Hartmut Behrsing

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Hartmut Behrsing (born August 8, 1941 in Posen ) is a German trombonist and pianist in the field of classical music and jazz, who has also emerged as a film composer. He is considered one of the pioneers of old-time jazz in the GDR .

Life

Behrsing had piano lessons from the age of six. During his training at the music school he attended several concerts in West Berlin , where a performance by Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband in particular motivated him to deal more intensively with jazz. From 1959 he played in the Havel Band Potsdam and the Berolina Jazz Band , with which he had his first public appearances; then he co-founded the Dixieland-All-Stars Berlin . From 1961 he first studied trombone and piano at the “Hanns Eisler” University of Music in Berlin ( state examination 1964); In 1974 he passed another state examination as a conductor (state examination 1974). From 1962 to 2006 he was solo trombonist in the orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin . He also continued to play jazz, initially with the Jazz Optimists (until 1964). From 1967 to 1971 he was allowed to work in the Traditional Jazz Quartet , then in the Tower Jazz Band , before founding the Jazz-Collegium Berlin in 1972 , which he also directed from 1976. From 1982 he played again with the (newly formed) Dixieland All-Stars Berlin , with whom he appeared in the USA and at numerous major festivals in Europe. In 1999 he founded his ensemble Jazz im Frack , which took up the idea of ​​the series of the same name, which he has directed at the Komische Oper since 1986. In their programs he successfully combined jazz with classical music. He performed Scott Joplin's ragtime opera Treemonisha , but also works by Carla Bley , Hannes Zerbe and himself.

Behrsing composed chamber music and symphonic pieces, but also film music for numerous television films, including the title music (which takes up the original, third stream elements) for the series Polizeiruf 110 , as well as the soundtrack for several episodes of the series, but also music for fairy tale records and ballet and stage music.

From 1966 to 1978 Behrsing had a teaching position at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music as a trombone lecturer at the newly founded department for dance and popular music, where he taught musicians like Johannes Bauer . In 1970 he was awarded the title of “ chamber musician ” and in 1975 the title of “ chamber virtuoso ”.

Discographic notes

  • Jazz in tails Vol. 1 From ragtime to swing
  • Ruth Hohmann and Jazz-Collegium Berlin Ruth seventy5

Film music (selection)

literature

  • Hartmut Behrsing: As a musician between opera, swing and Dixieland - “jazz in tails” . In: Rainer Bratfisch: Free tones: The jazz scene in the GDR . Berlin 2005, pp. 117–124

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Behrsing: As a musician between opera, swing and Dixieland - "Jazz in tails" . P. 119
personal data
SURNAME Behrsing, Hartmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trombonist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses