Herbert Spitzenberger

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Herbert Spitzenberger (born June 5, 1927 in Munich ; † October 5, 2019 in Starnberg ) was a German pianist and university professor .

life and work

Herbert Spitzenberger studied piano with Wilhelm Heckmann and counterpoint with Arthur Piechler at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg from 1946 to 1950 after the end of the Second World War . In the following years he studied with the pianists Wolfgang Ruoff and Rosl Schmid in Munich.

His career as a concert pianist began in 1950. That year he made his concert debut in Augsburg, followed by numerous piano recitals. Herbert Spitzenberger performed as a soloist with leading orchestras in Germany and went on several international concert tours. From 1958 to 1964 Herbert Spitzenberger taught the Regensburger Domspatzen . In April 1965 he was offered a two-year visiting professorship for piano at the University of the Arts Tokyo Geidai in Japan. During his stay there, he performed in numerous piano recitals in Kyoto , Osaka , Hiroshima and as a soloist in several concerts with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra . During a visit to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Tokyo, he accompanied the soprano Hilde Güden at a recital. From 1968 to 1995 Herbert Spitzenberger was initially a lecturer and then from 1983 professor for piano at the Munich University of Music . Until 1987 Herbert Spitzenberger performed internationally with the Spitzenberger Trio. Heinrich Klug (cello) and Wolfgang Schröder (clarinet), later Gerd Starke (clarinet), belonged to the Spitzenberg trio, which toured internationally. Herbert Spitzenberger had radio and television recordings from 1954 to 1986 on Bavarian Radio , Radio Bremen and on Japanese television.

He lived with his wife Barbara Spitzenberger in Hohenschäftlarn near Munich until his death in 2019 . The couple has two children, Petra Spitzenberger-Baier and Rainer Spitzenberger (photographer).

style

Karl Schumann of the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote in 1957 about the interpretations of Herbert Spitzenberger : “ A piano musician without a pose. The pianistic ability merges in the purposelessness of a natural musicality. He has the talent to make the piano sing. The Singapore Free Press also described the brilliance of his playing after a piano recital with works by Johannes Brahms , Béla Bartók , Maurice Ravel and Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew on November 28, 1961. The Times wrote in 1962: “ A recital discinctly out of the common. His playing had continual vigor together with a propulsive rhythm ( Frank Martin : eight preludes). Mr. Spitzenberger's mastery of the music, not to mention his enterprise in presenting it, deserves high praise. “Herbert Spitzenberger was very committed to the work of Harald Genzmer and performed his pieces internationally.

Awards

Well-known pupil of Spitzenberger

  • Bernd Redmann , President of the Munich University of Music and Theater
  • Johannes Umbreit, chamber music and piano accompaniment
  • Rudolf Piehlmayer , conductor
  • Mikiko Ogawa, pianist
  • Franz Xaver Lechner, piano
  • Ruth Spitzenberger, organist (not related)
  • Susanne Jutz-Miltschitzky, piano
  • Johannes Dering-Read, director of the music school of the German School Quito

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Herbert Spitzenberger. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Record directory on the website of the music publisher Ries & Erler, Berlin, p. 24 , accessed on January 11, 2015
  3. ^ Homepage of Rainer Spitzenberger , photographer
  4. ↑ Top Berger mentions in The Singapore Free Press , accessed January 11, 2015
  5. ↑ Documentation on the ten years of activity of the cultural group in the Federal Association of German Industry e. V. (Ed.), Cologne, September 1961, p. 190
  6. ↑ Portrait of Johannes Umbreit on the website of Henle-Verlag ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.henle.de
  7. ↑ Homepage Makiko Ogawa
  8. ↑ Portrait of Franz Xaver Lechner on the pages of the Munich Singfonikern ( memento of the original from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.singphoniker.de
  9. ^ Homepage of Ruth Spitzenberger , organist
  10. ↑ Article about Susanne Jutz-Miltschitzky in Wochenspiegel Saarbrücken from August 19, 2014 , accessed on January 11, 2015
  11. ↑ Short biography on the website of the Colegio Alemán de Excelencia en el Extranjero, Quito (Ecuador) , accessed on January 11, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Spitzenberger, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 2019
Place of death Starnberg