Ursula Anders

Ursula Anders (born October 6, 1938 ) is a German singer (soprano) and drummer who has also emerged as an improvisation musician .

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Ursula Anders comes from a family of musicians; her parents were the singers Peter Anders and Susanne Mysz. From 1956 to 1962 she studied singing at the Northwest German Music Academy Detmold and at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . Since 1958 she has worked as a concert and oratorio singer; she also sang on Deutsche Grammophon children's records . In 1969/1970 she studied percussion at the Carl Orff Institute, Salzburg.

From 1970 to 1975 she was a lecturer in voice training and singing at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Since 1974 she was Friedrich Gulda’s partner . An intensive artistic collaboration developed with him, initially in the field of free music: They performed with Barre Phillips and Albert Mangelsdorff as well as with Paul and Limpe Fuchs . Then she performed her own song cycles with Gulda, but also those by Schubert and Schumann , which were also published on record. In 1980 Gulda composed the Opus Anders for her , and two years later his Concerto for Ursula ; these works were also published.

As the administrator of Gulda's estate, she and Heinz Preiss established a permanent exhibition dedicated to Gulda in Kremsegg Castle in 2003. She is also active as an author; she wrote his biography with Gulda and is the editor of Gulda's words on music and a Gulda concert directory.

Discographic notes

• Ursula Anders with Friedrich Gulda: Opus Anders. (Intercord 1980)
• Friedrich Gulda, Ursula Anders: Mondnacht and other songs. ( MPS 1981)
• Friedrich Gulda, Ursula Anders: Concerto For Ursula. (Amadeo 1982)

Web links

• Portrait of Ursula Anders at the Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz
• Ursula Anders at Discogs (English)