Klaus Arp

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Klaus Michael Arp (born April 2, 1950 in Soltau ; † January 4, 2016 in Ludwigshafen ) was a German conductor and composer .

Career

Arp, who grew up in a pastor's family in Ratzeburg, Plön and then in the Hamburg area, studied piano, composition and conducting at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater from 1968 . During his student years he also directed a jazz combo and an ensemble for minimal music .

From 1975 to 1981 he was assistant and solo pianist for ballet performances at the Hamburg State Opera , where he also gained first experience as a conductor. From 1981 he was first Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater Koblenz and the Rheinische Philharmonie . From 1987 to 1995 he was chief conductor of the Kaiserslautern radio orchestra of the Südwestfunk . As a guest conductor he was international a. a. active in Italy, France and Taiwan and since 1990 regular guest of the radio symphony orchestra of HRT Zagreb. Since 1995 he has directed opera performances for the Opera Company of Philadelphia , and he has also regularly conducted New Year's concerts in the USA and Canada.

From 1992 to 2011 Arp was artistic director of the Villa Musica Foundation , since 1993 professor of orchestral conducting and director of the university orchestra at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts . From 2002 to 2016 he directed the Beethoven Choir Ludwigshafen. In 1988 his opera Odysseus auf Ogygia , a commissioned work for the 200th anniversary of the Koblenz City Theater, premiered. In 2000 he conducted the world premiere of his Concertino for violin and orchestra in Yekaterinburg with Michail Zinman as soloist; In 2002 his Quintessenz for oboe / cor anglais, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, viola and double bass was premiered in Moscow. His chamber opera Friendly Fire , a work commissioned by the Neukölln Opera in Berlin, which premiered in 2004, attracted a lot of attention .

Arp was married to the costume and set designer Ingeborg Bernerth .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SWR mourns Klaus Arp Former chief conductor of the SWF radio orchestra has died . Press release from Südwestrundfunk , January 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ There is a story behind every sketch. Article from November 14, 2015 in Mannheimer Morgen , accessed on February 21, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Arp, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arp, Klaus Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Soltau
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 2016
Place of death Ludwigshafen