Wolfgang Leibnitz
Wolfgang Leibnitz (* 1936 in Meerane ) is a German pianist of classical music.
Life
Leibnitz studied at the Musikhochschule in Halle , after its dissolution moved to Leipzig and in 1956 to Gerhard Puchelt , Ernst Pepping and Josef Rufer at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin-Charlottenburg . The meeting with Claudio Arrau , whose student he was for many years, was important for his further artistic development .
He has lived in Munich since 1961 . There he founded the Leonardo Trio in 1988 . Leibnitz is a partner in chamber music associations; he went on concert tours as a soloist, accompanist and chamber music partner to Europe, Saudi Arabia and South America .
His repertoire covers almost the entire spectrum of piano literature; He has made a name for himself as a Debussy and Mozart interpreter as well as a designer of romantic piano music and an interpreter of contemporary works.
Recordings
- Franz Schubert : Sonata in B flat major, Moments musicaux , NYX, Holzkirchen 1999 (CD)
- Piano suites of the 20th century by Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky and Baur , VDE-Gallo, Lausanne, 2001 (CD)
- Frédéric Chopin : Sonata in B flat minor, 24 Preludes , VDE-Gallo, Lausanne, 2002 (CD)
- Frédéric Chopin : Selected Piano Pieces , VDE-Gallo, Lausanne, 2002 (CD)
- Franz Liszt : Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este, Sonata in B minor, Mephisto Waltz , VDE Gallo 2008 (CD)
- Classical piano pieces by Leibnitz, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven , VDE-Gallo, Lausanne, 2011 (CD)
- Robert Schumann , Papillons Opus 2 et al., VDE-Gallo, Lausanne, 2011 (CD)
- Franz Schubert: Piano Works , VDE-Gallo, Lausanne, 2011
Special performances (selection)
- August 2016 Musical song accompaniment to: Die Schöne Müllerin , evening with Florian Prey, Norddorfer Gemeindehaus Amrum.
- December 2016 Musical accompaniment to: End of the year stories with music , evening with Gerhard Polt , Waitzinger Keller Miesbach.
- January 2019 Musical accompaniment to: Resentful in the end , evening with Gerhard Polt, Bürgerhaus Eching.
- 2019 Solo concert: Moments Musicaux - Fritz Harnest , a graphic artist of modernism and music - piano recital with the sound magician Wolfgang Leibnitz , with an image projection by Willee Regensburger , Vereinshaus Traunstein.
literature
- in: Erika von Borries: Wilhelm Müller - The poet of the winter journey - A biography . CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-56212-9 , p. 317 . , with two CDs, CD 1: Gert Westphal reads Die Winterreise and Die Schöne Müllerin. CD 2: New recording of Winterreise (Schubert) by Florian Prey (baritone) and Wolfgang Leibnitz (piano).
Web links
proof
- ↑ Erika v. Borries, Wilhelm Müller - The poet of the winter journey, CH Beck Verlag 2007, p. 317.
- ^ Pencil drawing by Joseph Harnest for W. Leibnitz's 60th birthday. Depicted persons v. L., Carl Czerny , Franz Liszt , Ludwig van Beethoven , Wolfgang Leibnitz, Claudio Arrau and Martin Krause
- ↑ Amrum News online from August 22, 2016
- ↑ culture vision aktuell from December 6, 2016
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung online from December 21, 2018
- ↑ Inspired connection. In: Traunsteiner Tagblatt on July 19, 2019
- ↑ Event program Chiemgauer Kulturtage, July 12th - 28th, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leibnitz, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Meerane |