Heinz Bethmann

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Heinz Bethmann (born April 6, 1936 ) is a German double bass player , conductor , composer , arranger and music publisher .

Life

In his youth, Heinz Bethmann gave concerts on the double bass under Paul Hindemith, among others . He worked at the Hanover State Opera when, at the age of 34, in 1970 he took over the management of the Hanoverian Orchestra Association , which at the time consisted of only 30 members . He moved the rehearsal space from the Künstlerhaus Hannover to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Hannover , shaped and directed the ensemble for more than four decades. He worked with soloists such as Ulf Hoelscher , Gabriele Fontana and Camilla Nylund and varied the content of his concerts from classical to baroque to pop.

Heinz Bethmann gave his farewell concert as the conductor of the Hanover Orchestra Association on November 27, 2010 in the Great Hall of the Funkhaus Hanover .

Compositions (selection)

  • Axel Schoenlein, Heinz Bethmann: ¡Entonación! Ejercicios y obras para contrabajo de la 1/2 a la 7a posición , [Bad Aibling]: CEFES, music publisher CF Schmidt, 2019, ISMN 979-0-50033-660-0
  • Carnival in Venice , theme and 6 variations for double bass and piano, edition by CF Schmidt, 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Das Orchester , 2001, p. 80; Preview over google books
  2. ^ A b c Julia Osterwald: Culture / Hannoversche Orchestervereinigung / Conductor Heinz Bethmann finishes his work , article on the page of the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from October 26, 2010
  3. ↑ o. V .: Bethmann, Heinz as a personal data record in the catalog of the German National Library (DNB) [undated], last accessed on May 11, 2020
  4. ↑ Information in the catalog of the DNB
personal data
SURNAME Bethmann, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, arranger, double bass player and conductor as well as music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1936