Günter Gollasch

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Günter Gollasch (born March 8, 1923 in Burg , Cottbus district ; † March 10, 2011 in Rüdersdorf near Berlin ) was a German clarinetist and band leader .

Life

After elementary school , Günter Gollasch attended the orchestra school in Cottbus from 1938 to 1942 . This was followed by clarinet studies at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin . From 1953 he was the set leader of the saxophone group in the “Great Dance and Entertainment Orchestra ” founded in 1950 by the Berliner Rundfunk . In 1954 the "Kapelle Günter Gollasch" emerged, which recorded recordings for the Berlin radio and Amiga and appeared live in the test program of the German TV radio . On February 1, 1956, the "Tanzorchester des Berliner Rundfunks" was created, which from 1971 was called "Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Berlin". Until 1981 he was its chief conductor. Gollasch brought together outstanding musicians in his big band , among them Joachim Graswurm and Antonin Stepanek (both trumpet ), Friedhelm Schönfeld ( saxophone ), Hubert Katzenbeier and Fredy Lehmann (both trombone ) and Klaus Koch ( double bass and bass guitar ). The second conductor was the arranger and composer Günther Kretschmer . Gollasch's successor as chief conductor was Martin Hoffmann in 1981. Since 1956 Günter Gollasch was also active as a solo clarinetist. One of his most successful titles was Yvette , a composition by Klaus Hugo . On June 7th, 2008 Gollasch gave a sold out concert with the big band Meerane for the trumpeter Horst Fischer interest group in Chemnitz-Adelsberg .

Günter Gollasch died of colon cancer in the hospital in Rüdersdorf near Berlin .

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Günter Gollasch made thousands of recordings for radio, record, television and DEFA with his Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Berlin, which was called "Orchester Günter Gollasch" during Amiga recordings, as well as with various other formations under his direction . There were also numerous live concerts in the GDR and abroad. At national and international festivals , the band accompanied the soloists. As a clarinetist Gollasch had an excellent reputation, especially because of his "velvety" vibrato . As a band leader, he is placed in a row with Paul Kuhn , Hugo Strasser and Max Greger , with whom he celebrated great successes in 2003 and 2004 in the series "Swing Legends" at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin .

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SURNAME Gollasch, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clarinetist and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle (Spreewald)
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2011
Place of death Rüdersdorf near Berlin