Christoph Hammer

Christoph Hammer (born June 12, 1966 in Ensdorf ) is a German conductor , fortepiano player , musicologist and specialist in historical performance practice .

biography

youth

Christoph Hammer graduated from the Max-Reger-Gymnasium in Amberg in 1985 . He then studied German and musicology at the University of Munich and the University of California in Los Angeles on a scholarship from the Maximilianeum Foundation and the German National Academic Foundation .

Hammer piano player

Since 1989 he has concentrated on playing historical keyboard instruments, especially the fortepiano . As a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician, he has earned an international reputation. Regular collaboration connects him with ensembles such as the Concerto Köln , L'Orfeo Barockorchester , Nederlands Kammerorchest, Prague Chamber Orchestra . The same applies to working with vocal and instrumental soloists such as Emma Kirkby , Rufus Müller, Martin Bruns , Jan Kobow , Axel Köhler , Dominik Wörner , Anton Steck , Reinhold J. Buhl , Guido Larisch, Martin Sandhoff, Florian Deuter and others. He has made numerous recordings for OehmsClassics , BR and ORF.

Tangent piano player

In 2012, Christoph Hammer and Sylvia Ackermann presented a tangent grand to the public at a concert . This was discovered in its original condition in Sulzbach-Rosenberg in 2006 in the estate of Johann Esaias von Seidel and then extensively restored.

New Court Chapel Munich

In 1996 he founded this ensemble with which he played largely unknown music from the 17th and 18th centuries in Bavarian residences and churches, e. B. from Munich and Regensburg, performs again.

Opera conductor

In 2004 he conducted Jean Philippe Rameaus Dardanus at the Stadttheater Passau . In 2005 Hammer took over the direction of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Landestheater Linz . In 2006 he conducted Handel's Lotario at the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe . In 2007 he was responsible for the musical implementation of Reinhard Keiser's Fredegunda with the Neue Hofkapelle Munich in a production of the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding , which was staged again in 2008 at the Bremen Theater under Hammer's musical direction. In June 2008, celebrated the night of Einar Schleef premiere at the Bavarian Theater Academy. Christoph Hammer took over the musical direction of Anna Viebrock's production .

Teaching

In 2002, in addition to a visiting professorship at the University of Seattle, he began teaching at the University of Music and Theater in Munich and since August 2009 Christoph Hammer has been Professor of Harpsichord and Fortepiano at the University of Northern Texas . Hammer has been professor for historical keyboard instruments at the Leopold Mozart Center of the University of Augsburg since August 2017 .

honors and awards

• 1985: First prize at Jugend musiziert in the organ category.
• 1985: Special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary work.
• 2002: Culture Prize of the Free State of Bavaria.
• 2004: Prize of the Bavarian People's Foundation.

Web links

• Works by and about Christoph Hammer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Christoph Hammer on the website of the University of Northern Texas (English)
• Christoph Hammer on the website of the Neue Hofkapelle Munich ( Memento from August 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unheard of dimensions of music elicited - Prof. Hammer and Sylvia Ackermann at the second presentation concert of the Tangentenflügel in the Seidel-Saal , Sulzbach-Rosenberger Zeitung on September 7, 2012
2. ↑ Historical tangent piano discovered - 200-year-old piano can be heard for the first time in public at Klassik.com on August 24, 2012