Detlef Kraus
Detlef Kraus (born November 30, 1919 in Hamburg ; † January 7, 2008 ) was a German pianist . He was a globally respected Brahms interpreter.
Life
Detlef Kraus gave his first concert at the age of sixteen with the Well-Tempered Clavier (Volume 1 and 2) by Johann Sebastian Bach . Later the focus was the work of Johannes Brahms , which he together with conductors such as Heinz Wallberg , Ferenc Fricsay , Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Eugen Jochum , Hans Knappertsbusch , Joseph Keilberth , Kurt Masur , Wolfgang Sawallisch and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt under in New York City , Tokyo , London and Berlin , among others, including premieres.
From 1982 he was President, later Honorary President, of the Johannes Brahms Society in Hamburg; he initiated the first Brahms competition there. As a professor of piano, he taught at the Osnabrück Conservatory and at the Folkwang University in Essen. Kraus has published numerous essays on Brahms.
Detlef Kraus died in January 2008 at the age of 88 as a result of a heart attack.
honors and awards
- Culture Prize of the City of Kiel (1961)
- Brahm Prize of the City of Hamburg (1975)
- Johannes Brahms Medal from the Senate of Hamburg (1989)
- Brahms Prize of the Brahms Society Schleswig-Holstein (1997)
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Detlef Kraus in the catalog of the German National Library
- "Detlef Kraus passed away"
- Website of the Johannes Brahms Society Hamburg
- Entry about Detlef Klaus on musicsack.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Detlef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 2008 |