Rudolf Metzmacher
Rudolf Metzmacher (born June 9, 1906 in Schwerin , † January 20, 2004 in Hanover ; full name: Rudolf Hans Helmut Friedrich Carl Metzmacher ) was a German cellist .
Life
Rudolf Metzmacher was born as the son of the senior teacher August Metzmacher and his wife Marie, b. Schultz. He received his first music lessons from his parents and studied with Julius Klengel at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1924 to 1927 and then with Hans Münch-Holland . He received further suggestions from Diran Alexianin and Hugo Becker .
He received his first position at the City Orchestra in Szczecin . In 1930 he became first solo cellist with the Munich Philharmonic , and in 1934 first solo cellist with the Hamburg Philharmonic . He also played regularly in the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra .
Chamber music was his special love. He played the solo suites of Johann Sebastian Bach and Max Reger , gave sonata evenings with piano and was a cellist in the Hanke Quartet in 1938 and in the Stross Quartet from 1940 to 1966 , which gained international fame through recordings and tours in Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1968 he founded the Märkl Quartet with Josef Märkl , to which he belonged until 1980. His straightforward style, always committed to the work, earned him great recognition.
In 1938 he was appointed professor at the newly founded Frankfurt University of Music . After 1951, he taught as a professor at the Hanover University of Music and Drama , which he held until well after his retirement in 1971. He received further teaching assignments at the Lübeck University of Music and at the Braunschweig State Music School .
His son Ingo Metzmacher (* 1957) became a conductor . His estate is in the music department of the Berlin State Library .
Web links
- Sound carrier by Rudolf Metzmacher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Rudolf Metzmacher in the state bibliography MV
- Rudolf Metzmacher in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Rudolf Metzmacher at Brioso Recordings
Individual evidence
- ^ Church register Schwerin, cathedral parish, birth and baptism entry No. 209 / 1905–1906. Baptism date: July 6, 1906.
- ↑ Music: Legacies and Collections , staatsbibliothek-berlin.de, accessed on November 18, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metzmacher, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metzmacher, Rudolf Hans Helmut Friedrich Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cellist , father of the conductor Ingo Metzmacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2004 |
| Place of death | Hanover |