Ulf Hoelscher

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Ulf Hoelscher (center) on the occasion of a concert in Bonn 's Beethoven Hall (1987)

Ulf Hoelscher (born January 17, 1942 in Kitzingen ( Lower Franconia )) is a German violin virtuoso and lecturer in music education.

education

Ulf Hoelscher's father was the violinist and music teacher Ferdinand Hoelscher, while the mother Betty was a classically trained singer. His younger brother Uwe Hoelscher became known under the stage name Uwe-Martin Haiberg as the Primarius of the Brahms Quartet in Hamburg and as a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. His sister Gunhild Hoelscher works as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher in Berlin.

Hoelscher received his first violin lessons from his father, who was a music teacher at the Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

Further training during school time was with Bruno Masurat (Heidelberg University of Music). At the age of 16, Hoelscher began studying with Max Rostal at the Cologne University of Music , which he completed with a diploma. Three years of additional studies in the USA with Josef Gingold (Indiana University, Bloomington ) and Ivan Galamian ( Curtis Institute of Music , Philadelphia ) completed the training.

job

Hoelscher has been one of the internationally recognized violin soloists and chamber musicians since the 1970s .

He has given concerts with many large orchestras, including a. with the Berliner Philharmoniker , the BBC Symphony Orchestra London and the Staatskapelle Dresden , and played under well-known conductors , e. B. Marek Janowski , Kurt Masur , Václav Neumann , Esa-Pekka Salonen , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Leonard Slatkin , Horst Stein , Jeffrey Tate , Klaus Tennstedt , Hans Vonk , Bruno Weil , Hiroshi Wakasugi or David Zinman .

In addition to the famous violin works of the Classical and Romantic periods, Hoelscher's repertoire contains numerous compositions that he has brought from oblivion, such as the violin concertos by Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Camille Saint-Saëns , Robert Schumann , Richard Strauss , Othmar Schoeck , Louis Spohr , Ermanno Wolf- Ferrari , Siegfried Wagner and Benjamin Frankel .

He also earned the world premieres of the violin concertos by Ole Schmidt (1972 in Dortmund and Copenhagen ) and Bülent Tarcan (1973 in Istanbul ), by Volker David Kirchner with the Berliner Philharmoniker (1984), by Franz Hummel (1988 in Saint Petersburg ) and the Double Concerto for violin and violoncello by Aribert Reimann with Wolfgang Boettcher (1989 in Hanover , subsequent performances in Toulouse , Zurich , New York and Berlin ). In 1972 he was the soloist of the German premiere of Hans Werner Henze's 2nd Violin Concerto in Berlin.

Hoelscher is also committed to chamber music and was a partner of Mstislaw Rostropowitsch and Galina Pawlowna Vishnevskaya in a recording of Shostakovich's works.

For EMI he recorded the sonatas by Robert Schumann, César Franck , Richard Strauss and Karol Szymanowski with the pianist Michel Béroff , and with Karl Engel the complete works of Franz Schubert for piano and violin (new publication 2003). Benedikt Koehlen was partner in a recording of Paul Hindemith's violin sonatas for cpo. Works for violin and piano by Wolfgang Rihm , which Hoelscher recorded together with pianist Siegfried Mauser , have also been published here.

With Heinrich Schiff and Christian Zacharias , Hoelscher temporarily formed a successful trio - documented in a recording of the Brahms Trio in B major and Beethoven's Triple Concerto.

He also gave concerts in a larger chamber music ensemble with the Ulf Hoelscher Ensemble , which made a name for itself with its first authorized performance and the recording of Max Bruch's octet . With the Camerata Diana , a chamber orchestra that he also founded, he recorded Mozart violin concertos and individual movements for violin and orchestra in a production on SWR television for the Mozart year 2006. From 1981 to 2010 he was professor for violin at the Karlsruhe University of Music . In addition, Hoelscher gave master classes, a. a. as part of the International Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg and the International Summer Academy Cervo .

repertoire

Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Concerto for violin and oboe, BWV 1050
Concert op.14 (1941)
Concert (1938), Rhapsodies No. 1 and 2
Concerto in D major, op.61
Triple Concerto in C major, op.56
Romance in G major, op.40
Romance in F major, op.50
Concert (1935), chamber concert for piano, violin and 13 wind instruments
Concerto in D major, op.77
Double Concerto in A minor, op.102
Concerto in D minor, op.15
Concerto in G minor, op.26
Scottish Fantasy, op.46
Adagio appassionato in F minor, op.57
Concerto in D major, op.35a
Concerto in D minor (1940)
Poeme, op.25
Concerto in A minor, op.53
Violin Concerto (from 2002)
Violin Concerto 1946
Concerto dell 'Albatro for violin, violoncello, piano, orchestra and narrator
Violin Concerto 1987
Concerto in A minor, op.82
Concerto No. 1 in C major
Concerto No. 4 in G major
Concerto funebre
2nd violin concerto (1972 Berlin)
Concert (1939)
"Jericho", concerto for violin, wind instruments and drums (composed in 1987, not yet premiered)
"Archeopterix", violin concerto (first performance 1988, Baden-Baden TV, St. Petersburg live)
Symphony for violin and orchestra (first performance 1990 Erlangen, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra)
Hungarian Concerto in D minor, op.11
“Grand Jeux” for violin and orchestra
Concert (first performance 1984, Berlin)
concert
Concerto in D major, op.35
Concerto in the style of the 1st movement of Paganini's Concerto in D major
Chain II
Concert (1952)
Concerto in E minor, op.64
Concerto in D minor (1822)
Concerto for violin, piano and string orchestra No. 1 in D minor
Adagio in E major, KV 261
Concerto in B flat major, KV 207
Concerto in D major, KV 211
Concerto in G major, KV 216
Concerto in D major, KV 218
Concerto in A major, KV 219
Rondo in B flat major, KV 271a
Rondo in C major, KV 269
Sinfonia concertante, KV 364
Concert op.33
Concerto in D major, op.6
Concerto in B flat minor, op.7
Duo for violin, cello and orchestra, op.43
Concerto in D major, op 19
Concerto in G minor, op.62
Concerto for violin, violoncello and orchestra (first performance 1989 Hanover)
Concerto No. 1 in A major, op.20
Concerto No. 2 in C major, op.58
Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op.61
Morceau de concert, op.62
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.2
Havanaise, op.83
“La Muse et le Poète”, for violin, violoncello and orchestra, op. 132
Romance in D major, op.37
Romance, op.48
Gypsy ways, op.20
Introduction and Tarantella, op.43
Carmen fantasy
Concerto for violin (world premiere 1972 Dortmund)
Concerto in B flat major "quasi una fantasia", op. 21 (1910/12)
Concerto in A minor, op.99
Rondo in A major, D 438
Concerto in D minor
Fantasia concertante (1943/44)
Concerto in D minor, op.47
Humoresques No. 1 and 2, op.47
Suite in the old style, op.10b
Concerto No. 1 in A major, op.1
Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op.2
Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.7
Concerto No. 4 in B minor, op.10
Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op.17
Concerto No. 6 in G minor, op.28
Concerto No. 7 in E minor, op.38
Concerto No. 8 in A minor, op.47
Concerto No. 9 in D minor, op.55
Concerto No. 10 in A major, op.62
Concerto No. 11 in G major, op.70
Concerto No. 12 in A major, op.79
Concerto No. 13 in E major, op.92
Concerto No. 14 in A minor, op.110
Concerto No. 15 in E minor, op.128
Concerto in G major, WoO 9
Concerto in E minor, WoO 10
Concerto in A major, WoO 12
Concertante for two violins No. 1 in A major, op.48
Concertante for two violins No. 2 in B minor, op.88
Concerto in D minor, Op. 8
Concerto in D major (1931)
Concert (first performance 1973 Istanbul)
Concerto in D major, op.35
Serenade mélancolique, op.26
Valse scherzo, op.34
The Lark Ascending
Concerto No. 4 in D minor, op.31
Concerto No. 5 in A minor, op.37
Concerto in A minor, op.22
Four Seasons
Violin concerto
concert
Concert (1924)
Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Polonaise brilliant in D major, op.4
Polonaise brilliant in A major, op.21
Fantasia brilliant (based on motifs from the opera "Margarete" by Charles Gounod), op. 20
Concerto in D major, op.26

Discography

  • EMI CDZ 25 3060 2

Ludwig van Beethoven, violin concerto. Ulf Hoelscher; Hans Vonk, Staatskapelle Dresden:

Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op.61
  • EMI Classics 747427 2

Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto. Christian Zacharias, Ulf Hoelscher, Heinrich Schiff; Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra:

1. Concerto for piano, violin, violoncello and orchestra (“Triple Concerto”), C major, op. 56
2. Romance for violin and orchestra, G major, op.40
3. Romance for violin and orchestra, F major, op.50
  • RCA Classics 74321 29243 2

Schönberg, Webern & Berg, Violin Concerto. Ulf Hoelscher; Liana Isakadze / Hiroshi Wakasugi , Georgian State Chamber Orchestra, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester:

1. Transfigured Night, op.4 (Arnold Schönberg)
2. Passacaglia for Orchestra, op.1 (Anton Webern)
3rd Violin Concerto "In Memory of an Angel" (Alban Berg)
  • EMI Classics 5 73249 2

Brahms & Mendelssohn, violin concertos. Ulf Hoelscher, Yehudi Menuhin; Klaus Tenstedt / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Symphony Orchestra of the North German Radio, London Symphony Orchestra:

1. Concerto for violin and orchestra, D major, op.77 (Johannes Brahms)
2. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, E minor, op.64 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)
  • Capriccio 10 496

Brahms & Weber. Ulf Hoelscher, Wolfgang Boettcher, Milan Turkovic; Sir Neville Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra:

1. Concerto for bassoon and orchestra, F major, op.75
2. Andante and “Rondo Ungarese” for bassoon and orchestra, op. 35
3. Concerto for violin, violoncello and orchestra, A minor, op.102
  • EMI Classics 5 73251 2

Bruch & Korngold, violin concertos. Ulf Hoelscher; Bruno Weil / Willy Mattes, Bamberg Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra:

1. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, G minor, op.35 (Max Bruch)
2. Concerto for violin and orchestra, D major, op.35 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
3. Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
4. Theme and Variations, op.42 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
  • CPO 99 451-2

Max break. Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher (Ulf Hoelscher, violin; Nachum Erlich, violin; Karl-Heinz Schultz, violin; Ingo de Haas, violin; Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn, viola; Madeline Prager, viola; Christian Euler, viola; Martin Ostertag, violoncello; Wolfgang Güttler , double bass; Ian Fountain, piano):

1st string octet, op. Posth.
2nd quintet for piano and quartet, G minor, op. Posth.
3rd String Quintet, A minor, op. Posth.
  • CPO 999 422-2

Benjamin Frankel, violin concerto. Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Brett Dean (viola), Stephen Emmerson (piano), David Lale (cello), Alan Smith (violin); Werner Andreas Albert, Queensland Symphony Orchestra:

1. Concerto for violin and orchestra, “In Memory of the Six Million”, op. 24
2nd viola concerto, op.45
3. Serenata Concertante for piano trio and orchestra, op.37

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Hoelscher, Ulf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitzingen