpsichord and fortepiano in 1992. In 2002 she received a reputation as Professor of harpsichord at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich . Here she became the victim of an act of sexual assault by the president of the university, Siegfried Mauser . He was sentenced to several years' imprisonment for this. In addition to solo concerts, she often appears in a duo with Andreas Staier and is a. a. to be heard as harpsichordist of the Berliner Barock-Compagney and the Münchner Cammer-Music .

Her most important recordings include works by Johann Sebastian Bach such as the Goldberg Variations and various piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Together with Christoph Huntgeburth, she also recorded works by Ludwig van Beethoven for flute and piano. In 1999 she received the ECHO Klassik for recording three harpsichord concertos by C. P. E. Bach , W. Fr. Bach and J. Ch. Bach . Her complete recording of Joseph Haydn's piano works on 14 CDs was completed in 2005.

Schornsheim is married to the Röttenbach family doctor and medical officer Ernst Engelmayr (* 1949).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Speech by Dr. Ernst Engelmayrs on the occasion of the ceremony for the new chair of general medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, January 29, 2014 (accessed on July 22, 2019.)
  2. ↑ Thilo Komma-Pöllath: My boss and me. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 19, 2018. faz.net ( PDF p. 3. )
  3. ↑ Bayerischer Hausärzteverband, (accessed July 22, 2019).
  4. ↑ Speech by Dr. Ernst Engelmayrs on the occasion of the ceremony for the new chair of general medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, January 29, 2014 (accessed on July 22, 2019.)

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SURNAME Schornsheim, Christine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelmayr, Christine (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German harpsichordist and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959