Walter Trampler

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Walter Trampler (born August 25, 1915 in Munich ; † September 27, 1997 in Port Joli , Nova Scotia , Canada ) was an American violist and professor of German origin.

Life

Trampler was born in 1915 in Munich as the son of Johann Trampler, violinist at the Royal Court Orchestra , and his wife. He initially received violin lessons from his father and made his debut as such in 1933 with Ludwig van Beethoven's violin concerto . He later learned the viola and made his debut in 1935 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola in E flat major . In the early 1930s he studied with Theodor Kilian at the State Academy of Music, University of Music in Munich . From 1935 to 1938 he was solo violist with the orchestra of the Deutschlandsender . There he met Elly Ney , Ludwig Hoelscher and Max Strub . Trampler became a soloist and chamber musician. a. as a member of the Strub Quartet (with Max Strub, Jost Raba and Ludwig Hoelscher). During this time he was responsible for a. the world premiere of Wolfgang Fortner's Concertino for viola and chamber orchestra.

In 1939 he emigrated to the USA via France in solidarity with his Jewish music colleagues. From 1939 to 1942 he was a brief associate professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. 1940/41 worked at the Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood) in Lenox, Massachusetts. Serge Koussevitzky engaged him with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1942 to 1944 . As a chamber musician he also played with the Zimbler Sinfonietta . In 1944 he became a citizen of the United States . During World War II he served in the US Army Medical Corps. Under Leonard Bernstein he became a member of the City Center Symphony and Opera Orchestra New York in 1946 . Then he devoted himself increasingly to chamber music. In 1947 he founded the New Music Quartet with Broadus Erle , Claus Adam and Matthew Raimondi , in which he played until 1956. From 1953 to 1956 and 1961/62 he worked at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. From 1955 he appeared as a guest musician with the Juilliard String Quartet , the Budapest Quartet and the Guarneri String Quartet as well as the Beaux Arts Trio . From 1956 he toured Europe. From 1958 to 1960 he appeared at the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He also gave concerts a. a. at the New School for Social Research and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . From 1969 to 1994 he was a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center .

From 1962 he was professor of viola and chamber music at the Juilliard School in New York City. He also worked at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland and at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was also a member of the Yale String Quartet . In 1972 he became adjunct professor at Boston University in Massachusetts. He later taught at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and at Mannes College of Music in New York City. His students included u. a. Nobuko Imai and Kim Kashkashian . In 1963 he went on a tour to the Far East. Since the 1950s he has devoted himself to baroque music ( viola d'amore ). He reconstructed the Viola Concerto by Johann Baptist Vanhal . He was also interested in contemporary music all his life . So he brought several works by Luciano Berio to premiere . Simon Bainbridge dedicated his viola concerto to him. In addition, Trampler u. a. Works by George Perle , Marc Neikrug , Larry Austin and Vincent Persichetti . In 1972 he took over the American premiere of Hans Werner Henze's Viola Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra . Trampler played on a viola made by Samuel Zygmuntowicz .

Trampler was married four times and had two children. Part of his estate is kept in the Music Division of the New York Public Library .

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SURNAME Trampler, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1997
Place of death Port Joli , Nova Scotia , Canada