Dieter Kühr

Dieter Kühr (born November 14, 1941 ) is a German clarinetist and teacher .

Life

Kühr studied clarinet with Ernst Flackus in Würzburg and with Heinrich Geuser in Berlin. In 1965 he won the 2nd prize in the competition of the German music academies in Cologne.

As a clarinetist and teacher, Kühr was not only active at German conservatories, but also in Switzerland at the Im Thurn'sche Stiftung Schaffhausen and at the Universidad Musical del Tolima de Colombia . His general tendency towards open movements in life also included a pedagogical degree. As part of clarinet education in Germany, he worked with Jost Michaels and Joachim Vetter to develop a contemporary curriculum for the Association of German Music Schools , including a new version of the list of literature for young people who make music . For the latter, he was also involved as a juror at the federal and state levels. For the publishers Bärenreiter, Kassel and Schott, Mainz, Kühr worked as a consultant for school works. At Bärenreiter, Dieter Kühr is the editor of a performance book for clarinet with variable scoring. At Amadeus-Verlag , Winterthur, he published an arrangement of the 13 pieces B / A clarinet and viola by Franz Krommer for 3 identical clarinets.

Cross-border projects

In addition to his freelance work as an orchestral soloist and in chamber music (e.g. Trio Kühr) with his twin brother Klaus Kühr (cellist of the WDR Symphony Orchestra), his artistic curiosity also led him to collaborate with improvisers from the contemporary jazz scene. B. Lajos Dudas and Eckard Koltermann . For Kühr and Theo Jörgensmann , the composer Peter Hoch wrote the Duo Traumtänzer for classically and jazz-like clarinet, which alternates between binding musical texts and free processes. (Production SWF 1984)

Among the interpretations and improvised actions with Dieter Kühr recorded on sound carriers and image-sound recordings, the experimental clarinet quartet Cl-4 , which emerged from the German Clarinet Duo , occupies a special place - in addition to the recordings with the Trio Kühr . This group has released 2 recordings: Old and New Ways and Strange is Prophet's Song , which have been released by Konnex Records . The long-term partnership with the painter Maria Oppenheim , in which the idea of ​​a free process fabric without agreements in the sense of John Cage 's idea of ​​the " unannounced agreement " , is also part of the interest in artistic paths across borders .

credentials

• The clarinet musical instruments and their history NDR television (1985)
• Adult Education in Music Education The Essence of Practice (VdM) (1998)

Web links

• Works by and about Dieter Kühr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Streiflichter on the development of the clarinet 1900-1939 by Dieter Kühr