Käthe Heinemann

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Käthe Heinemann around 1929

Käthe Heinemann (born November 10, 1891 in Spandau , † April 7, 1975 in Berlin-Spandau ) was a German pianist and music teacher .

Life

Käthe Heinemann was born as the daughter of the composer Wilhelm Heinemann (1862–1952). She grew up in Berlin-Spandau in the "Heinemann House" named after her father at Behnitz 5 next to the Spandau lock . Her father was the founder of the Spandau Conservatory . Wilhelm Heinemann recognized his daughter's talent at an early stage and promoted her musical training by giving her intensive lessons. In particular, their technical ability was noticed. At the age of ten she first appeared in public with her own concert; she was nicknamed "Spandauer Wunderkind" by music critics. The composer and pianist Eugen d'Albert took over her further training personally, along with a few other teachers.

From 1902 to at least 1904 she received lessons from the Liszt pupil Martha Remmert (1853–1941) at the Franz Liszt Academy in Berlin and Gotha . From the age of 14, Käthe Heinemann herself worked as a music teacher and music teacher for piano students. In 1915 she received a teaching assignment for piano at the Hüttner Conservatory (Hüttner University for Music) in Dortmund ; for two years she led the master class , which is normally only taught by professors . In 1925 she became a member of the examination committee of the Berlin University of Music . Hertha Klust was one of her students . a. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau accompanied.

From 1920 to 1933 Heinemann had great success as a concert pianist . She played as a soloist a. a. with the Berlin Philharmonic , the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra , the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and the Vienna Philharmonic . She worked with conductors such as Arthur Nikisch , Erich Kleiber , Carl Schuricht , Alfredo Casella and Karl Ristenpart . At the beginning of 1926 she played the solo part of the world premiere of the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (op. 72) by the composer Paul Graener with the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen under the direction of Hans Weisbach . After the Second World War , she performed as a soloist with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and the RIAS Chamber Orchestra . In January 1948 she played the Appassionata in F minor by Ludwig van Beethoven and the Revolutionary Etude by Frédéric Chopin at the memorial concert on the anniversary of Lenin's death in the House of Culture of the Soviet Union in Berlin ; She also accompanied the actor and singer Ernst Busch on four Russian songs on the piano.

Heinemann gave concerts and taught well into old age. She gave concerts for the population in her home town of Spandau every year, including on January 25, 1935 in Koch's Bismarck Hall. On her 80th birthday she played Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Haydn Orchestra Berlin. Besides music, her passion was swimming . Until she was a senior, she went to the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 swimming pool in the old military swimming facility in Spandau whatever the weather .

Käthe Heinemann died in Spandau in 1975 at the age of 84. She was on the cemetery in the Kisseln buried in Berlin-Spandau. The tomb has since been abandoned.

Heinemann was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. The Käthe-Heinemann-Weg in the Berlin district of Staaken is named after her. The list of proposals, in which the name Käthe Heinemanns was also mentioned, was drawn up by the Working Group of Social Democratic Women .

Recordings

  • Welte, Edwin, Bockisch, Karl. Reproductions by artist and Arranged by composers . Freiburg i.Br .: M.Welte & Söhne, 1925. Roll numbers: 3834, 3835, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839, 3840, 3841, 3842, 3843, 3844, 3845, 3846, 3847, 3848, 3849, 3850, 3851, 3852, 3853
  • Frédéric Chopin, Berceuse, Electrola Gesellschaft mbH, Nowawes and Berlin, cat. EG1465, (8-45522), ca.1929
  • Clemens Schmalstich, Konzertetude op. 81, "Die Quelle", Electrola Gesellschaft mbH, Nowawes and Berlin, cat. EG1465, (8-45523), ca.1929
  • Kurt Stiebitz, Sonata in E flat major, op. 76, for piano, RIAS Berlin , sound recording June 5, 1961, order number 213-802, broadcast on June 12, 1961, archive: Deutschland Radio Kultur No. 42–13802

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Rainer Fliegner: The Behnitz . Short biography of Käthe Heinemann. In: Spandau: history and stories . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 978-3-86680-122-6 , pp. 95/96.
  2. ↑ a b c d A musical child prodigy . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 2, 1996
  3. ^ Lenin memorial service in Berlin . In: Neues Deutschland , January 18, 1948
  4. ↑ a b Kaethe Heinemann biography on the website Historical personalities in Berlin cemeteries ; Retrieved November 21, 2013
  5. ^ Käthe-Heinemann-Weg. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
personal data
SURNAME Heinemann, Kathe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Spandau
DATE OF DEATH April 7th 1975
Place of death Berlin-Spandau