Eric-Paul Stekel

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Eric-Paul Stekel (born Erich-Paul Stekel on June 27, 1898 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died on February 11, 1978 in Grenoble ) was an Austro-French musician, conductor and composer.

Life

Stekel was born in Vienna in 1898 as the son of the psychiatrist Wilhelm Stekel . From 1911 he attended the New Vienna Conservatory in addition to high school . From 1915 he studied musicology in Vienna. He interrupted this and volunteered for military service in 1916. He fought in Russia and Italy, where he was taken prisoner. In 1919 Stekel returned to his homeland and finished his studies. The following year he became a violist and répétiteur at the Vienna State Opera .

From 1922 Stekel worked in Lübeck , at the Deutsches Theater in Prague (1923–1925) and as Kapellmeister at the New Wiener Schauspielhaus ( Volksoper Vienna ) and in 1927/1928 as an assistant to Franz Schalk at the Vienna State Opera , before becoming the first Kapellmeister of the Saarbrücken City Theater in 1928 where he stayed until 1930. In 1930 Stekel married Rose Heinle and established his permanent residence in Saarbrücken. In the following years he was touring Europe again and again.

After the return of the Saar region to the German Reich, Stekel emigrated to France with his family in 1935 due to his status as a “full Jew”, where he had various engagements until 1939 and in 1936 he founded the Amati Quartet. In the years from 1939 to 1942 he was interned because of his German origin; In 1943 he fled. From August 1944 he directed a symphony orchestra in Algiers for two years .

In 1947 Stekel returned to Saarbrücken in the French-controlled Saarland and became rector of the Saarbrücken Conservatory (today: Saar University of Music ), and later also conductor of the Saarbrücken Radio Orchestra . After founding the University of Saarland , he became a lecturer in music history there. After divorcing his first wife in 1946, he remarried in 1948.

In the summer of 1951, the Ministry of Culture resigned Stekel, who had fallen out of favor due to intrigues and growing distrust of the French. Stekel decided to take a position as director of the Grenoble Conservatory and built up the orchestra at the school there. He also worked intensively as a composer and composed operas, oratorios, symphonies and songs.

Honors

  • 1954: Knight of the Legion of Honor

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SURNAME Stekel, Eric-Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stekel, Erich-Paul (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-French musician, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1978
Place of death Grenoble