Max Rostal
Max Rostal (born July 7, 1905 in Teschen , Austrian Silesia , † August 6, 1991 in Bern ) was a violinist , violist and teacher.
biography
Max Rostal's hometown belonged to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the time of his birth. Rostal, the youngest son of a Jewish merchant family, studied with Carl Flesch . From 1928 to 1933 he taught at the Berlin University of Music . In 1930 Rostal left the Jewish religious community. His contract ended on March 31, 1933 and was not renewed, but he taught until the beginning of May of that year. On March 23, 1934 he emigrated to England and devoted himself to concert activities. He taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1944 to 1957 . From 1957 to 1982 he held a professorship at the Cologne University of Music , and from 1958 he also led master classes at the Bern Conservatory. His most famous students included Johannes Bastiaan , Norbert Brainin , Konstantin Gockel , Elfriede Früh, Edith Peinemann , Igor Ozim , Thomas Zehetmair , John Ronayne , Ulf Hoelscher and Nachum Erlich .
Endeavoring to promote violin teachers internationally, he was a co-founder of the ESTA (European String Teacher Association).
Max Rostal owned a violin by Antonio Stradivari from 1698, which is named "Max Rostal" in his honor.
To promote young musicians, he launched the International Max Rostal Competition for Violin and Viola in 1991 , which takes place every third year in Berlin.
The estate and the music library of Max Rostal have been in the archive and library of the Berlin University of the Arts since 1995 . The result of the cataloging of the estate is an extensive finding aid by archivist Antje Kalcher.
A daughter of Max Rostal is Sibylle Rostal , who was married to the psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck . His older brother Leo Rostal was Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's cello teacher .
Awards
- Sibelius Medal (1965)
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1968)
- City of Bern Prize (1972)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1977)
Discography (selection)
- Violin concertos by Béla Bartók (No. 2), Alban Berg , Bernard Stevens and Dmitri Shostakowitsch (No. 1), recorded in 1962, 1953, 1948 and 1956. Symposium Records, UK
- Franz Schubert : Fantasy in C major D 934 , Robert Schumann : Sonata in A minor op.105, Claude Debussy : Sonate, Igor Stravinsky : Duo Concertant. Symposium Records, UK
- Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonata in E minor BWV 1023, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber : Passacaglia , Giuseppe Tartini : Concerto in G minor, Sonata The Devil's Trill , Ludwig van Beethoven : Violin romances No. 1 and 2 . Symposium Records, UK
- Franz Schubert : Three Sonatas op. 137 / 1-3, Rondo in B minor, D 895, Sonata in A major, D 574. Symposium Records, UK
Works
Books
- Ludwig van Beethoven: The sonatas for violin and piano, thoughts on their interpretation. With an addendum from a pianistic point of view by Günter Ludwig . Piper, Munich 1981.
- Violin playing manual. with the assistance of Berta Volmer. Müller & Schade , Bern 1993.
- Violin - key - experiences, memories. With an autobiographical text by Leo Rostal, Ries & Erler, Berlin 2007.
Editions
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber : Passacaglia for solo violin, London 1951, Bern 1984
- Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonatas and Partitas , Leipzig 1982
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Violin Concertos KV 218 and KV 219, Mainz 1967 and 1961
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio KV 261, Mainz 1964
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo KV 373, Mainz 1975
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonatas, Munich 1978
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Romances No. 1 and 2, Mainz
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto , Mainz 1971
- Franz Schubert : Rondo in A major (D 438), Mainz 1964
- Peter Tschaikowsky : Violin Concerto , Mainz 1973
- Carl Maria von Weber : Rondo Brillant op.62, Berlin 1930/1985
- Carl Flesch : The scale system, Berlin 1987
- Jacob Dont: Etudes and Caprices op.35 , Mainz 1971
- Pierre Rode : 24 Caprices, Mainz 1974
- Henryk Wieniawski : L'École modern op. 10, Bern 1991
Compositions
- Study in fifths , for violin with piano accompaniment, 1955
- Study in fourths , for violin with piano accompaniment, 1957
Web links
- Works by and about Max Rostal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Max Rostal in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)
Remarks
- ↑ in most sources the date of birth is August 7th. According to his autobiography Violin - Keys - Experiences, Memories. July 7th is the correct date.
- ↑ Personal data on Max Rostal at the University of Hamburg
- ↑ Antje Kalcher: "I assume you will be familiar with the reasons leading to termination." On the dismissal of non-Aryan teachers at the Berlin University of Music in 1933 . In: MR-Mitteilungen . tape 70 , 2010, p. 9 .
- ↑ Biography of the University of Hamburg
- ↑ lexm.uni-hamburg.de
- ^ Antje Kalcher: Leo Rostal in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era on lexm.uni-hamburg.de
- ↑ Norman Lebrecht : The great cello survivor turns 90 , article in the blog slippedisc.com from July 15, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rostal, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British violinist, violist and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teschen , Austrian Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1991 |
| Place of death | Bern |