Günter Kootz
Günter Kootz (born February 7, 1929 in Görlitz ) is a German pianist and university professor .
Live and act
Günter Kootz studied from 1946 with Rudolf Fischer at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig . From 1948 to 1951 he was an aspirant , then he became a lecturer and in 1964 he was appointed professor . Ulrich Urban , Hanns-Martin Schreiber and Frank Peter are among his students .
Günter Kootz has played concerts as a soloist and with well-known orchestras such as the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under conductors such as Hermann Abendroth , Franz Konwitschny , Václav Neumann , Herbert Blomstedt and Kurt Masur . He can be heard in several radio and audio recordings.
His repertoire includes classical and contemporary composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Johannes Brahms , Edvard Grieg , Sergei Prokofjew , Dmitri Shostakovich , Wilhelm Weismann and Rainer Kunad . A special focus of his artistic activity are the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven, of whom he recorded all the piano trios .
On the occasion of Günter Kootz's 85th birthday, the MDR Klassik series organized a Sunday concert .
Awards
- 1948: 1st prize at the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists at the Weimar University of Music
- 1963: Art Prize of the GDR
- 1971: National Prize of the GDR III. Class for art and literature for his artistic achievements as a concert pianist, especially his Beethoven interpretations
Web links
- Works by Günter Kootz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Günter Kootz at Discogs (English)
- Günter Kootz on the Scharwenka Foundation website (PDF; 41 kB, with picture)
- For Günter Kootz's 80th birthday. In: Journal of the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig. 27, 2009, p. 46 (PDF; 14.1 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Beethoven evening in the town hall festival hall with Prof. Kootz. In: Wernigeröder Official Journal. Volume 18, No. 10. Wernigerode 2010, p. 7.
- ^ The Sunday concert: For Günter Kootz's 85th birthday on klassikakzente.de
- ↑ Chronicle of the GDR 1963 on ddr-lexikon.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kootz, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |