Rainer Zepperitz

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Paul Rainer Zepperitz (born August 25, 1930 in Bandung , Java , Indonesia ; † December 23, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German double bass player . Together with Friedrich Witt , he led the double bass section of the Berlin Philharmonic as a solo double bass player for several decades . From 1966 to 1978 Zepperitz was a member of the orchestra board.

Life

In his childhood he first learned to play the violin before he learned to play the double bass from Arthur Däwel at the Conservatory in Düsseldorf after his family moved to Germany .

After extensive studies with various double bass players, he became solo bassist of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra in 1947 . In 1949 he took on the same function with the orchestra of the Beethovenhalle Bonn . In 1951 he was accepted as the youngest member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . As the successor to the solo bassist Linus Wilhelm , he took up the post of first solo double bassist from 1957.

In 1958 Rainer Zepperitz was appointed professor at the Berlin University of the Arts .

From 1966 to 1978 and from 1981 to 1984 he was the orchestra director of the Berliner Philharmoniker . He was also a lecturer in the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic . In the course of conflicts with the chief conductor Herbert von Karajan in 1983, it was his area of ​​responsibility to represent the orchestra's point of view.

Grave of Rainer Zepperitz in the St.-Annen-Kirchhof in Berlin-Dahlem

In the 1980s, Zepperitz supported the initiative to build a chamber music hall for the Scharoun Philharmonic in Berlin . The opening ceremony was held in 1987 with a concert by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Karajan and the soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter .

His service with the Berliner Philharmoniker ended in September 1995, where he had played under Sergiu Celibidache , Wilhelm Furtwängler , Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado as well as numerous guest conductors.

He founded several chamber ensembles ( Berlin Philharmonic Octet , Berlin Chamber Ensemble ) with which he worked intensively. The world premiere of Paul Hindemith's octet in 1958 with the composer on viola is remarkable .

After his retirement, Zepperitz continued to work with young bassists all over the world, both on master courses and on orchestral projects. Since 2001 he had retired from university service. He died on December 23, 2009 at the age of 79 in Berlin. His tomb is in the St. Anne's Kirchhof in Berlin-Dahlem .

literature

  • Berliner Philharmoniker: Variations with Orchestra - 125 Years of the Berliner Philharmoniker , Volume 2, Biographies and Concerts, Verlag Henschel, May 2007, ISBN 978-3-89487-568-8

Web links

Commons : Rainer Zepperitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mind. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  2. ^ Philharmonic Rainer Zepperitz dies - Berliner Morgenpost
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 565.
personal data
SURNAME Zepperitz, Rainer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zepperitz, Paul Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German double bass player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Bandung , Java
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 2009
Place of death Berlin