Günter Hörig
Günter Hörig (born May 27, 1927 in Dresden ; † January 17, 2009 there ) was a German jazz pianist , university professor and composer .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1946, Hörig began studying in his hometown in 1947 at the Academy for Music and Theater, the forerunner of today's Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden , which he graduated in 1952. Hörig was one of the most prominent jazz musicians in the GDR ; in 1947 he founded his own sextet. From 1948 to 1950 he belonged to Heinz Kretzschmar and his soloists (until he was banned from working in the GDR). Since 1950 he has been the pianist of the Dresden Dance Symphony, founded by Joe Dixie in 1946 . After Dixie's flight to the West (1950), he took over the formation as leader and conductor in 1953. He was "considered an extremely sensitive modernist who opened the orchestra to many progressive styles beyond popular swing , who was a famous arranger and was the first in Europe to create a modern orchestral version of the successful Gerry Mulligan composition Walkin 'Shoes ."
In 1962 he was one of the co-founders of the discipline “dance and light music” (today “jazz, rock, pop”) at the Dresden University of Music, which made it “the first institution in Germany to complete full training in jazz, rock, and pop Diploma degree was offered. “Hörig remained active as a university lecturer in Dresden from 1962 to 2006; from 1984 as lecturer, from 1992 as professor. Günter "Baby" Sommer and Conny Bauer were among his students at the university .
Hörig died at the age of 81 in January 2009 in Dresden.
Filmography
- 1966: is being full properly nourished?
- 1979: The Dragon's Gray Breath (TV Movie)
Web links
- Günter Baby Sommer : Farewell to a life of decency, dignity and fairness . Saxon newspaper , January 20, 2009
- Literature by and about Günter Hörig in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Sander From the dance hall to the concert hall Liner Notes to: Deutscher Musikrat , Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000 . Big Bands 1950-1970 Sony 2008
- ^ Mathias Bäumel: Dresden's jazz legend Günter Hörig died ; Report on jazz and other on blogspot.de from January 19, 2009
- ↑ Christian Mögel: With “strolling shoes” to jazz in the SchillerGarten (PDF; 2.8 MB); in: Potz Blitz, May 2007 edition, p. 14
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serious, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 2009 |
| Place of death | Dresden |