Otto von Königslöw

Portrait of Otto von Königslöws by Barthélemy Menn

Otto Friedrich von Königslöw (born November 14, 1824 in Hamburg , † October 6, 1898 in Bonn ) was a German violinist and concertmaster .

Live and act

Otto von Königslöw was first trained by his father, then by C. Hafner in Hamburg, before studying with Fredrik Pacius in Helsingfors . He then moved to Leipzig , where Moritz Hauptmann and Ferdinand David were his teachers and where he became friends with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Robert and Clara Schumann , Niels Gade , Joseph Joachim , Carl Reinecke and Max Bruch . From 1846 he gave concerts in Scandinavia, Russia, the Netherlands, England, France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. In 1858 he became the first concertmaster and teacher for violin and ensemble playing at the Conservatory for Music in Cologne ; This was caused by his friend Ferdinand Hiller , under whose direction he often appeared as a soloist in the Gürzenich concerts. He has also given concerts as a member of a quartet of teachers at the conservatory. Von Königslöw was one of the founders of the Tonkünstlerverein in 1869 and deputy conductor of the Musical Society from 1872 to 1875. After Franz Weber died, von Königslöw became deputy director of the Cologne Conservatory on January 1, 1877. In 1878 he was appointed professor. In 1881 he gave up teaching violin for health reasons. Three years later he retired into private life and moved to Bonn. There he gave private lessons and took part in musical life, including in 1897 together with Joseph Joachim at the memorial concert for Johannes Brahms .

Otto von Königslöw had a daughter named Marie. Part of his estate was taken over by his granddaughter Dr. Dorothee von Königslöw handed over to the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Königslöw, Otto von , on historischesarchivkoeln.de , accessed on April 13, 2016.