Martin Galling

Martin Galling (* 1935 in Halle / Saale ) is a German pianist and chamber musician.

Galling first received cello lessons, from 1945 piano lessons at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz with Louise Wandel. He studied at the University of Mainz with G. Raphael (counterpoint) and G. Kehr (chamber music and musicology). In 1956 he was in Hans Leygraf's master class . This was followed by concerts in Germany and tours through Western Europe, the USA, Israel and Japan. During his career he was involved in recordings of the most important composers of the Classical and Romantic periods. Galling was a soloist on numerous tours of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Karl Münchinger and worked a lot with Helmuth Rilling . From 1970 to 2000 he was professor for chamber music at the Saarland University of Music . In 2003 he founded the piano duo Galling-Olivieri with his partner Karin Olivieri.

Discography (selection)

The Young Beethoven :

• Piano Concerto in E flat major (1784)
• Piano Concerto in D major in one movement (1790)
• Martin Galling, piano
• Berlin Symphony Orchestra
• Dir. Carl August Bünte © 1971 Turnabout TV34367S

Piano works by Richard Wagner (recording 1963):

• Great Sonata in A major
• Sonata in B flat major
• Fantasy in F sharp minor
• Sonata in A flat major
• Zurich Vielliebchen waltz
• Album sheet in C major
• Album sheet in A flat major " Arrival with the black swans "
• Album sheet for Mrs. Betty Schott

Various:

• Johann Sebastian Bach : Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 - 7
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014 - 1019: with Susanne Lautenbacher
• Joseph Haydn : Sonates pour clavier, Nos. 33, 38 & 52
• Georg Benda : Sonatas for piano
• Albert Roussel : Suite in F-Sharp Minor op.14, L'accueil des muses & Prelude and Fugue op.46
• "French Piano Concertos": Massenet , Chaminade , Lalo , Françaix , Boieldieu a . a .; Martin Galling, Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck dir. Robert Wagner
• Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor, Franz Schubert : Sonata in B flat major, D 960

literature

• Stefan Uhrmacher: I will make music all my life. Bach specialist Martin Galling celebrates his 80th birthday on May 1st . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Saarbrücken edition) of April 30, 2015.