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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

Pays d'origine: Allemagne
Date d'anniversaire: 16 novembre 1895
Date de décès: 28 décembre 1963

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Sinfonische Metamorphosen
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Chef d'orchestre: Steffen Schiel
Orchestre: Hochschulorchester Paderborn
12 juin 2023 | Paderborn (Allemagne) , Universität, Audimax
Sinfonische Metamorphosen
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Chef d'orchestre: Steffen Schiel
Orchestre: Hochschulorchester Paderborn
14 juin 2023 | Paderborn (Allemagne) , Universität, Audimax

À propos de Paul Hindemith

In general, the lack of contact in music between the producer and the consumer in our time is regrettable; a composer should only write when he knows for what purpose he is composing. The days of simply composing for oneself have perhaps now been lost for ever. (Paul Hindemith)

Paul Hindemith was born on 16.11.1895 in Hanau. He studied the violin and composition with Adolf Rebner, Arnold Mendelssohn and Bernhard Sekles at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt/Main. He was only twenty when he was appointed as the leader of the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra. After the end of the First World War, he returned to Frankfurt and founded the Amar Quartet in which he played the viola from 1922 to 1929. In 1923, Hindemith became a member of the organisational committee for the Donaueschingen Music Festival: it was at this festival that he gained an initial reputation following the first performance of his String Quartet Op. 16. In 1927, he was appointed as professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. His career as a composer reached a first peak at the beginning of the 1930s, but with the seizure of power by the National Socialists, his works were declared as “culturally bolshevist” and disappeared from concert programmes. Hindemith undertook a number of journeys to Turkey and the USA. In 1936, a final ban was issued for the performance of his works which provoked Hindemith to emigrate, initially to Switzerland. He subsequently relocated to the USA and acquired American nationality (1946). As a professor, he taught at Yale University from 1940 to 1953 and was a guest lecturer for poetry at the Harvard University in 1949/50. From 1951 to 1957, he was a professor for musicology at the Zurich University and settled in Blonay near Lake Geneva. Paul Hindemith died on 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt/Main.

Hindemith played a prominent role in music history, not only as one of the leading composers of the 20th century, but also as conductor, teacher and musical theorist. His oeuvre spans all genres: orchestral works, solo concertos, chamber music for a wide variety of instruments, choral works, lieder, operas and ballets. He was also the author of numerous books and essays, including the book on harmonic theory "Unterweisung im Tonsatz”, first published in 1937. His compositions take up a position within the contradictory contexts of avant-garde provocation, "Neue Sachlichkeit” [New Objectivity] and the search for a universally accepted musical language. While Kammermusik No.1 which was premiered in1922 in Donaueschingen was deliberately intended to provoke the bourgeois public with its wailing sirens, the later Kammermusik works which were composed up to 1927 display the transparent, contrapuntal and well-dosed harmony which chiefly characterised Hindemith’s works during his central creative phase. The Concerto for violin and orchestra from 1939 heralded a series of later solo concertos which display Hindemith’s fully matured style.

Hindemith produced a decisively contrasting alternative to Wagner’s musical dramas with his comic opera Neues vom Tage (1828-29), composed in the style of the “topical opera” of the 1920s. Hindemith’s operas frequently contain stylistic elements of parody which can also be detected in his ironical chamber music works such as Minimax (1923) or the Ouvertüre zum „Fliegenden Holländer“ („wie sie eine Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blatt spielt“) [Overture to the “Flying Dutchman” (“as played at sight by the spa orchestra at seven o’clock in the morning at the fountain”)]. Hindemith made a substantial contribution to the genre of music theatre with his operas Cardillac (1925-26/1952), Mathis der Maler (1934-35) and Die Harmonie der Welt (1956-57).

Hindemith received honorary doctorates from numerous universities including the University of Frankfurt (1949), the FU Berlin (1950) and Oxford University (1954). He also received the Bach Prize from the city of Hamburg (1951), the Order pour le mérite (1952), the Sibelius Prize (1955), the Kunstpreis from the federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia (1958) and the Bazlan Prize (1963). Since 2000, the city of Hanau has commemorated “the lifework of this illustrious artist” with the biennial awarding of the Paul Hindemith Prize of the city of Hanau.

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Chronologie

1895
Born on 16 Nov. in Hanau
1902
Received musical instruction in Mühlheim am Main from his father and Eugen Reinhardt
1907
Violin pupil of Anna Hegner in Frankfurt/Main
1908
Violin pupil of Adolf Rebner; Beginning in winter semester of 1908, studies at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt
1910
Performance together with his sister Toni (born 1898) and his brother Rudolf (born 1900) as "Frankfurt Children´s Trio"
1912
Composition pupil of Arnold Mendelssohn; 1913 Composition instruction given by Bernhard Sekles
1914
Member or the Rebner Quartet, first as violinist, later on the viola
1915
Publically performs Beethoven´s violin concerto. First solo violinist of Opera house Orchestra in Frankfurt; father dies in battle in Flanders
1918
Regimental musician in Alsace and Flanders
1921
2 June: Composition evening in Frankfurt; Schott takes over the publication of Hindemith´s works
1921
First performance of Quartet Opus 16 during the "Donaueschinger Chamber Music Performances for the Advancement of Contemporary Art und Music". Scandal upon the performance of the one-act opera "Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen" and the play "Das Nusch-Nuschi" under the direction of Fritz Busch in Stuttgart
1922

The founding of the Amar Quartet with Hindemith on the viola

1923
Resigns position as first solo violinist in Frankfurt; under contract with Schott. Member of the Programme Committee of the Donaueschingen Chamber Music Days. Begin of extensive concert tours with the Amar Quartet throughout Europe
1924
Hindemith marries Gertrud Rottenberg
1927
Appointment to the College of Music (Hochschule für Musik) in Berlin
1933
Being attributes to "cultural Bolshevism" Hindemith music is banned from concert programmes in Germany
1934
12 March: First performance of the symphony "Mathis der Maler" conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler; November: Furtwängler puplishes an article entitled "The Case of Hindemith" to which Goebbels responds in a speech at the Berlin Portpalast
1935
Hindemith takes extended leave from the State College of Music Berlin; April/May: First tour of Turkey
1936
March/May: Second tour of Turkey; Performances in Germany forbidden
1937
February and September: Third and fourth tour of Turkey; March-April: First tour of the U.S.A. (East Coast)
1938
February-April: Second tour of the U.S.A.; September: Emigration to Switzerland
1939
Third tour of U.S.A.
1940
February: Emigration to the U.S.A.; appointed to Yale University in New Haven
1941
Instructs summer course at the Berkshire Festival (Tanglewood) on music of the Middle Ages
1945
Concert of the Collegium Musicum of Yale University playing pieces by composers from Perotinus to Bach
1946
Hindemith becomes an American citizen
1947
April-September: First trip to Europe since Emigration; reunion with mother and meeting with Schott publishers Ludwig and Willy Strecker
1948-49
August-March: Second trip to Europe
1949-50
Lectures as Professor of Poetry at Harvard University
1949
January-February: Lecture tour through Germany by appointment of the American Military Occupation Government; granted honorary degree from Frankfurt University
1950
September: Gives speech on Bach in Hamburg (Johann Sebastian Bach. Ein vepflichtendes Erbe); Receives honorary degree from the Free University of Berlin
1951-53
Teaching assignments in Zurich and Yale concurrently
1951
Recipient of Bach Prize of the City of Hamburg; Appointment to the University of Zürich (Switzerland) as professor of music theory, composition and music education
1952
Member of the order Pour le mérite
1953-63
Frequent concert tours as conductor
1953
Hindemith takes up residence in Blonay, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva
1954
July-November: South American tour; granted honorary degree by Oxford University
1955
Sibelius Prize
1956
April/May: Tour of Japan with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
1957
Hindemith resigns teaching positioin in Zurich
1958
Arts Award of North Rhine Westphalia
1963
June: Lecture "Sterbende Gewässer" at the yearly meeting of the order "Pour le mérite" in Bonn; Balzan Prize; Hindemith dies on 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt/Main

Produits

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  • Symphonic Metamorphosis
    Symphonic Metamorphosis
    Chef d'orchestre: Steffen Schiel
    Orchestre: Hochschulorchester Paderborn
    12 juin 2023 | Paderborn (Allemagne) , Universität, Audimax
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis
    Symphonic Metamorphosis
    Chef d'orchestre: Steffen Schiel
    Orchestre: Hochschulorchester Paderborn
    14 juin 2023 | Paderborn (Allemagne) , Universität, Audimax
  • Der Schwanendreher
    Der Schwanendreher
    Chef d'orchestre: Vincent Balse
    Orchestre: Orchestra of CNSMD Lyon
    15 juin 2023 | Lyon (France) , CNSMD Lyon, Salle Varèse
  • Amor und Psyche
    Amor und Psyche
    Chef d'orchestre: Tito Ceccherini
    Orchestre: Filarmonica de Stat Sibiu
    15 juin 2023 | Sibiu (Roumanie)
  • Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Chef d'orchestre: Joolz Gale
    Orchestre: Ensemble Mini
    16 juin 2023 | Berlin (Allemagne) , Meistersaal — Première représentation
  • Theme with four Variations
    Theme with four Variations
    Chef d'orchestre: Michael Sanderling
    Orchestre: Luzerner Sinfonierorchester
    20 juin 2023 | Luzern (Suisse) , KKL
  • Kammermusik Nr. 1
    Kammermusik Nr. 1
    Chef d'orchestre: N.N.
    Orchestre: Orchestra of Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi
    21 juin 2023 | Milano (Italie) , Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Sala Verdi
  • Der Dämon
    Der Dämon
    Chef d'orchestre: Daniel Carlberg
    27 juin 2023 | Kiel (Allemagne) , Opernhaus
  • Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Chef d'orchestre: Richard Hull
    Orchestre: Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
    2 juillet 2023 | Saffron Walden (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord) , Saffron Hall
  • Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Chef d'orchestre: Richard Hull
    Orchestre: Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
    2 juillet 2023 | Saffron Walden (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord) , Saffron Hall
  • Der Dämon
    Der Dämon
    Chef d'orchestre: Daniel Carlberg
    5 juillet 2023 | Kiel (Allemagne) , Opernhaus
  • Im Kampf mit dem Berge
    Im Kampf mit dem Berge
    Chef d'orchestre: Henry Bonamy
    Orchestre: Philharmonisches Orchester Isartal
    15 juillet 2023 | Wolfratshausen (Allemagne) , Loisachhalle
  • Im Kampf mit dem Berge
    Im Kampf mit dem Berge
    Chef d'orchestre: Henry Bonamy
    Orchestre: Philharmonisches Orchester Isartal
    16 juillet 2023 | Wolfratshausen (Allemagne) , Floßlände
  • Sonata
    Sonate
    20 juillet 2023 | Klütz (Allemagne) , Schloss Bothmer
  • Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Symphonie „Mathis der Maler“
    Chef d'orchestre: Susanna Malkki
    Orchestre: London Symphony Orchestra
    20 juillet 2023 | Aix (France) , Grand Théâtre de Provence
  • Sonata
    Sonata
    21 juillet 2023 | Klütz (Allemagne) , Schloss Bothmer
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis
    BBC Proms 2023
    Chef d'orchestre: Carlos Miguel Prieto
    Orchestre: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    5 août 2023 | London (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord) , Royal Albert Hall
  • Im Kampf mit dem Berge
    Im Kampf mit dem Berge
    Chef d'orchestre: Stanley Dodds
    Orchestre: Ensemble des Zermatt Festivals
    6 août 2023 | Les Diablerets (Suisse) , Katholische Kapelle
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