Hans-Peter Frank

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Hans-Peter Frank (born August 12, 1937 in Dresden ) is a German conductor .

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Hans-Peter Frank was born in Dresden, but grew up in Riesa. He was interested in music from an early age, and at the age of 12 he was already sitting on the organ of the Riesa Trinity Church and playing preludes and fugues by Bach. While he was training at the music school in Dresden from Ms. Brandner-Siegert from the age of 14, he was already performing in public concerts. After graduating from high school, he studied piano in the master class at the Dresden Music Academy with Johannes Schneider-Marfels (1910–1967). During his studies he won an honorary award in 1955 as the youngest participant in the “All-German Schumann Competition”. In 1956, the Schumann commemorative year, he was allowed to play Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 several times with the Dresden Philharmonic under Kurt Masur and under Heinz Bongartz .

After completing his training , the then customary traditional career of Kapellmeister as a solo repetitor began at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin , where Masur was now chief conductor. In the same capacity, but also as assistant to chief conductor Otmar Suitner , he moved to the Dresden State Opera in 1961 . There were also opportunities to conduct there.

Frank received his first position as Kapellmeister at the Nationaltheater Weimar in 1965. The range of tasks ranged from musicals to ballet to challenging contemporary operas. In 1965, for example, he conducted Boris Blacher's “ Prussian Fairy Tale ” in the GDR's first performance in the presence of the composer. Then the move to the Berlin Symphony Orchestra turned out to be a stroke of luck. At the side and with Kurt Sanderling's role model , Frank was able to develop the symphonic repertoire. An extensive concert activity developed in many European countries, Japan, Mexico and the like. a. At the same time, a collaboration began with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, which lasted a total of 24 years, including 10 years as chief conductor. In the 1987 edition of the Swedish musikrevy , entitled "GDR - A Diverse Music Country", Frank goes in an interview a. a. on his efforts to establish a musical exchange. He has performed Lars-Erik Larsson and other Swedish and Nordic composers in Germany.

From 1988 to 1995 Frank was general music director of the Weimar National Theater and the Weimar State Orchestra . With this orchestra he made successful concert tours in Germany, Israel and the USA. Particularly noteworthy are the appearances at the “Kissinger Sommer” festival. His departure there was deeply regretted by the public and the press.

After 1995 he worked as a freelance conductor in Germany and abroad. He is honorary conductor of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and was awarded the North Star Order by the Swedish King .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. Reiche: A young Riesa artist . In: Riesaer Tageblatt, 1951.
  2. ^ SC: "Musical Comedy - Boris Blacher's Prussian Fairy Tale in the German National Theater Weimar". Thuringian Latest News, May 1968.
  3. ↑ Gunnar Sjöqvist: Tre 'måste' för en Berlin conductor . In: musikrevy, Stockholm, No. 1 1987. pp. 15 and 16.
  4. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Thiers: Farewell to Beethoven and Heike Salzburg: Herber loss for the Staatskapelle In: Thüringische Landeszeitung of June 13, 1995.
  5. ^ O. V .: 10th Kissinger Sommer 1995. Double endgame in the Great Hall . In: Saale-Zeitung, July 17, 1995.
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SURNAME Frank, Hans-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden