Manfred Otte

Manfred Otte (* 1941 ; † 1989 ) was a German violinist and conductor . He was concertmaster of the Handel Festival Orchestra in Halle .

Life

Manfred Otte was born during the Second World War . He studied violin at the Halle Conservatory. Then he was 2nd concert master at the Altmark Theater in Stendal. He later moved to Görlitz as first concertmaster . In 1969 he became a member of the Dresden Philharmonic , at the time directed by Kurt Masur . Subsequently, he was first concertmaster of the Handel Festival Orchestra at the Landestheater Halle under the chief conductors Thomas Sanderling , Volker Rohde and Christian Kluttig . As such, he regularly took part in the Handel Festival .

He complemented his musical training with private organ lessons and developed a preference for the pre-classical music . In Halle (Saale), Otte then headed two high-performance ensembles: from 1972 he directed the Collegium instrumentale chamber orchestra , which specialized in baroque music but played modern instruments , with whom he worked in the Eastern Bloc (Bulgaria, Poland, Soviet Union) and in Algeria in the 1970s as well as in non-socialist countries (Argentina, Italy, Mexico, Finland, Tunisia). He deliberately made partly contemporary music playing, he was responsible for the premieres of the Chamber Symphony II by Gerd Domhardt (1976) and the "Nocturne" by Georg Katzer (1979).

In 1974 he founded the Barock Consort Halle , which had to be renamed Hallesches Consort . This performed with historical instruments and formed the basis for the new special ensemble Handel Festival Orchestra .

Award

In 1978 Otte was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district for his services . He was also the bearer of the Order of Labor .

Discography (selection)

• Johann Sebastian Bach : Musical Sacrifice (Eterna 1984)
• A house music with Anna Magdalena Bach (Eterna 1985)
• Heinrich Schütz : Symphonia sacrae II (Eterna 1989)

Web links

• Manfred Otte at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Manfred Otte . In: Freiheit , March 20, 1980, p. 6.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Karin Zauft: Handel and the Handel Festival in Halle. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 978-3-89812-085-2 , p. 54.
3. ^ Konstanze Musketa : Music history of the city of Halle. Guide to the exhibition in the Handel House . Handel House, Halle an der Saale 1998, ISBN 3-910019-13-7 , p. 86.
4. ↑ Susanne Range (Red.): Klangspuren. 100 years of the Halle Opera House orchestra 1897–1997 . Halle / Saale 1997, pp. 46, 67.
5. ^ Gert Richter: Handel as an opportunity and an obligation: Five years of the Handel Festival Orchestra of the Halle Opera House Orchestra . In: Handel House Communications 2/1998, pp. 40f.
6. ↑ Christoph Rink: Chronology of the Handel price . In: Announcements of the Friends and Sponsors of the Handel House in Halle eV 1/2012, pp. 20–25, here: p. 24.
7. ^ Peter Förster: Manfred Otte . In: Freiheit , October 18, 1989, p. 8.