Horst Sannemüller

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Horst Sannemüller (born March 25, 1918 in Heiligenstadt / Eichsfeld , † September 12, 2001 in Hanover ) was a German violinist and concert master .

Life

Sannemüller grew up in Stralsund . After graduating from high school, he studied violin with Max Strub at the music academy in Berlin until 1937 . During the Second World War he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and the Wehrmacht. He also studied with Wilhelm Stross (Munich), Jacques Thibaud and Gabriel Bouillon (Paris). He remained in captivity in Belgium until 1946 .

After stays in Hamburg and Leipzig, he became a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1948 and later its concertmaster. He was also a member of the Gewandhaus Quartet and founder of the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra . He also worked as a lecturer at the music academies in Weimar and Leipzig .

His brother is the musicologist Gerd Sannemüller , who often accompanied him on the piano. He was u. a. married to the singer Philine Fischer . His children are also musicians, for example violist Matthias Sannemüller plays in the MDR symphony orchestra .

See also

literature

  • Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-936618-86-0 , p. 246
  • Werner Schwarz: Pomeranian music history. Historical overview and pictures of life . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-412-04382-6 , p. 212.