Siegfried Palm

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Siegfried Palm (born April 25, 1927 in Barmen , today Wuppertal ; † June 6, 2005 in Frechen ) was a German cellist who was particularly known as an interpreter of contemporary music and who inspired numerous composers to write. He also worked as a lecturer, theater director and music official.

Life

Siegfried Palm learned to play the cello at the age of nine from his father, later he studied with Enrico Mainardi . After his studies, Palm played as a solo cellist in various orchestras, so u. a. in Lübeck , in the NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne . He held his last position until 1968, after which he devoted himself exclusively to teaching and a career as a soloist, which took him to many festivals of contemporary music.

Palm played both world premieres of cello concerts and contemporary chamber music, he was a member of the Hamann Quartet from 1950 to 1962 , played in a duo with Aloys Kontarsky ( piano ) for many years and was a member of the Rostal / Schröter / Palm piano trio . From 1962 he was the leader of a master class for violoncello at the Cologne University of Music and from 1972 to 1976 director of the Cologne University of Music.

In addition to playing the cello, Palm had numerous other engagements and offices, for example he was a lecturer at the international summer courses for new music in Darmstadt, and from 1976 to 1981 general director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin . He also headed the International Society for New Music (IGNM) as President (1982–1988), was President of the Franco-German Cultural Council and led masterclasses and workshops such as those at the Carl Flesch Academy in Baden-Baden and the Banff Center for Continuing Education in Canada and at Dartmouth College in the USA. He was also a juror and jury chairman at international competitions.

Palm encouraged composers to write new works for his instrument and wrote textbooks such as studies on playing new music himself . Palm played a significant role in the fact that the violoncello advanced to become one of the most important (solo) instruments in contemporary music. Siegfried Palm played a cello from 1708, built by Gianbattista Grancino in Milan . Julius Klengel used to play this instrument .

Recordings (selection)

Recordings by Siegfried Palm have been released by various record labels, including a. Deutsche Grammophon , EMI - Electrola, Philips and Teldec .

  • Great interpreters of new music: Siegfried Palm , Wergo.
  • Intercomunicazione , DG.

World premieres

The following composers wrote new pieces for Palm, and many dedicated them to him: Dieter Acker , Sven-Erik Bäck ; Boris Blacher ; Hans Ulrich Engelmann ; Morton Feldman ; Johannes Fritsch ( SUL B ); Cristóbal Halffter ; York Hoeller ; Mauricio Kagel ( match for two cellists and a percussionist); Milko Kelemen ; Rolf Liebermann , György Ligeti (cello concerto); Tilo Medek ; Krzysztof Penderecki (sonata for cello and orchestra); Robert HP Place ; Aribert Reimann ; Wolfgang Rihm ; Giuseppe Sinopoli ; Dimitri Terzakis ; Graham Waterhouse ( Three Pieces for Solo Cello ); Robert Wittinger (* 1945); Iannis Xenakis ( Nomos Alpha ); Isang Yun ; Bernd Alois Zimmermann (concert, Canto di Speranza , solo sonata).

Offices, memberships

  • Honorary President of ESTA (European String Teachers Association)
  • President of the "International Youth Festival Meeting Bayreuth"
  • Honorary President of the GNM ( Society for New Music ; German section in the IGNM )
  • Honorary member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Honorary Citizen of Marsciano / Italy (Provincia Perugia)
  • Honorary professor at the Lübeck University of Music
  • Director of the Cologne University of Music
  • Member of the Academy of Fine Arts Mannheim
  • Member of the teaching team at the Marlboro Festival (USA)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Ensemble Academy
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the SinfoniMA Foundation
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Reger Foundation

Prizes and awards

Fonts

  • Studies on playing new music , Edition Breitkopf 8334, Wiesbaden 1985

Literature on Siegfried Palm

  • Michael Schmidt: Capriccio for Siegfried Palm. A conversation portrait . ConBrio, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-932581-71-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Nonnenmann Thoroughbred Rhinelander and perfectionist new music newspaper
personal data
SURNAME Palm, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cellist
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen , today Wuppertal
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 2005
Place of death Cheeky