Raymund Havenith
Raymund Havenith (born July 17, 1947 in Aachen , † July 15, 1993 in Usingen ) was a German pianist and university professor .
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Raymund Havenith came from a family of musicians in Aachen and received his first lessons from his father, the church musician and choir director Josef Havenith (1919–1978).
He studied at the Cologne University of Music with Günter Ludwig . During his studies he won the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Prize in 1970 . In the same year he passed his concert exam with Sergei Rachmaninoff's 3rd piano concerto . As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , he continued his studies at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève . In 1970 Raymund Havenith began his concert activities as part of the 15th national selection of "Young Artist Concerts" by the German Music Council .
He made his debut in London in 1975 and in 1977 with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Berliner Festspiele. Further concerts led to European countries as well as to Korea and Taiwan. In addition to his chamber music activities, he made radio and vinyl recordings.
From 1986 until his death in 1993 he led the master class for piano at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts .
Raymund Havenith had been married to the Korean-German pianist Jimin Oh-Havenith since 1980 , with whom he performed as a piano duo. The marriage resulted in a daughter, Martha Nari Havenith (* 1982).
Discography (selection)
- César Franck : Prelude, Chorale and Fugue. Cologne, EMI 1976.
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata for piano No. 22 in F major op.54. Cologne, EMI 1976.
- Modest Mussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition . EMI 1976.
- Peter I. Tschaikowsky : Great Sonata for piano in G major op.37.Cologne , EMI 1978.
- Edvard Grieg : Ballad for Piano in G minor op.24. Cologne, EMI 1978.
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk : Early American Piano Music. Deutschlandfunk 1987, Musicaphon 1987.
- Johann Sebastian Bach : Goldberg Variations . Deutschlandfunk, Cologne 1985, sound star-ton 1987/1991 (CD).
- Ulrich Leyendecker : Concerto for piano and orchestra (1981) Concert recording from December 1, 1984 by the SFB- WDR , Wergo 1988.
- Ulrich Leyendecker: The piano work (with Jimin Oh-Havenith ). NDR , Musikaphon 1990/1999 (CD).
- Edvard Grieg: Piano works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with freely composed accompaniment of a second piano. Piano duo with Jimin Oh-Havenith. Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt 1991, Musicaphon 1991, 2013.
Web links
- Works by and about Raymund Havenith in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- Raymund Havenith, a critical musical talent . FONO FORUM, 8/1978, page 21 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Havenith, Raymund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1993 |
| Place of death | Usingen |