Dietmar Hallmann

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Dietmar Hallmann (born April 5, 1935 in Breslau ) is a German musician and was professor of viola and chamber music at the Leipzig University of Music .

Life

After the Second World War Hallmann moved to Burkhardtsdorf . From 1954 to 1957 he studied music, majoring in violin, with Gerhard Bosse in Leipzig. First he was first violinist in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra . From 1960 to 1996 he was solo violist there. At the same time he was active in the Gewandhaus Quartet from 1958 to 1993 . He was one of the founders of the Bach Orchestra of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

In addition to the classical repertoire, the soloist included the works of contemporary composers and their premieres mostly with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. The spectrum of musical encounters ranges from Wilhelm Backhaus , Elly Ney , Claudio Arrau , Leopold Stokowski , Franz Konwitschny , David Oistrach , Leonid Borissowitsch Kogan , Swjatoslaw Teofilowytsch Richter etc. to personalities of recent times such as Rudolf Buchbinder or Frank Peter Zimmermann .

Since 1960 he has been teaching viola at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . In 1979 he was appointed professor. He retired in 2000. Many of his students now make music in orchestras at home and abroad. He is currently a freelance educator and works with compositions and transcriptions.

Prices

  • 1957 First prize at the violin competition in Vogtland
  • 1962 National Prize of the GDR for art and literature, 3rd class in the collective Gewandhaus-Quartet

Works (selection)

  • 1984: Ballata virtuosità for viola solo (compulsory piece for the International Viola Competition in Markneukirchen)
  • 2002: 5 miniatures for young players for string trio
  • 2003: 6 bagatelles for viola and piano
  • 2003: Fantasy No. 13 in the style of Telemann for viola solo
  • furthermore a series of cadences and rondo entries to the viola concertos by Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Zelter, Brixi, Vaňhal, Mozart KV 216 (for the American edition in C major), Mozart Concerto in D major KV 218 and Gyula Dávid
  • 2003: Transcriptions for viola: Beethoven Op. 30/1 Sonata in A major, C. v. Weber Grande Duo, Brahms Op. 100 Sonata in A major, Dvořák Sonatina Op. 100, César Franck Sonata, Mozart Violin Concerto in D major KV 218
  • 2005: Hoffmeister paraphrases

literature

  • Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-936618-86-0 , p. 265

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dietrich Herfurth: The National Prize of the GDR . Berlin 2006, p. 55.
personal data
SURNAME Hallmann, Dietmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw