Hans Georg Koch (musician)

Hans Georg Koch (born January 12, 1941 in Krefeld , † September 9, 2005 in Athens , Greece ) was a German musician and composer .

Life

Hans Georg Koch, better known as Hansgeorg Koch, was born in Krefeld, Germany in 1941. In his youth he played with Herbert von Karajan, among others . He studied music and philosophy in Cologne and Salzburg and worked as a composer, arranger and author. On February 2, 1962, he took part in the Bonn stage for sensual perception - KONZIL with his works “Five Little Pieces About BACH”, “Second Piano Sonata” and “Contractions”.

Stations of his work were among others the Schauspiel Frankfurt, the Württemberg State Theater Stuttgart , the Schauspielhaus Bochum . In collaboration with Uwe Jens Jensen as a director and author, he wrote the music for numerous theater pieces, including: Our Republic - A German Singspiel , From today your name is Sara , John Lennon and Elvis and John .

Since 1978 Koch has been responsible for the music of numerous theater productions at the renowned Vienna Burgtheater . He worked with directors Adolf Dresen , Hans Neuenfels , Claus Peymann , Thomas Langhoff , Horst Zankl , Paulus Manker , Peter Palitzsch and George Tabori , among others .

Koch also presented a series of successful recitals with actors from the castle, such as “In the Name of Love” with poems by Peter Turrini , “Elvis and John” or “When I see your eyes”.

In 2004, a radio play by Koch ran on WDR : “Mischpoche or Who is actually Schapiro?” - Koch's estate includes a large number of literary works, in addition to plays and other pieces mainly narrative prose, but also translations of poems by Sappho and Anna Achmatova .

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Georg Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
Hans Georg Koch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Burgtheater composer Hans Georg Koch dies, report in musicaustria.at

Individual evidence

↑ Gerd Hergen Lübben , Stage for Sensual Perception - KONZIL (Bonn, 1961–1963) / INFORMATION · MATERIALS: Programs · Plakate · Register , Bonn 1961/2012; S. 11 f., 20. (Accessed January 9, 2016.)

personal data
SURNAME	Koch, Hans Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 2005
Place of death	Athens , Greece

[1] Gerd Hergen Lübben , Stage for Sensual Perception - KONZIL (Bonn, 1961–1963) / INFORMATION · MATERIALS: Programs · Plakate · Register , Bonn 1961/2012; S. 11 f., 20. (Accessed January 9, 2016.)