Hans-Günther Bunz

Hans-Günther Bunz (* 1925 ) is a German pianist and composer .

Life

Hans-Günther Bunz is the son of a teacher and a concert singer. He comes from Heilbronn and attended grammar school there ; he was a classmate of Dankwart Koehler . After graduating from high school, he began studying medicine at the Air Force Medical Academy, but was drafted into military service and eventually ended up in American captivity, from which he returned in 1946. His parents and his parents' house had fallen victim to the air raids on Heilbronn . Bunz, who at that time was already engaged to his future wife Gabriele, changed his professional plans. He studied music and worked, among other things, for the Süddeutscher Rundfunk and as a lecturer at the Stuttgart University of Music . He became known, among other things, through the radio show From Melody to Melody , which was broadcast weekly from 1952 to 1992. Bunz led the Hans Günther Bunz Quartet and sometimes performed under pseudonyms. He created around 900 compositions.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the air raids on Heilbronn, he created the symphonic poem Heilbronner Inferno , which premiered on December 4, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 50 years of EHO. Heilbronn Day 1958 . Responsible: Dr. AE Wachter, Verlag Heilbronner Voice 1958, p. 31.
2. ↑ Dankwart Koehler, In Different Worlds. From POW to PHd , Bridgeway Books 2010, ISBN 978-1934454411 , p. 41.
3. ↑ Judith A. Sägesser, growing together with the keys . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 21, 2015 ( www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de , accessed October 26, 2018).
4. ↑ Caroline Holowiecki, A man like a whole orchestra . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 8, 2017 ( www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de , accessed October 26, 2018.)
5. ↑ The inferno was followed by a life for music - STIMME.de. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .