Günter Ludwig (pianist)

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Günter Ludwig (* 1931 in Großkrotzenburg ) is a German pianist .

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Günter Ludwig attended the Musisches Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main. He then studied piano with August Leopolder and Marguerite Long and conducting with Kurt Thomas . He achieved his first successes by participating in international competitions, for example he won third prizes at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in 1954 and 1955 . On his tours through Europe, America and Asia he played in orchestral concerts with conductors such as István Kertész , Sir Georg Solti , Horst Stein and Günter Wand and in chamber music formations with performers such as Arthur Grumiaux , Nathan Milstein , János Starker , Henryk Szeryng and the Amadeus Quartet .

Günter Ludwig was professor of piano at the Cologne University of Music and visiting professor at Indiana University Bloomington . His master students include Ulrich Windfuhr , Udo Schneberger , Alfredo Perl , Sung-Hee Kim-Wüst , Friedrich Höricke , Raymund Havenith , Ulrich Leyendecker , Gereon Krahforst , Andreas Rothkopf , Florian Wiek , Johannes Cernota and Franz-Josef Birk .

Ludwig is a freelancer at Schott-Verlag and the Wiener Urtext Edition as well as a member of several juries at international competitions such as the Eisenacher Wartburg piano competition.

Günter Ludwig is married to a Korean singer and has two sons. He performs with his wife as a song accompanist and with his sons as the "Trio Ludwig".

Cologne piano trio

Together with Walter Schreiber (violin) and Joanna Sachryn (cello), Günter Ludwig has formed the “Cologne Piano Trio” since the late 1980s, which was founded in 1983 by Walter Schreiber. The ensemble has made guest appearances in several European countries, in Brazil, Japan and Korea and played at international music festivals such as the Flanders Festival , the Carinthian Summer and the Berliner Festwochen . Contemporary composers such as Dieter Salbert and Violeta Dinescu have dedicated works to the Cologne piano trio, and since 2003 there has been a collaboration with the Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Meyer .

Discography

Günter Ludwig played piano music by Beethoven , Mozart , Brahms , Busoni , Schubert and Schumann , among others . These include all the piano trios by Mozart and Beethoven and the duo sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Busoni. He recorded violin sonatas by Max Reger and Robert Schumann with the violinist Alois Kottmann . Together with the former first violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, Norbert Brainin , he recorded all of Beethoven's violin sonatas.

  • Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25. With the Slovenian String Trio. Colosseum, Nuremberg 1985.
  • Max Reger: Sonata in D major op. 3 for violin and piano. With Alois Kottmann, violin. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1986.
  • Robert Schumann: Sonata in A minor op. 105. With Alois Kottmann, violin. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1988.
  • Robert Schumann: Sonata in D minor op. 121. With Alois Kottmann, violin. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1988.
  • Franz Schubert: Sonata in C major. D 840. Editor Gunter Elsholz. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1993.
  • Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 100. With Alois Kottmann, violin. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1993.
  • Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana op.16. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1997.
  • Johannes Brahms: The sonatas for violin and piano. With Alois Kottmann, violin. Cappella, Wiesbaden 1998.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas. 3 CDs. With Norbert Brainin, violin. Preiser, Vienna 2007.
  • Robert Schumann: Sonata in D minor op. 121 ; Sonata in A minor op. 105 ; Clara Schumann: Drei Romananzen op. 22. Performers: Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann . Melisma 7101, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major op. 78 ; Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 100 ; Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108. Performed by: Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann. Melisma 7102, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • César Franck : Sonata in A major ; Max Reger: Sonata No. 2 in D major op. 3. Performers: Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann. Melisma 7018, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Quartet No. 1 in E flat major WoO 36 ; Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major WoO 36 ; Piano Quartet No. 3 in C major WoO 36. Performers: Mannheim Piano Quartet. ZYX Classic, Merenberg.

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SURNAME Ludwig, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Großkrotzenburg