Michael Höltzel

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Michael Höltzel (born April 22, 1936 in Tübingen ; † August 5, 2017 ) was a German horn player and university professor .

Life

Michael Höltzel studied at the Stuttgart University of Music from 1955 to 1958 . His focus was on the horn, viola and conducting. In 1959 he moved to the Mozarteum in Salzburg , where he finished his studies with distinction. After his studies he was accepted as 1st horn player in the Orchestra Palazzo Pitti ( Florence ) and in the Camerata Academica . From 1963 to 1969 he was principal horn with the Bamberg Symphony , after which he moved to Munich , where he was principal horn with the Munich Philharmonic for four years .

In the following years he performed a large part of the horn repertoire as a soloist with numerous well-known orchestras. From 1966 to 1974 Michael Höltzel was director of a horn class at the Mozarteum Salzburg and from 1972 to 1975 he had a teaching position for horn and chamber music at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . During the 1970s he held numerous masterclasses across Europe and was visiting professor at Indiana University / Jacobs School of Music from 1982 to 1983 and 2005 to 2006 .

Höltzel made his debut as a conductor with the Camerata Academica in 1973 . In the same year he was appointed professor for horn and chamber music at the Detmold University of Music . There he was artistic director of the Gran Partita Detmold . In 1999 he took a position as professor for horn at the State University of Music Trossingen and from 2006 to 2016 at the University of Music and Theater Rostock .

Numerous well-known horn players were students of Michael Höltzel, including Radovan Vlatković , Bruno Schneider , Herman Jeurissen and Alessio Allegrini .

Höltzel last lived in Hamburg. He died on August 5, 2017 at the age of 81.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Mourning for Michael Höltzel" on hfm-detmold.de from August 8, 2017
  2. ↑ "Mourning for Michael Höltzel" ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hmt-rostock.de from August 11, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hmt-rostock.de
  3. ↑ Website Jacobs School of Music ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / music.indiana.edu
personal data
SURNAME Höltzel, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German horn player and music professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 2017