Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr

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Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr (born January 21, 1929 in Göttingen ; † June 14, 2017 ) was a German pianist , university professor and university rector.

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Schnurr received his first piano lessons at the age of seven. He passed the Abitur at the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium Gütersloh . He studied with Hans Richter-Haaser at the Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold and graduated in 1953 with the concert exam with distinction. He also took master classes with Alfred Cortot in Lausanne and with Wilhelm Kempff in Positano .

Schnurr has given concerts internationally in Europe as well as in America, Africa, the Far East and especially in Japan, where he performed frequently from 1986 to 2000. From 1957 he taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold , from 1965 as a professor for piano. In 1971 he was appointed director of the Music Education Seminar. From 1972 he was first deputy director and from 1982 to 1993 rector of the university. In 1997 he retired for reasons of age, but gave master classes until 2017.

Awards

  • 1959: 1st prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich
  • 1982: Honorary member of JPTA (Japanese Piano Teachers Association)
  • 2010: Honorary Senator of the Senate of the Detmold University of Music

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituaries of Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr. In: lz-trauer.de. Lippische Landes-Zeitung, June 19, 2017, accessed on June 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Genuin Classics: CD catalog / artist information: Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Concert activity. Accessed June 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Thomas Grosse: "The university is part of my life": On the death of Prof. Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr. Accessed June 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schnurr, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2017