Hanns Wolf

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Born: 1894 — Bamberg — Germany
Died: 1968 — Fuessen — Germany
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Almost his complete oeuvres were destroyed towards the end of war, in 1944. The following works however were rediscovered by Karl Urlberger, Aschaffenburg in 1996: A Concerto in c sharp minor for piano and orchestra, one of the great late romantic piano concertos; Paraphrase for piano on the waltz "Wiener Blut" by Johann Strauss; Grand etude in e minor for piano "Springbrunnen"; four peasant dances for string orchestra op. 7; five franconian dances for four-handed piano.

Life

  • 1908-1912: Studied piano and composition at the Academy of Music, Wuerzburg
  • 1912-1913: Piano teacher, Essen
  • 1913-1914: Director of the conservatory, Elbing
  • 1914-1924: Teacher for piano and organ, Aschaffenburg
  • 1924-1945: Professor at the conservatory, Augsburg, piano soloist and accompanist, both nationally and internationally
  • 1945-1968: Independent pianist and piano pedagogue

Hanns Wolf studied with Prof. Henry van Zeyl (one of the last students of Franz Liszt), with Max Meyer-Obersleben (composition), with Willy Rehberg and Alfred Hoehn (piano) and he played as a soloist under Willem Mengelberg, Otto Klemperer, Sir Henry Wood, G.L. Jochum, G.M.D. Friedrich (Berlin), GMD Jung (Saarbruecken), Eduard van Beinum (Hilversum) and GMD Hans Swarowski (Danzig). Made broadcasts with the following radio stations: Munich, Berlin, Hilversum and Saarbruecken.

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Sat 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center
Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA
Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania
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(1814) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of Fidelio (final version), in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting.
(1971) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Der Besuch der Alten Dame, in Vienna, Austria.
(1988) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Vienna, Austria.
(1989) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Don´t ever do that again!!!", in Helsingborg, Sweden.
(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Peace Song", in Billund, Denmark.

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