Rudolf Fischer (musician)
Rudolf Karl Fischer (born July 13, 1913 in Leipzig ; † July 29, 2003 there ) was a German pianist , music teacher and professor at the Leipzig University of Music .
Life
Fischer joined the KPD in 1945 and became a member of the SED in the course of the forced unification of the SPD and KPD in 1946 . From 1946 he was deputy rector and from 1948 to 1973 rector of the Leipzig University of Music. In 1964 he initiated the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition of the Leipzig Bach Archive and was president of this renowned competition until 1973. From 1972 on he led the first master class for piano in the GDR . In 1973 he received a full professorship . In personnel and appointment policy, he represented the line of the SED. In 1989 he was made an honorary senator of the Leipzig University of Music.
From 1950 to 1952 he was a member of the Saxon state parliament and until July 1951 a member of the state housing committee.
Between 1968 and 1974, Fischer was president of the Geneva “Association Européene de Conservatoires, Academies de Musique et Musik-Hochschulen”, in 1974 he was appointed honorary president. In 1982 he became Vice President of the Johann Sebastian Bach Committee of the GDR.
Fischer has given concerts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Dresden , made numerous records, radio and television recordings and was a member of the jury of many international music competitions. He was also a member of the Robert Schumann Society in Zwickau and the New Bach Society in Leipzig.
Rudolf Fischer was married to the alto Eva Fleischer (1922–2016). The piano professor Johannes Fischer (* 1936) is his son.
See also
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in silver (1958), in gold (1965)
- Gold Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit (1983)
- Art Prize of the GDR (1962)
- City of Leipzig Art Prize (1959)
- Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau (1983).
Web links
- Fischer, Rudolf in the person wiki of the SLUB Dresden
Individual evidence
- ^ Minutes of the session of the Saxon State Parliament on July 5, 1951.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1843–1847) | Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz (1847–1881) | Otto Günther (1881–1897) | Carl Reinecke (1897–1902) | Arthur Nikisch (1902–1907) | Stephan Krehl (1907–1924) | Max von Pauer (1924–1932) | Walther Davisson (1932–1942) | Johann Nepomuk David (1942–1945) | Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945–1948) | Rudolf Fischer (1948–1973) | Gustav Schmahl (1973–1984) | Peter Herrmann (1984–1987) | Werner Felix (1987–1990) | Siegfried Thiele (1990–1997) | Christoph Krummacher (1997–2003) | Konrad Körner (2003–2006) | Robert Ehrlich (2006–2015) | Martin Kürschner (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fischer, Rudolf Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist, music teacher and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 2003 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |