Gerhard Folkerts

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Gerhard Folkerts (born October 23, 1944 in Meiningen ) is a German concert pianist and composer .

Gerhard Folkerts grew up in Emden , studied at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater and lived in Uetersen in the 1980s , where he also worked as an artist. A few years later he moved to Wedel near Hamburg , where he lives and works today. He studied piano with Eckart Besch, Erich Böhlke, Conrad Hansen and Tatjana Nikolajewa. In his piano recitals he has specialized in symphonic works by the composer Mikis Theodorakis . He also organizes literary song evenings with singers / actresses , for example with Gina Pietsch and Yalda Rebling, both in Berlin. Gerhard Folkerts composes piano and chamber music works as well as song cycles and music for numerous literary programs.

Works

The following CDs have been released by him:

  • 2001 "Gerhard Folkerts plays piano works by Mikis Theodorakis"
  • 2002 "Pietsch sings Folkerts - songs based on Brecht, Goethe, Heine, ..."
  • 2014 "Mikis Theodorakis - A Life for Freedom"

Awards

From 1978 to 1991 Gerhard Folkerts appeared in the music duo Folkerts , which as a duo received the artist grant of the state of Lower Saxony in 1983 and the culture prize of the Pinneberg district , Schleswig-Holstein in 1984 . On March 6, 2010 he was admitted to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in Salzburg / Austria .

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  1. ↑ Concerts with Mikis Theodorakis ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.mikis-theodorakis.net
  2. ↑ Culture Prize District Pinneberg
  3. ^ Jörg Frenzel: Folkerts accepted into the European Academy of the Arts . In: Hamburger Abendblatt - Pinneberger Zeitung p. 1

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SURNAME Folkerts, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German concert pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen