Detlev Eisinger

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Detlev Eisinger (born November 26, 1957 in Munich ) is a German pianist .

Detlev Eisinger at a concert in May 2011

Live and act

Eisinger began playing the piano at the age of seven and joined the pianist Walter Krafft at the age of eleven , who, like Dinu Lipatti, came from the Romanian school of Florica Musicescu and had founded the Munich Music Seminar . Eisinger gave the first piano recital and the first concerts with orchestra at the age of 13. From 1976, studied Eisinger with Professor Erik Then-Bergh at the Munich Academy of Music and graduated there in 1980 his state examination with distinction from. A scholarship took him to the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 1986 . After his exams, he began a busy concert career at home and abroad. The complete performance of the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach in Munich, Vienna , Salzburg and Klagenfurt deserves special mention . He was also heard in Menton , Paris, Montpellier , at the Kissinger Sommer , at the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and at the Kodály Festival in Kecskemét, Hungary ; there were also five concert tours in South Africa . This was followed by piano concerts and piano recitals in European capitals in Canada and the USA, as well as a number of radio and CD recordings.

Eisinger made a significant appearance at the Munich Piano Summer in 1990 with Schumann's Carnaval , after which Friedrich Gulda designed the second part of the concert. This was followed by his debut in the Berlin Philharmonic with Mendelssohn's G minor piano concerto and piano recitals in European capitals as well as in Toronto / Canada and San Francisco / USA.

Eisinger's lecture concerts , in which he gives introductory explanations with music examples, became popular successes . Especially in the case of more complex works, such as Bach's Goldberg Variations , Beethoven's Diabelli Variations or a cycle with its 32 piano sonatas , the audience is introduced to the respective work more deeply. Another example of his versatility are his introductory lectures on Richard Wagner's stage works . From 2002 to 2008 he gave introductions for the Bayreuth Festival in the form of piano matinees to all of Wagner's operas, which led to further invitations from various national and international opera houses and festivals would have.

Although primarily a soloist, Eisinger is just as happy as a chamber musician and accompanist, also for well-known singers such as Hermann Prey and Kieth Engen . An intensive collaboration has developed with the violinist Franziska Pietsch since 2012, which has led to successful concerts and recordings; most recently the recording of all violin sonatas by Edvard Grieg in July 2015. This CD was nominated for the German Record Critics' Prize 04/2015 and for the International Classical Music Award (ICMA). Now that the ten introductory lectures to operas by Richard Wagner with explanations and musical examples (based on the model of the matinees in Bayreuth) have been completed, Detlev Eisinger's further project is the CD recording of all Beethoven piano sonatas, with each being the first pianist Sonata forwards explanations with sound examples. The first thirteen of these sonatas have already been published in this form.

Discography

Compact discs

  • Beethoven piano sonatas, complete recordings with explanations:
    • Vol. 1: op.2 No. 1, op.31 No. 3, op.26 (funeral march), op.57 (Appassionata)
    • Vol. 2: op.14 no.2, op.2 no.3, op.109, op.27 no.2 (moonlight)
    • Vol. 3: op.10 No. 2, op.78, op.28 (Pastorale), op.13 (Pathétique), op.110
(the series continues)
  • Introductions to operas by Richard Wagner with numerous music examples, spoken and performed by Detlev Eisinger:
    • The Flying Dutchman
    • Tannhauser
    • Lohengrin
    • Tristan and Isolde
    • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
    • Tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung:
      • the Rheingold
      • The Valkyrie
      • Siegfried
      • Götterdämmerung
    • Parsifal
  • JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Volumes I and II (recordings from 1976 to 1980)
  • Goldberg Variations / Schubert Sonata:
    • JS Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
    • F. Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D 958
  • Piano music from Bach to Chopin: WA Mozart: Sonata in A major KV 331; L. v. Beethoven: Sonata in C minor op. 13 (Pathétique); F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Rondo capriccioso op. 14; F. Schubert: Impromptu G flat major op. 90 No. 3 (D 899); F. Chopin: Prelude in D flat major op. 28 No. 15 and Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor op. 31; JS Bach: Choral arrangement Jesus remains my joy BWV 147
  • Paraphrases by Liszt, Wolf and Brassin on subjects by Richard Wagner:
    • Wagner / Liszt, from Tannhäuser : Pilgrims' Choir - Entry of the guests on the Wartburg - Recitative and romance of Wolfram O you my lovely evening star
    • Wagner / Liszt, from The Flying Dutchman : Spinner song - Ballad of Senta
    • Wagner / Liszt, from Lohengrin : Elsa's dream - Elsa's bridal procession to the cathedral
    • Wagner / Liszt, from Tristan and Isolde : Isolde's love death
    • Wagner / Wolf: Paraphrase on The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
    • Wagner / Brassin , from Walküre : Magic Fire
  • Mozart, Chopin, Liszt: WA Mozart: Sonata in D major KV 311, F. Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, F. Liszt: Variations on weeping, lamenting, worries, fears after JS Bach
  • Quiet Classics - Lyrical piano music: Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Schumann, Chopin and others
  • Songs and ballads by Wilhelm Busch (composer: Adolph Kurt Böhm , * 1926) with Florian Prey , baritone and Detlev Eisinger, piano
  • Songs based on texts by various poets (composer: Adolph Kurt Böhm) with Alexandra Petersamer , mezzo-soprano and Detlev Eisinger, piano.
  • Chamber music for violin and piano. Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A major op. 47, “Kreutzer Sonata”; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in B flat major KV 454; Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 with Franziska Pietsch, violin and Detlev Eisinger, piano
  • Edvard Grieg: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Op. 8 in F major, Op. 13 in G major and Op. 45 in C minor) with Franziska Pietsch, violin and Detlev Eisinger, piano
  • Sergei Prokofjew : Complete compositions for violin and piano (Five Melodies, Op. 35 b, Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94 b) with Franziska Pietsch, violin and Detlev Eisinger, piano

LPs

  • JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Volumes I and II
  • Piano works by Scarlatti and Balakirew : Domenico Scarlatti, 7 sonatas; Mili Balakirew, Sonata in B flat minor
  • Piano works by Franz Liszt : Polonaise No. 2 in E major, Love Dream No. 3, two Francis legends, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, The Nightingale (based on Aljabjew ), Concert Etude No. 2 La Leggierezza
  • Piano works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Chopin: L. v. Beethoven, Sonata in C minor op. 13 (Pathétique); F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Variations sérieuses in D minor op. 54; F. Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49

Music cassettes

  • Detlev Eisinger and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra: F. Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor op.21, Krakowiak op.14, Don Juan Variations op.2

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Eisinger, Detlev
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich