Karl Schicker

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Karl Schicker (born March 25, 1931 in Nuremberg ; † April 1, 2013 ) was a German flautist , conductor and composer .

Life

Karl Schicker received his first violin lessons from his father, the violinist Anton Schicker, as well as piano lessons from church music director Leonhard Stirnweiss. From 1949 Karl Schicker studied at the Nuremberg Conservatory: flute with Hans Schneider, piano with Helen Herrmann and Willi Kühne, conducting with Alfons Dressel, Max Loy and Erich Kloss, and composition with Max Gebhardt. From 1953 he deepened his flute studies with Karl Bobzien (Munich), Kurt Redel ( International Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg ) and André Jaunet (Zurich). He also attended the conducting class of Dimitri Mitropoulos at the Mozarteum Salzburg.

From 1954 Karl Schicker was principal flutist with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , between 1959 and 1976 principal flutist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Nuremberg ( Nuremberg Philharmonic ). Schicker had been a lecturer at the Meistersinger Conservatory in Nuremberg since 1958, and in 1977 he received a professorship for flute and chamber music, which he held until his retirement. In 1977 he was also appointed as a lecturer for woodwinds at the International Summer Academy “Collegium Musicum” at Schloss Pommersfelden . In 1987 he took over the artistic direction and artistic director of the summer academy. Between 1991 and 1999 Karl Schicker was visiting professor at the Japan Clinic Academy Osaka, Japan.

In 1963 Karl Schicker founded the Nuremberg Wind Quintet, in 1968 he was one of the founding members of the ars nova ensemble Nuremberg, which continues to give concerts with works by contemporary composers under the artistic direction of Werner Heider . Schicker was also a member of the ARPA TRIO, founded in 1970 (together with Therese Reichling, harp, and Jürgen Kussmaul , viola) and from 1972 of the Barock-Consort Nürnberg (with Werner Jacob , harpsichord, Dieter Hebecker, violin, and Claus Reichardt, violoncello). With these ensembles and as a soloist, Karl Schicker gave numerous concerts at home and abroad, including in Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Zagreb, Krakow, Prague, Budapest and Barcelona (with the world premiere of the flute concerto "Phases" by Francis Miroglio ). Numerous composers dedicated works for flute to Karl Schicker, which he premiered. He played in numerous radio productions, including for Bayerischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk. As a composer, Karl Schicker mainly writes works for flute.

Honors

Discography

  • JS Bach: Suite no. 2 in si minore, per flauto traverso e orchestra d'archi BWV 1067 (with the string orchestra of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra under Othmar Mága ); Label: Fratelli Fabri Editori (1965)
  • JS Bach: Suite No. 2 for flute and orchestra in B minor BWV 1067 (with the Eurosymphony Orchestra under Armand Alexander); Label: Condor BC 2222 - bellaphon records Frankfurt
  • JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048 (with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra under Othmar Mága); Label: Maestro (1988)
  • Klaus Huber : ... full of figure inside ... (with the Nuremberg Philharmonic under Hans Gierster ); Label: WERGO 60069
  • Adriana Hölszky : props (with the ars nova ensemble); Label: Aulos, Aul 53592
  • Heider - Stahmer - Karkoschka - Hashagen (with the ars nova ensemble nürnberg); Label: Thorofon MTH 253
  • Wilfried Jentzsch : Paysages ; Label: Thorofon CTH 2235
  • Nikolai Badinski: Disegni for flute and ensemble (with the ars nova ensemble nuremberg); Label: Aban

literature

Jens Voskamp: The score of a musical life - from interpreter to artistic director: the flautist Karl Schicker turns 70 , in: Nürnberger Nachrichten , edition of March 21, 2001, p. 24

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personal data
SURNAME Smarter, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flautist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2013