Simone Eckert

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Simone Eckert (* 1966 ) is a German viol player and ensemble leader.

Life

Simone Eckert studied viola da gamba at the Hamburg University of Music with Ingrid Stampa and then at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis , a. a. with Jordi Savall . After completing her studies in 1990 with a diploma in early music, she founded the Ensemble Hamburger Ratsmusik in 1991 , which has recorded more than thirty CDs, mostly with first recordings of compositions for viola da gamba, pardessus de viole and baryton .

She led seminars for viola da gamba at institutions in Germany and England. She has been a lecturer at the Hamburg Conservatory since 1992 and lives as a freelance musician near Hamburg.

As a soloist and ensemble leader, Simone Eckert gives concerts regularly in Germany, many European countries, the USA and China. In addition to compositions from the Renaissance , Baroque and Pre-Classical periods , her repertoire also includes works of new music . In addition, she publishes works of early music for the publishers Dovehouse Editions, New York, the Merseburger Verlag , Kassel and Edition Walhall. For their CD "Lübeck virtuoso", she received the 2006 ECHO Klassik award, their CD "Thomas Selle - Chorale Concertos & Chorale Variations" received with the series "Musica Sacra Hamburgensis" the Echo Klassik Special Prize 2010.
In 2004 she was awarded the culture prize District Pinneberg , 2016 with the Oskar and Vera Ritter Prize.

Discography

  • Louis Heudelinne : Premier Livre, 1701 (Christophorus, 1996)
  • Charles-Henri de Blainville : Premier Livre de Sonates pour la viole de gambe (Christophorus, 1997)
  • Franz Xaver Hammer : The Last Gambist (Christophorus, 2000)
  • Johann Theile : Cantatas for Schloß Gottorf (Christophorus, 2001)
  • Pierre Hugard : La Toilette, Sonatas for Pardessus de Viole (Thorofon, 2002)
  • Johann Philipp Krieger : Cantatas and Sonatas (Thorofon, 2003)
  • Cantatas for Schloß Gottorf, with Klaus Mertens, bass (NCA, 2004)
  • Johann Melchior Molter : Concerti and Concertini (NCA, 2004)
  • Mon coeur charmé: Songbook by Princess Sophie-Erdmuthe (WDR / Christophorus, 2004)
  • Dresden 1652: Works by Christoph Bernhard and Christian Herwich , with Klaus Mertens, bass (NDR / NCA, 2005)
  • Lübeck virtuosos, (Thorofon, 2005)
  • Johann Schop , Hamburger Ratsmusikus (Thorofon, 2006)
  • Wake up, my mind, with Klaus Mertens, Bass (K&K Verlagsanstalt, 2007)
  • Deth-Life: Musical Thoughts About Life and Death (NCA, 2008)
  • Thomas Selle , Chorale Concertos & Chorale Variations ( cpo , 2008)
  • John Jenkins : Fantasia Suites (Phoenix Editions Austria, 2009)
  • Abel & News (Thorofon, 2010)
  • Felix Austria: Works for Viola da gamba Consort, with Klaus Mertens, Bass (cpo / BR Studio Franken 2010)
  • Musica Sacra: Die Zeit, with Dorothee Mields, soprano (k & k Verlagsanstalt, 2011)
  • William Young , Works for Viola da gamba (cpo / DRadioKultur 2012)
  • JCSchieferdecker, sacred concerts, with Klaus Mertens, bass (Carus / BR Studio Franken 2012)
  • JPKrieger, Musical Peace of Souls, with Dorothee Mields, soprano (Carus / BR Studio Franken 2013)
  • Come again: John Dowland & his Contemporaries, with Jan Kobow , tenor (cpo / NDR, 2013)
  • Johann Steffens, Music and a good wine (cpo 2103)
  • Fortuna scherzosa, with Ina Siedlacek, soprano (audite 2014)
  • CFAbel, Composed to the Soul, with Dorothee Mields, soprano (cpo / DLF 2015)
  • GP Telemann, Trios pour le Dessus de Viole (cpo / NDR 2016)
  • You are a child born today, Luther's Christmas carols (Carus 2016)
  • JPKrieger, Musicalischer Seelen-Frieden, with Klaus Mertens, bass (cpo / BR Studio Franken 2018)
  • GPTelemann, moral cantatas and fantasies for viola da gamba solo, with Benno Schachtner, countertenor (cpo / RadioBremen 2018)
  • J. Theile / C.Flor, Seelen-Music, with Dorothee Mields, soprano (cpo 2019)

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personal data
SURNAME Eckert, Simone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German viol player and ensemble leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1966