Otto Joachim (composer)

Otto Joachim , CQ (born October 13, 1910 in Düsseldorf ; † July 30, 2010 in Montreal ) was a Canadian composer and violist of German origin.

Life

Joachim studied at the University of Düsseldorf until 1928 and then in Cologne until 1931 . In 1934 he fled from the National Socialists first to Singapore , then to Shanghai . In 1949 he settled in Montreal . From 1956 he was a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for twenty years and taught at the same time, first at McGill University , then at the Montreal Conservatory . In 1958 he was the founder and until 1969 also the director of the Montreal Consort of Ancient Instruments ; In addition, Joachim founded the Montreal String Quartet in 1955 and his own studio for electronic music in 1956 - the first private studio of its kind in Canada. His compositions include Illumination II , Tribute to St. Romanus and Contrasts .

The permanent exhibition of the Musée canadien des civilizations in Hull includes two paintings by his hand, Triptych and Dodecaphonism , as well as several replicas of Renaissance instruments that he owned.

Discography

• Electroacoustic moments
• Presence II

Movies

• 2001: Reluctant world trip - the composer Otto Joachim . A film by Gabriele Faust, WDR.

Web links

• Otto Joachim (composer) in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians from the Nazi Era (LexM)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arthur Kaptainis: Composer revitalized music in Canada . In: The Gazette , August 1, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
2. ↑ Today: Musée canadien de l'histoire.
3. ↑ Otto Joachim ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2008 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. . Canadian Music Center website. Retrieved August 2, 2010.