Ralf Gothóni

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Ralf Gothóni

Ralf Georg Nils Gothóni (born May 2, 1946 in Rauma , Finland ) is a Finnish-German pianist, conductor, composer, teacher and essayist living in Berlin .

Life

From the age of 15 Gothóni appeared worldwide as a soloist, conductor and chamber musician . As a conductor he was principal guest conductor of the Turku Philharmonic from 1995 to 2000. From 2000 to 2010 he was chief conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and from 2001 to 2006 he was music director of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in Seattle . From 2004 he was first guest conductor of the German Chamber Academy. From 1986 to 1996 Gothóni worked as a professor at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . Then he moved to the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin , where he worked until 2000. From 1992 to 2007 he also taught at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki . From 2006 to 2012 he was also professor at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid and since 2012 he has also been teaching as a visiting professor for piano chamber music at the Karlsruhe University of Music .

Gothóni was the artistic director of the Schubertiade in Helsinki in 1977, the Savonlinna Opera Festival from 1985 to 1988, the Forbidden City Music Festival in the Forbidden City in Beijing from 1996 to 1998 and the Musical Bridge Egypt-Finland since 2007.

More than a dozen piano concertos, a. a. by Curtis Curtis-Smith, Mikko Heiniö, Einojuhani Rautavaara , Aulis Sallinen , Leif Segerstam and John Tavener , were premiered by him.

He made over 100 recordings for the classic labels BIS Records , classic production osnabrück , Decca Records , Deutsche Grammophon , EMI Group , Ondine u. a.

Works

Compositions

  • Chamber Opera Strange news from another planet. Libretto by Hermann Hesse (in German). 60 min.
  • Chamber opera The dog . Libretto by Thomas Wulff (in Swedish). 57 min.
  • Chamber opera Aurinko hiekassa. Libretto by Viivi Luik (in Finnish). 56 min.
  • Chamber cantata The ox and his shepherd. Zen tale from ancient China. Soprano, baritone, violin, viola, 2 cellos, piano. 60 min.
  • Concerto Grosso The Ox and his Shepherd. Violin, piano, string orchestra. 58 min.
  • Trio Peregrina for viola, clarinet, piano. 24 min
  • Chamber concert Peregrina for viola and chamber orchestra
  • Forbidden Scherzo for string quartet. 8 min.
  • Song cycle Peregrina ( Eduard Mörike ) for baritone, viola, piano. 26 min.
  • Song cycle Morgue ( Gottfried Benn ) for soprano / tenor, piano. 10 min.
  • 4 songs ( Heinrich Heine ) for soprano / tenor, piano. 10 min.
  • Italian songbook. ( Hugo Wolf ) arrangement for two voices and chamber orchestra. 70 min.
  • 5 Finnish folk songs (arrangement) for soprano / mezzo-soprano or tenor / baritone, piano. 10 min.
  • Concert Lebensanschauungen von HH For piano 4 hands. 25 min.

Literary works

  • Luova Hetki ("The Creative Moment") 1998
  • Pyöriikö kuu? ("Is the moon turning?") 2001
  • Flyygelin kanssa ("With the wing") 2004
  • Hämähäkki0 ("The Spider") 2012

Awards

  • Schubert. Medal of the Austrian Ministry of Culture 1977
  • Honorary Award of the Finnish Cultural Foundation 1982
  • Order Pro Finlandia 1990
  • Gilmore Artist Award 1994
  • Awarded by Sofia, Queen of Spain in Madrid in 2012
  • Doctor hc by Academy of Music and Theater, Tallinn, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Gothóni, Ralf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gothóni, Ralf Georg Nils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish pianist, conductor, composer, educator and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Rauma , Finland