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Siegfried Palm (25 April 1927 – 6 June 2005) was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music and who inspired composers. He also worked as a professor, organized musical events, was president of Hochschule für Musik Köln and was Generalintendant of Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Biography

Siegfried Palm was born in Barmen (now Wuppertal). At the age of 9 he started to learn playing the cello from his father; later he studied with Enrico Mainardi.

He played as principal cellist in various orchestras, among others in Lübeck, in the NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg, and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Starting in 1968, he dedicated himself exclusively to his teaching and a career as a soloist that took him to all major festivals of contemporary music.

Siegfried Palm premiered cello concertos as well as contemporary chamber music. He was a member of the Hamann-Quartett 1950–1962, played in duo with the pianist Aloys Kontarsky and was member of the piano trio Rostal/Schröter/Palm. He was teacher of a master class for violoncello at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (then called Staatliche Hochschule für Musik) and from 1972 until 1976 head of this institute.

He was also engaged in many other posts, among others lecturer at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, from 1976 until 1981 Generalintendant of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, president of the German section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) from 1982 until 1988, president of the Council for French Culture. He conducted master classes and workshops around the world, in Baden-Baden (Carl-Flesch-Akademie), Banff (Canada), Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, among others. He also served in the juries of international competitions. Palm appeared as the music teacher Kretzschmar in the 1982 German film Doktor Faustus.

Siegfried Palm influenced the music of his century considerably. He suggested composers to write new works for his instrument and also wrote textbooks (Studien zum Spielen neuer Musik, Edition Breitkopf 8334, Wiesbaden 1985, OCLC 13797038). It is due to him that the cello advanced to one of the most important solo instruments in contemporary music.

He played a cello built 1708 by Gianbattista Grancino in Milan that Julius Klengel played before. He died in Frechen.

Discography

Numerous recordings of Siegfried Palm appeared with various labels, among others Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Philips and Teldec.

  • Große Interpreten Neuer Musik: Siegfried Palm, Wergo.
  • Intercommunicazione, Deutsche Grammophon

Music dedicated to Siegfried Palm

Many composers wrote new works for Siegfried Palm and dedicated them to him, among others: Dieter Acker, Sven-Erik Bäck, Boris Blacher, Hans Ulrich Engelmann, Morton Feldman, Cristóbal Halffter, York Höller, Mauricio Kagel (Match for two cellists and one percussionist), Milko Kelemen, Rolf Liebermann, György Ligeti (Cello concert), Tilo Medek, Krzysztof Penderecki (Sonata for cello and orchestra), Capriccio per Siegfried Palm), Robert H.P. Platz, Aribert Reimann, Wolfgang Rihm, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Dimitri Terzakis, Graham Waterhouse (Three Pieces for Solo Cello), Robert Wittinger, Iannis Xenakis (Nomos Alpha), Isang Yun, Bernd Alois Zimmermann (Concert Canto di Speranza, Solo sonata).

Honorary Positions

  • Honorary president of the ESTA (European String Teachers Association)
  • President of Internationales Jugendfestspieltreffen Bayreuth
  • Honorary president of the Template:Dei, German section of the ISCM
  • Honorary member of Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Honorary citizen of Marsciano, Italy
  • Honorary professor of the Musikhochschule Lübeck
  • Member of the Akademie der Freien Künste Mannheim
  • Member of the lecturer team of the Marlboro Music School and Festival
  • Member of the board of Ensemble-Akademie
  • President of the Board of Trustees of the foundation SinfoniMA
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Reger Foundation

Awards

Literature

  • Michael Schmidt: Capriccio für Siegfried Palm. Ein Gesprächsporträt. ConBrio, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-932581-71-7 Template:De icon

References

  1. ^ Gerhard Rohde (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) (8 June 2005). ""Das komponierende Cello – Anreger der Avantgarde: Zum Tod von Siegfried Palm"" (in German). neue musikzeitung. Retrieved 31 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. Doktor Faustus at IMDb
  3. "Cellist Professor Siegfried Palm erhält das Große Verdienstkreuz mit Stern" (in German). 12 January 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2009.

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