Hubert Giesen
Hubert Giesen (born January 13, 1898 in Kornelimünster ; † February 11, 1980 ) was a German pianist .
life and work
Hubert Giesen came from an old family that had lived in Kornelimünster since the 17th century. He studied music at the Conservatory in Cologne and later at the Stuttgart University of Music. His teachers were Fritz Busch , Lazzaro Uzielli in Cologne and Max von Pauer and Joseph Haas in Stuttgart. (In his autobiography there are 113 pages on Fritz and Adolf Busch in the index.)
After earning his spurs as the accompanist of the violinist Adolf Busch at concerts in Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin and New York in the late 1920s , he traveled with Yehudi Menuhin across Europe and America for two years . Hubert Giesen has accompanied countless concerts by the violinists Fritz Kreisler and Erika Morini and was then partner of Leo Slezak , Julius Patzak , Sigrid Onégin , Erna Berger , Erna Sack and many other soloists of his time. In 1943 he married the opera and concert singer Ellinor Junker -Giesen.
When Ferdinand Leitner became Kapellmeister of the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin in 1943, two of his singers, Karl Schmitt-Walter and Walther Ludwig , came to Giesen in Stuttgart, whom he accompanied on their recitals. They continued the tradition of German song singing and were then replaced by the next generation Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Hermann Prey and Fritz Wunderlich . Also Anneliese Rothenberger was accompanied by him on the piano.
After 1945 he specialized in the accompaniment of recitals, among others with Ernst Haefliger , but above all in cooperation with the tenor Fritz Wunderlich. Giesen was not only a sensitive companion, but also a spiritual and artistic mentor for Wunderlich.
From 1943 to 1969 Giesen was a professor at the Stuttgart Music Academy . Werner Hollweg , Edgar Keenon , Gerolf Scheder and Thomas Pfeiffer were among his students there .
literature
- Hubert Giesen , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 18/1980 of April 21, 1980, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Hubert Giesen: On the Hubert Giesen grand piano. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1972 and 1982, ISBN 978-3-1002-5401-6 .
- Hubert Giesen about Fritz Wunderlich - excerpt from his autobiography
Web links
- Literature by and about Hubert Giesen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giesen, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kornelimünster |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1980 |