Joachim Gruner

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Joachim Gruner (born August 18, 1933 in Berlin-Neukölln ; † September 23, 2011 in Berlin) was a German composer and drummer .

Life

As a child, Gruner received piano , organ and violin lessons . After graduating from high school, which he passed in West Berlin for political reasons, he worked for two years in a chemical company in East Berlin before he began studying at the West Berlin Music Academy in 1953. He was taught by Hans Lembens in timpani and percussion, by Heinz Friedrich Hartig in harmony , by Boris Blacher in instrumentation and by Ernst Pepping in counterpoint . He also received private lessons from Blacher and Hartig, through which he got to know contemporary music.

After completing his studies, Gruner went to the Staatstheater Schwerin as a drummer and after a season moved to the Erfurt Municipal Theaters . From 1962 until the end of his working life he was employed at the Komische Oper Berlin , where he met the chief conductor Kurt Masur , whom he had met in Schwerin, and saw Walter Felsenstein as artistic director .

With the Komische Oper as a working environment, he received composition commissions, such as the Four symphonic caprices for wind orchestra, with which he attracted Klaus-Peter Bruchmann's attention. This was followed by other works for brass , but also chamber music works for various ensembles and two operas.

His musical legacy is in the German Composers Archive in the European Center for the Arts in Hellerau .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hendrik Reichardt: Between the composing room and the orchestra pit in: M - Music for reading 09/08, pp. 24, 25, 48.
  2. ↑ Biography at edition ex tempore / edition nova vita
  3. ↑ Short biography and catalog raisonné
  4. ↑ Inventory Dt. Composers archive

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personal data
SURNAME Gruner, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Neukölln
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 2011
Place of death Berlin-Neukölln