Ulrich Herkenhoff

Ulrich Herkenhoff

Ulrich Herkenhoff (* 1966 in Osnabrück ) is a German composer and pan flutist .

biography

Ulrich Herkenhoff received his first piano lessons at the age of six. At the age of fourteen he got to know the pan flute in a concert by the Romanian Gheorghe Zamfir . After this experience, detailed studies on this instrument followed.

After studying flute at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with a subsequent advanced training class on the pan flute with Professor Jochen Gärtner , Herkenhoff quickly advanced to become an internationally sought-after soloist. He received special support in the field of Romanian folklore from the Swiss ethnomusicologist and publisher Marcel Cellier , the discoverer Gheorghe Zamfirs. Together with Cellier (organ) he made his first recording of Romanian improvisations in 1990. As an interpreter of “classical” works, Herkenhoff has already induced several contemporary composers to write original compositions for the panpipe.

"The Art of Pan" stands for his ambitious project to establish the pan flute as a concert instrument to be taken seriously.

Meanwhile, Herkenhoff is also a sought-after soloist in the field of film music . Among other things, he worked on the Oscar-winning music for The Lord of the Rings . His most recent film music recording took place in Budapest at the beginning of October 2004 for the film adaptation of Imre Kertész 's novel Unhappy with the music of Ennio Morricone .

Ulrich Herkenhoff is also active in the educational field and, as a publisher, dedicates himself to the publication of panflute literature. All of the instruments he plays come from his own production.

Prizes and awards

• 1992 "Sponsorship Award of the Gasteig Culture Circle" Munich (chair: Hans-Werner Henze)
• 1996 "Bavarian State Prize for Young Artists"
• 2000 Echo Klassik Award of the German Phono Academy as Instrumentalist of the Year (for his CD "Symphonic Cinema")

Discography

• Recital - with Matthias Keller (piano). JSBach: Concerto in C major for flute and piano, WAMozart: Sonata in G major (after KV 285a), C. Debussy: “En Bateau”, “Le Petit Berger”, “Clair de Lune”, JS Svendsen: Romance op .26, Miklós Rózsa : “Northern Hungarian peasant songs and dances”, H.Genzmer: Sonata for pan flute solo. OEHMS CLASSICS
• Balkan Rhapsody . Ulrich Herkenhoff: Postkards of a Romanian Journey, Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Matthias Keller: Balkania, Parachkev Hadjiev: 12 Bulgarian Dances - Ulrich Herkenhoff (pan flute) & Munich Radio Orchestra - Kamioka - Raudales
• Classics - with Matthias Keller (piano). THOROFON CTH 2142
• Pan flute and guitar - Ulrich Herkenhoff (pan flute) & Konrad Huber (guitar), KOCH 3-1531-2 H1
• Concertos for Pan Flute - with AMATI Ensemble Munich, conductor Attila Balogh, KOCH 3-1532-2 H1
• Inima - with Marcel Cellier (organ). Romanian improvisations for pan flute and organ
• Ombra mai fu - with AMATI Ensemble Munich, conductor Attila Balogh. KOCH 3-6455-2 H1
• Pipes and Tubes - with Matthias Keller (organ), KOCH 3-6492-2 H1
• Music from Heaven - Hits, Ballads, Evergreens - KOCH 324 159
• Symphonic Cinema - - with Radiophilharmonie Hannover, conducted by Florian Merz. Titanic, Out of Africa, The Mission, Forrest Gump, Schindler's List. COOK 3-6555-2
• The Art of Pan - concert for pan flute and organ - concert recording from the Maulbronn monastery church with Mathias Keller (organ)
• A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel - with Die Singphoniker.
• Best of Panpipe - CD compilation with Gheorghe Zamfir, English Chamber Orchestra, and Amati Ensemble. Works by Corelli, Bach, Telemann, Marcello a. a., Universal 476 2920
• Sagas with Equilibrium

Web links

• Works by and about Ulrich Herkenhoff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Ulrich Herkenhoff