Wolfgang Preissler

Wolfgang Preissler (* 1932 in Freital , Saxony; also written Preißler ) is a German musician and composer.

Preissler is a solo timpanist , drummer and marimba soloist. As a former member of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra , he has the title of chamber virtuoso . In 1978, in the course of Tilo Medek's expatriation, he was “released from the citizenship of the GDR”. After that he was a member of the Philharmonia Hungarica for over 20 years and worked a. a. with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Collegium Aureum .

Wolfgang Preissler is also known as a composer of radio plays and film music, as well as the author of music books and teaching books for percussion instruments. So far he has composed over 90 music for radio plays. He is the father of the musician Thomas Preissler .

Works

Some works as a radio play composer:

• Marginal residents of Joachim Walther with Hans-Peter Minetti , Klaus Piontek , a. a. Director: Werner Grunow . Prod .: Broadcasting of the GDR, 1974.
• The slender voice of Leszek Porok with Ingolf Gorges , Ernst Meincke , and others. a. Director: Albrecht Surkau . Prod .: Broadcasting of the GDR, 1976. (dummy head)
• The benefactress of David Campton with Käthe Reichel , Wolfgang Brunecker a . a. Director: Albrecht Surkau. Prod .: Broadcasting of the GDR, 1977.
• Blues . by Ernst Bruun Olsen with Katarina Tomaschewsky , Jutta Wachowiak , a. a. Director: Albrecht Surkau. Prod .: Broadcasting of the GDR, 1974 (artificial head)
• A thimble full of Leningrad . by Reinhard Kuhnert . Director: Barbara Plensat . Broadcasting of the GDR, 1975
• Uprising in Asturias . by Albert Camus , directed by Peter Groeger . Broadcasting of the GDR, 1975
• Encrypted messages . by Conrad Hansen with Marie-Luise Marjan , Walter Schramm a . a. Director: Albrecht Surkau. WDR, 1991

literature

• Small drum. 31 solo pieces, Verlag MusikTotal, 2012, ISBN 978-3-938967-61-4 .
• 50 solo pieces for snare drum. Musikverlag Friedrich Hofmeister, 2015, ISBN 979-0-2034-3041-4 .