Richard Wiedamann
Richard Eugen Ernst Wiedamann (born May 14, 1932 in Regensburg ; † January 6, 2011 ibid) was a German pianist , composer , music school director , cultural mediator and founder of the Jazzweekend festival and the Bavarian Jazz Institute.
biography
Wiedamann was the offspring of a Regensburg tin foundry dynasty (see the Wiedamann tin foundry workshop ); In addition to various studies, he also passed the journeyman's examination in this trade and took care of the family's own business. He sold the production in 1975. He also worked occasionally as a musician; since 1938 he received classical piano lessons. After he worked as a pianist for the first time in 1945 as part of a "Colorful Evening" organized by the Americans, he wrote theater, film and cabaret music (for the Regensburg cabaret Ratisbömbchen, which he co-founded ). From 1957 he performed with his own jazz ensemble; until 1986 he performed numerous compositions and arrangements for small combos, but also works that combined symphony orchestras and big bands. He organized numerous jam sessions in a private jazz cellar .
Between 1960 and 1964 he was jazz consultant for the musical youth of Germany at federal level; During this time he also directed the nationwide advertised courses at Weikersheim Castle . In 1975 the Friends of the Regensburg Music School commissioned him to restructure and manage the facility. In 1980 this became the municipal singing and music school under the direction of Wiedamann. In 1982 he was co-initiator of the Bavarian Jazzweekend in the old town, initially with 15 bands and a budget of 6000 marks. In 1987 he founded the Bavarian Youth Jazz Orchestra, of which he was the organizational director for ten years and which he rehearsed until it moved to Marktoberdorf in Regensburg. Well-known musicians like the trumpeter Dusko Goykovich and currently the drummer Harald Rüschenbaum lead the band artistically. He also set up the Bavarian Jazz Institute, which was founded in 1992 and is located in Wiedamann's house where he was born and lived at the foot of the Steinerne Brücke . Since 1999 he has secured the estate of the impoverished singer Inge Brandenburg .
Awards
- 1974: Culture Prize of the City of Regensburg
- 1990: Albertus Magnus Medal , City of Regensburg
- 1996: Pro Meritis Medal
- 1998: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 2000: Culture Prize of the Upper Palatinate District in the "Popular Music" category
- 2011: Culture Prize of the City of Regensburg 2010
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Wiedamann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Web presence ( Memento from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Obituary at Mittelbayerische.de
- Obituary at BR-online ( Memento from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ For films by Wendl Sorgend like Play Harlekin
- ↑ a b obituary (jazz newspaper)
- ↑ bayerisches-jazzweekend.de: Festival confession
- ↑ The material provided the material for the movie Sing Inge Sing by Marc Boettcher .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiedamann, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiedamann, Richard Eugen Ernst (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2011 |
| Place of death | regensburg |