Maria Bergmann
Maria Bergmann (born February 15, 1918 in Höchst / Odenwald ; † January 4, 2002, presumably in Baden-Baden ) was a German pianist . In 1946, the year the Südwestfunk was founded , she became its first female radio pianist.
Life
Maria Bergmann first learned to play the piano self-taught . From the age of 12 she received piano lessons. With a scholarship, she studied piano at the Wiesbaden Conservatory .
Her first concert engagement as a pianist followed in 1936. In 1938 she was certified as a piano soloist by the Frankfurt Reichsrundfunkkammer. Then she got her first broadcast engagement. At the request of Heinrich Strobel , head of the music department of Südwestfunk (SWF), which was founded in 1946, she became the SWR's first female pianist on October 1, 1946.
She played live on numerous radio broadcasts and accompanied many well-known soloists on studio recordings. Her versatility, reliability and perfection also made her very popular with conductors, including Karlheinz Stockhausen , Igor Stravinsky , Rafael Kubelík and Pierre Boulez . During her 36 years of professional activity, she recorded over 2000 pieces of music. In 1982 she retired.
On 24 April 1999. Maria Bergmann received in Ludwigsburg Palace , the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg .
On the occasion of her 80th birthday, Maria Bergmann gave a final public concert on February 15, 1998 as part of a festive matinée in the Hans-Rosbaud-Studio of the SWR in Baden-Baden. She died at the age of almost 84 on January 4, 2002 and found her final resting place in Baden-Baden.
Honors
- 1984: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1999: Merit Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg (today Order of Merit)
Literature about Maria Bergmann
- Honey, Ingeborg. A life dedicated to music and funk. Maria Bergmann remembers. 183 pages paperback, with CD ISBN 978-3-932981-14-2
Web links
- http://www.bad-bad.de/gesch/m_bergmann.htm
- www.zeit.de ›DIE ZEIT Archive› Volume: 2003 ›Edition: 51
- Literature by and about Maria Bergmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/fileadmin/redaktion/daten/PDF/141124_Verdienstorden_B-W_Ordenstraeger_1975-2014.pdf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergmann, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Höchst / Odenwald |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2002 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Baden-Baden |