Helmut Winschermann

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Helmut Winschermann
Born(1920-03-22)22 March 1920
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Rhine, Prussia, Germany
Died4 March 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 100)
, Germany
Occupations
  • Oboist
  • Conductor
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Helmut Winschermann (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈvɪnʃɐman]; 22 March 1920 – 4 March 2021[1]) was a German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher. He founded the Deutsche Bachsolisten ensemble for historically informed performances, and was their conductor from 1960 until his death. They made many recordings and toured internationally, especially to Japan.

Life and career

Winschermann was born in

Rundfunkorchester Frankfurt.[3][4]

With the flautist Kurt Redel and harpsichordist Irmgard Lechner, he was a co-founder of the chamber music ensemble Collegium Pro Arte, later called the Collegium Instrumentale Detmold.[2][5]

In 1956 he was appointed principal chair of the oboe department at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, having taught there since 1948[4][6] when the institution was founded.[3] His students include Hansjörg Schellenberger, Fumiaki Miyamoto, Ingo Goritzki, Günther Passin and Gernot Schmalfuß.[7] He held the professorship until his retirement in 1985.[3]

He recorded Mozart's

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.[9]

Winschermann founded the instrumental ensemble Deutsche Bachsolisten in 1960,[10] in order to provide historically informed performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his baroque contemporaries. He initially divided his time between playing the oboe and conducting the group, but later focussed on conducting solely.[4] Under his direction they have made a multitude of recordings and toured widely internationally. They are particularly popular in Japan, having visited there at least 14 times.[4]

In 2010 the group celebrated its 50th anniversary in a concert at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, with the 90-year-old Winschermann conducting his own orchestration of Bach's Goldberg Variations. He turned 100 in March 2020.[11] He was found dead at his home in Bonn on 4 March 2021, eighteen days short of his 101st birthday.[12]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Helmut Winschermann (in German)
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ a b c d e f Mittmann, Jörg-Peter (2016). "Winschermann, Helmut". In Lütteken, Laurenz (ed.). MGG Online. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
  4. ^ a b c d e Biography AllMusic by Robert Cummings. Retrieved 27 August 2013
  5. ^ "Der Dirigent Kurt Redel". ZEITBLATT Magazin (in German). 11 August 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "100. Geburtstag des Oboisten und Bearbeiters Helmut Winschermann". Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski (in German). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ Bojanowski, Renate (4 March 2013). "Bonner Musikexperte mit Telemann-Preis geehrt". Volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. OCLC 949940796
  9. ^ "Wegweisend als Interpret und Lehrer". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum (17 November 2016). "Deutsche Bachsolisten / MIZ". miz.org (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ Vollmer, Dennis (23 March 2020). "Mülheims großer Oboist Helmut Winschermann ist 100 Jahre alt". waz.de. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Famed German conductor Winschermann dies at 100". The Asahi Shimbun. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Ministerialblatt für das Land NRW vom 1. Oktober 1970 (pdf)".
  14. ^ "Helmut Winschermann (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". Bach Cantatas Website. 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Telemann-Preis geht an Helmut Winschermann – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 6 February 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Helmut Winschermann mit Telemann-Preis ausgezeichnet". Volksstimme.de (in German). 3 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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