Konstantin Gockel

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Konstantin Gockel (* in Bonn ) is a German violinist , composer and arranger .

Gockel was born in Bonn and studied with Igor Ozim , Max Rostal , Cecil Aronowitz and Rudolf Petzold .

Gockel was best known for his work in the field of new music . As a violin soloist, he made concert tours (partly in cooperation with the Goethe Institute ) to all European countries as well as to the United States , Canada , South Korea and South America . He received the Grand Prix at the Chamber Music Competition in Colmar .

Gockel played over 30 world premieres at festivals for new music and composed numerous works, some of which were produced by WDR . Many works by other composers are dedicated to him. Gockel's own compositions include the cycle The Voice of the Snake , which was released on CD by the LOGOS label in Ghent .

His stage partners included u. a. the actress Christine Uhde , with whom he played a fairy tale program for adults. Together with the puppeteer and reciter Gerd J. Pohl , he designed the stage programs Die Flamme hisses with German ballads , winter fairy tales with Christmas stories and poems and Michael Buthe in honor of the painter and poet who died in 1994 . Also with Pohl he brought out the CD Once Upon a Time ... with fairy tales, fables and parables by the Brothers Grimm .

For several years he has formed a duo with the pianist Liudmila Givoina and together with her they showed the extremely successful concert program Dracula - Music from Transylvania .

Press

The benefit evening in the Christ Church was about the mixed form "language and music". Konstantin Gockel exhausted the instrumental possibilities of the violin without stealing the show from Gerd J. Pohl. (...) It was eerily beautiful to cheerfully contemplative. Sometimes it got under your skin - it was just thrilling performances. (...) The audience was enthusiastic. (Bonner Rundschau of October 28, 1999 on the ballad program with Gockel and Gerd J. Pohl)

Discography (selection)

  • The voice of the snake (LOGOS, Gent 1998)
  • Once upon a time ... (Pohl & Gockel, published by Piccolo Puppenspiele , Bonn 2003)

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personal data
SURNAME Gockel, Constantine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, composer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn