Nanna Koch

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Nanna Koch (* 1963 in Kaiserslautern ) is a German violinist , musicologist and composer .

education

Nanna Koch received her first piano lessons at the Palatinate Conservatory in Kaiserslautern at the age of five, and soon afterwards also violin lessons. While still at school, she began her preparatory studies at the Musikhochschule (MHS) Saarbrücken with Henri Lewkovicz (violin) and Jean Micault (piano). After graduating from high school, she initially chose both instruments as main subjects at the MHS Saarbrücken, but then decided in favor of the violin and continued her studies with Wolfgang Schneiderhan at the Vienna University of Music (diploma with distinction, 1986) and with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York (Advanced Certificate, 1990). As part of a scholarship from the Herbert von Karajan Foundation, she completed an internship with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1987 to 1989 . During this time she played regularly as a temporary assistant under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado , Lorin Maazel , Seiji Ozawa and others. a. In addition to her work with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra in Heilbronn , Nanna Koch completed her studies in musicology and German studies at the University of Heidelberg with a doctorate on quintets by Domenico Dragonetti ( doctor's mother: Silke Leopold).

Life

From 1991 to 1992 Nanna Koch was the third concertmaster of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra . Here she made her debut in 1992 with the Violin Concerto by J. Brahms under the direction of Frans Rasmussen . In 1992 she took over the position of deputy concertmaster of the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra in Heilbronn. Since then she has been traveling around the world with this ensemble, also as a soloist.

As a scholarship holder of the international Rotary Foundation Evanston / Illinois, the Ida & Albert Flersheim Foundation Lucerne and the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes as well as a prizewinner of the international competitions Città di Stresa and Rodolfo Lipizer, she makes guest appearances in Europe and the USA (International Music Festival Lucerne, Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival, Primavera Musicale di Vercelli, Bar Harbor Festival / Maine, Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie, Berlin). Radio productions and recordings at Radio Bremen, WDR, HR, SR, SWR and BR. When performing on her own, Nanna Koch prefers literature for violin solo and for viola solo from JS Bach to the present.

In 2008 she received the sponsorship award of the Förderkreis für Neue Musik Heilbronn e. V. This resulted in a composition commission to Ib Hausmann . The musical fairy tale Der Spielmann based on Selma Lagerlöf by Ib Hausmann and Nanna Koch was premiered on September 11, 2010 in the Deutschhof (Heilbronn) . Grants from the Sparkassenstiftung Heilbronn and the Masonic Lodge Zum Brunnen des Heils have made numerous school performances possible in the Heilbronn region. In June 2015 Nanna Koch became the first chairwoman of the Förderkreis für Neue Musik Heilbronn e. V. elected.

Publications

  • Concert curiosities. The quintets for solo double bass or solo violin and strings by Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846). Source studies, analysis and edition according to Add. Ms. 17726, The British Library, London. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-631-50297-4 ( European university publications , series 36: Musicology. Volume 227)
  • Dragonetti, Domenico: Quintet in B flat major: for solo double bass (solo violin), violin, 2 violas and basso (cello). Score, solo part through. by Vladislav Riabokon. First dr. - Vienna [u. a.]: Doblinger, 2006. - 24 p .; 30 cm. - (Diletto musicale; 1364), ISMN M-012-19328-9.
  • Between hagiographic stylization and the breaking of illusions. Discourses in selected Käthchen operas of the 19th century . In: Günther Emig (Ed.): Heilbronner Kleist-Blätter , 18, 2006, ISBN 3-931060-89-6 , pp. 108-146.
  • Dragonetti, Domenico: Quintet in C major: for solo double bass (solo violin), violin, 2 violas and basso (cello). Score, solo part through. by Vladislav Riabokon. First dr. - Vienna [u. a.]: Doblinger, 2008. - 24 p .; 30 cm. - (Diletto musicale; 1365), ISMN M-012-19329-6.
  • Dragonetti, Domenico: Quintet in G minor: for solo double bass (solo violin), violin, 2 violins and basso (cello). Score, solo part through. by Vladislav Riabokon. First dr. - Vienna [u. a.]: Doblinger, 2010. - 26 p .; 30 cm. - (Diletto musicale; 1366), ISMN 979-0-012-19330-2.
  • Time brought to a standstill. Thoughts on Charlotte Seither's “Shadow and Clarity. Verses for Heinrich von Kleist ” . In: Günther Emig (Ed.): Heilbronner Kleist-Blätter , 24, 2009/10, ISBN 978-3-940494-56-6 , pp. 312–328.
  • "The Marquesa of O". Libretto by Norman Rosten for the opera of the same name by Elie Siegmeister . In: Günther Emig (Ed.): Heilbronner Kleist-Blätter , 26, 2014, ISBN 978-3-940494-67-2 , pp. 118–154.
  • Love Story, Mystery Tale, Women's Lib. Thoughts on a "Marquise" opera by Norman Rosten and Elie Siegmeister . In: Günther Emig (Ed.): Heilbronner Kleist-Blätter , 27, 2015, ISBN 978-3-940494-72-6 , pp. 262–290.
  • "The heroic and the human". Notes on two Kleist plays by Jörg Faerber . In: Günther Emig (Ed.): Heilbronner Kleist-Blätter , 2016, ISBN 978-3-940494-78-8 , pp. 326–353.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EM Haller, 1976-1986 Ten years at 6 o'clock concerts in Kaiserslautern , Bayerische Vereinsbank; Munich 1986 .
  2. ↑ With musical esprit . In: Heilbronn voice . May 8, 2006 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  3. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Köhler: Unusual harmonies . In: Heilbronn voice . January 15, 2007 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  4. ↑ Press release No. 21 ( Memento from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) of the Kleist Archive Sembdner, Heilbronn, from February 6, 2004; Retrieved June 10, 2011
  5. ↑ Theophil Hammer: Out of the background and into the spotlight . In: Heilbronn voice . January 15, 2007 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  6. ^ Theophil Hammer: Sonorous tones, thoughtful texts . In: Heilbronn voice . March 24, 2009 ( from Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  7. ↑ Monika Köhler: Serious artist and sensitive personality . In: Heilbronn voice . June 27, 2008 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  8. ↑ Theophil Hammer: Spiritual penetration instead of superficial bravura . In: Heilbronn voice . April 10, 2007 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  9. ^ Susanne Walter: Virtuoso mouthpiece . In: Heilbronn voice . April 6, 2011 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  10. ↑ tj: Full of respect for the ideas . In: Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung . April 1, 2011 ( ejz.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  11. ^ Leonore Welzin: References and time leaps of the violin . In: Heilbronner Voice , September 3, 2011
  12. ↑ Uwe Grosser: Great art in small groups . In: Heilbronner Voice , July 16, 2012
  13. ↑ Ulrich Enzel: Lively movement under the pyramid . In: Heilbronner Voice , October 7, 2013
  14. ^ Leonore Welzin: Moritat of a life . In: Heilbronner Voice , June 27, 2014
  15. ↑ Angela Körner-Armbruster: Great Saturday evening glory . In: Südkurier , June 30, 2014
  16. ↑ Nanna Koch (...) is always a guarantee for extraordinary musical events in her solo performances . In: Heilbronner Voice , March 21, 2015
  17. ↑ Gerhard Walther: With violinistic elemental force . In: Heilbronner Voice , October 19, 2015
  18. ↑ Walter Falk: A pleasure for the senses . In: Rheinpfalz , October 4, 2017
  19. ↑ Susanne Walter: From someone who always has to play the violin . In: Heilbronn voice . September 14, 2010 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  20. ↑ Gertrud Schubert: Listen, that's how the violin sounds . In: Heilbronn voice . March 1, 2011 ( Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  21. ↑ neue-musik-heilbronn.de Förderkreis für Neue Musik Heilbronn e. V.
personal data
SURNAME Cook, Nanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern