Mirko Dorner

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Mirko Dorner (born March 7, 1921 in Budapest ; † May 2, 2004 in Essen ) was a German instrument maker , composer and cellist .

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Mirko Dorner was born in Budapest , but grew up in Belgrade . He received his first music lessons (violoncello) in Belgrade in 1927. In 1934 he met Enrico Mainardi for the first time. At the age of twelve he dedicated his first cello suite to his teacher, the cellist and composer Enrico Mainardi , when he graduated from high school in Belgrade in 1939. He then studied in Rome at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia music academy with Enrico Mainardi, as a cellist, which he graduated with a diploma in 1942.

Most of his early compositions were lost in the course of the war . After the war, Mirko Dorner was initially completely absorbed in his cellist career. He won several international competitions and was constantly traveling. It was only in 1954, after he finally moved to Germany - initially to West Berlin - that he began to compose again. Wilhelm Furtwängler brought Mirko Dorner to the Berlin Philharmonic as solo cellist . In 1956 his son Djuro was born. By this time he had already accepted a professorship at the Berlin University of Music (West). In 1964 he took part in exhibitions of his own mobiles in Münster , Delmenhorst and Oldenburg . In 1965 he accepted a professorship at the Folkwang University in Essen .

In 1970 he created his first sculptures in wood. His breakthrough, however, came with the patented invention and construction of the “Practicello” (1975–1978), a travel cellar that, when assembled, is the size of a viola case.

Dorner earned his living as a set painter and fitter in the Roman film studio " Cinecittà ". After his retirement in 1991 until his death in 2004, Mirko Dorner worked as a composer and artist . In 1995 he took part in an exhibition in Geymüller's gallery in Essen .

Exhibitions

  • 1944 first exhibition in the gallery “La Campana”, Rome
  • 1945 professor at the music academy in Belgrade

Awards

  • 1946 first prize in the competition in Prague
  • 1949 winner of the competition in Geneva
  • 1952 first prize in the competition in Vercelli

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Register information from the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) , patent on a dismountable string instrument

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SURNAME Dorner, Mirko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German instrument maker , composer and cellist
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2004
Place of death eat