Gottfried Ackermann

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Gottfried Ackermann , b. Müller , also Gottfried Ackermann-Müller, (born March 14, 1951 in Dresden ) is a German violinist .

Life

Gottfried Ackermann's father was a chamber virtuoso and was a member of the Staatskapelle Dresden . Gottfried Ackermann completed his training with Max Rostal and Sándor Végh . In 1969 he won first prize at the Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Würzburg .

From 1977 he was professor for violin at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory Feldkirch / Bregenz and was also active as the director of the Feldkirch Baroque Ensemble. Since 1980 Gottfried Ackermann has held several positions as first concertmaster : first at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo , then at the Teatro del Opera di Roma , then in the Swiss Festival Orchestra in Lucerne and since 1987 (with an interruption from 2000 to 2007) with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Constance . In addition, he was temporarily active as solo violist at the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein and in the Swiss Chamber Orchestra.

Gottfried Ackermann has performed as a soloist and chamber musician since 1979 . Together with his wife Lisbeth Ackermann and members of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich , he forms the PRISMA ensemble . In 1991 he performed as a soloist in the Gewandhaus Leipzig . At Easter 1998 he appeared in the Gewandhaus Leipzig as a soloist with the Leipzig Bach Orchestra; he played the solo violin in the Concerto grosso in A minor by Antonio Vivaldi . With the Bach Orchestra of the Gewandhaus Leipzig under Peter Schreier and Christian Funke he made guest appearances a. a. in Japan . He is a member of the Leipzig Bach Soloists. He was a chamber music partner a. a. by Karl Engel and Sándor Végh. He gave concerts at the Casals Festival, Prades. In 2008 he performed as a soloist at the Weinfelder Music Festival in Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau .

He made recordings in Italy, on ORF , DRS and Radio Bremen . Ackermann played at the Gidon Kremer Festival , with Yehudi Menuhin and with Nikolaus Harnoncourt .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b René Kubelik, violin ( memento from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Kubelik's biography (official website of the Johann Strauss Festival Orchestra; accessed on October 20, 2013)
  2. ↑ a b c d Gottfried Ackermann ( Memento from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Curriculum vitae (official website of the Weinfelder Musikfestival 2008)
  3. ↑ a b Gottfried Ackermann short vita in: St. Galler Tagblatt from March 23, 2012; Retrieved October 20, 2013
  4. ↑ Great works for Easter ( memento from October 20, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from April 2, 1998; Retrieved October 20, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Ackermann, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Gottfried (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden