Willi Gerlach
Willi Artur Martin Gerlach (born November 10, 1909 in Elberfeld , † after 1972) was a German oboist .
Life
Willi Gerlach was born in 1909 as the son of a musician. After he was one year old, he studied oboe at the State University of Music in Cologne and with Fritz Flemming at the Berlin University of Music . From 1931 to 1933 he was a military musician and private student with Gustav Kern in Berlin.
In the 1930s he was the first deputy oboist at the Stadttheater Wuppertal . From 1936 to 1972 he was a member (1st oboist) of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra . He also taught at the Leipzig Music Academy from 1942 to 1962 . His students included u. a. Peter Fischer .
literature
- Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-936618-86-0 , p. 228.
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| SURNAME | Gerlach, Willi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerlach, Willi Artur Martin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German oboist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1972 |