Siegfried Stöckigt

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Siegfried Stöckigt (born December 8, 1929 in Lengenfeld ; † July 6, 2012 ) was a German pianist .

Life

Siegfried Stöckigt grew up with a brother three years older in the small town of Lengenfeld ( Amtshauptmannschaft Auerbach ) in the Saxon Vogtland as the son of a businessman. Siegfried Stöckigt began taking piano lessons at the age of nine.

From 1946 to 1959 he studied piano with Hugo Steurer at the University of Music in Leipzig . He passed his exam with distinction. In 1951 he was the only German winner of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. From 1952 to 1985 he taught at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin and in 1968 was appointed professor.

In 1959 he received a medal at the International Music Competition in Geneva . In 1966 he received the GDR Art Prize , in 1974 the badge of honor from the Association of Composers and Musicologists, and in October 1974 the artist was honored with the GDR National Prize .

Guest performances have taken him to several European countries, to South America and Central America and to the Middle East. He got record, radio and television engagements. In addition to the interpretation of classical music, Stöckigt was also active in the field of upscale light music and jazz. Here he also appeared under the name Rainer Carell.

In addition to his pianistic and educational work, Prof. Stöckigt also appeared as a composer (chamber music, concert music).

He was married to the broadcaster Annemarie Forkel-Stöckigt and last lived in Königs Wusterhausen . His son Michael Stöckigt is also a pianist.

literature

  • Ingo Harden : Siegfried Stöckigt . In: Ingo Harden, Gregor Willmes: Pianist profiles: 600 performers: their biography, their style, their recordings . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1616-5 , pp. 704f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Märkische Allgemeine from July 21, 2012
  2. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung of July 12, 2012, p. 9
  3. ↑ Lengenfelder Anzeiger September 2012 (PDF; 4.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Stöckigt, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Lengenfeld (Vogtland)
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 2012