Gerhard Wöllstein

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Gerhard Wöllstein (* 1963 in Kirn ) is a German pianist , lecturer and choir director .

Life

Wöllstein studied piano with Gerhard Nieß at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz . He completed his training with Vitaly Margulis in Freiburg and with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hanover .

Wöllstein gives piano evenings, concerts with orchestras (e.g. Rhineland-Palatinate State Philharmonic , Thuringia State Symphony Orchestra , Mainz Chamber Orchestra ) and chamber music evenings.

Collaboration with well-known vocal soloists such as B. Eva Lind , Peter Edelmann and Volker Bengl . Together with his wife Yuki Nagatsuka he plays in the piano duo.

Since 1987 he has been teaching piano at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz . In addition to his work as a pianist, Wöllstein has been leading various choirs since he was 20, with a focus on the male choir genre.

Gerhard Wöllstein is known for television, radio and CD recordings and has received various prizes and awards: - Promotion Prize of the City of Kaiserslautern 1988 - Promotion Prize of the Kulturfonds Mainzer Wirtschaft eV 1990 - 1st Prize Internat. Piano competition Kirchberg 1992 - Culture Prize of the City of Bad Sobernheim 1997

CDs

  • Gerhard Wöllstein: Romantic piano music (Melisma)
  • Piano duo Nagatsuka / Wöllstein: four-hand piano music from Mozart to Poulenc (Pamafon)
  • Piano duo Nagatsuka / Wöllstein: Works for two pianos by Brahms, Bruch, Ravel a. a. (Pamaphone)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.pck-mainz.de , accessed on December 2, 2009
  2. ^ Choir director Gerhard Wöllstein. MGV 1880 Monzingen , accessed on January 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung of December 8, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Wöllstein, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirn