Siegfried Fink
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Siegfried Fink (born 8 February 1928 in
He is recognized as an important figure in the development of the professional percussion scene in Germany after World War II.Life
From 1948 to 1951, Fink studied
Work
Under the guidance of Fink, the Studio für Perkussion in Würzburg became one of the world's most renowned schools for percussion. He educated more than 100 students and claimed, that he developed new teaching methods and new ways of playing percussion instruments, especially concerning contemporary art music. Unfortunately there are no pieces from internationally recognized great composers from Germany or abroad dedicated to him. So it is hard to verify, what he actually developed. In the local, maybe German, percussion scene, Fink was known as the self-announced Percussion-Papst (The pope of percussion).
For his achievements in art music and teaching, he has been awarded the
His artistic and creative work is documented in more than 20 disc recordings (mostly LP). Fink also conducted several percussion groups. He founded numerous percussion editions in cooperation with several European publishers. Under his guidance the first curriculum for teaching percussion instruments in German music schools has been developed. Nevertheless his influence outside of Germany is minimal.
CRITICS
Some of Finks more famous colleagues considered his work as relatively meaningless. he was criticised from the orchestral players as well as from the contemporary music players for not doing a proper education in the real literature (orchestral studies, serious contemporary compositions for percussion solo, contemporary compositions for percussion ensemble). He was considered being overrated due the fact of own claims instead of whitnesseable acts. to his strongest antipodes belonged the munich percussion school under Prof. Karl Peinkofer and Hermann Gschwendtner (Academy Trossingen), Prof. K. Tresselt (Academy Stuttgart), Prof. Sneguriov (Conservatory Moscow), Prof. B. Wulff (Academy Freiburg).
Fink composed more than 160 pieces of music intended more for study than for performance purposes. His music comprises solo works as well as
References
- ^ "Siegfried Fink". www.wisemusicclassical.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ISBN 978-0-7734-9559-3.
- ISBN 978-0-252-04313-0.
- ^ "Siegfried Fink". www.pas.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.