Eleonore Schoenfeld

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Eleonore Schoenfeld (born March 6, 1925 in Maribor ; † January 1, 2007 in La Cañada Flintridge ) was a German -American cellist and music teacher at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles . Together with her sister, the violinist Alice Schoenfeld , she performed as a Schoenfeld duo . For almost 50 years she taught as a professor for violoncello at the Thornton School of Music.

life and work

Eleonore Schoenfeld was born in Maribor in 1925 as the youngest daughter of Johanna Schoenfeld, born in the Ukraine . Schendel and the violinist Johannes Schoenfeld from Poland . She spent her childhood in Maribor. In 1931 the family moved to Berlin . Eleonore Schoenfeld was initially interested in classical ballet and took lessons at the Berlin State Opera . She appeared in various opera productions of the house. Since 1936, the musically gifted Eleonore Schoenfeld has been taught by the renowned violin teachers Karl Klingler and Karl Niedermeyer . She regularly spent the summers with her sister at Karl Klingler's country estate, at Krumke Castle , where they were taught with Klingler's daughters. At the age of 14, Eleonore Schoenfeld began studying the cello at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where she completed numerous courses as a master class student with the renowned cellist Adolf Steiner since 1940 .

After the Second World War , she performed with her sister as a Schoenfeld Duo and as a solo cellist in the Berlin Chamber Orchestra. In the course of her career, Eleonore Schönfeld produced over 200 recordings that were produced by the BBC . Together with her sister Alice and with the Dolmetsch-Schoenfeld-Ensemble , she has recorded numerous solo and chamber music pieces for radio and television stations in Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia.

In December 1952, the Schoenfeld family emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles. Eleonore Schoenfeld also gave numerous concerts in America - mostly together with her sister. In addition, she began giving cello lessons in the mid-1950s. In 1959 she and her sister were invited to teach at the Thornton School of Music alongside Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky . At first she taught parallel to her concert tours, later as a professor for violoncello she concentrated almost exclusively on training young musicians. In 1979 she was appointed director of the Gregor Piatigorsky international seminar for cellists in Los Angeles. Eleonore Schoenfeld was chairman of the Thornton School of Music for eight years. She has also taught at the RD Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles and at the Arts Academy in Idyllwild . Eleonore Schoenfeld has been chairwoman or American juror at national and international individual and chamber music competitions several times. a. at the Leonard Rose Competition and the Piatigorsky Prize.

In the 1980s, both Eleonore and Alice Schoenfeld were among the first internationally recognized musicians to visit China after formal diplomatic relations were established between China and the United States. On her recommendation, more than a hundred Chinese students studying abroad received scholarships. For her pedagogical achievements, Eleonore Schoenfeld received the USC Ramo Music Faculty Award in 1990 , the Eva Janzer Memorial Award "Grande Dame du Violoncelle" from the University of Indiana in 1993 and the National Distinguished Service Award from the American String Teachers in 1993 . She was posthumously awarded the 2008 Artist Teacher Award by the American String Teacher's Association.

Eleonore Schoenfeld died on January 1, 2007 in La Cañada Flintridge of a heart attack . She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena .

reception

In memory of Eleonore Schoenfeld, her older sister Alice Schoenfeld donated ten million US dollars to the Thornton School of Music. Three million dollars were used to convert the former University of Southern California film school into a concert hall - the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld Symphonic Hall . The Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld Endowed Scholarship Fund and the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International Music Society Inc. were founded with the remaining seven million dollars . A renowned music competition, the Harbin Schoenfeld International String Competition in the categories of violin, cello and chamber music, is held in China every two years .

Films about Eleonore Schoenfeld

  • Eleonore Schoenfeld: a life of elegance (2007)
  • Born to Teach: Reflections on the Career of Cellist Eleonore Schoenfeld (2008)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Conversation with Eleonore Schoenfeld. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
  2. ^ Lexicon of persecuted musicians during the Nazi era: Karl Klingler. University of Hamburg, accessed on March 5, 2020 .
  3. a b Los Angeles Times: Gift to USC continues a legacy of mentoring. February 28, 2013, Retrieved March 6, 2020 (American English).
  4. a b Remembering Alice Schoenfeld. Retrieved March 6, 2020 (American English).
  5. ^ Artist Teacher Award. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
  6. ^ Obituary of Eleonore Schoenfeld. Accessed March 7, 2020 (English).
  7. ^ In Memoriam: Eleonore Schoenfeld. April 30, 2007, Retrieved March 7, 2020 (American English).
  8. Eleanore Schoenfeld, 81; renowned cellist had taught at USC Thornton School since '59. Retrieved January 6, 2007, March 7, 2020 (American English).
  9. ^ Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .

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