Konrad Meister
Konrad Meister | |
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| Born | 30 July 1930 |
| Died | 27 June 2002 |
| Occupation | German pianist |
Konrad Meister (30 July 1930 – 27 June 2002[1]) was a German pianist and music educator.
Life[edit]
Born in Heidelberg, Meister was the son of the writer and publisher Hermann Meister (1890-1956) and the pianist Adelheid Meister (1897–1996).[1] He graduated from the Humanistisches Gymnasium in Heidelberg with the Abitur in 1949[2] and passed the bookseller's assistant exam in 1951. In 1956, he temporarily took over his father's publishing and printing business. At the same time, from 1945 he was a young student for piano at the former conservatory in Heidelberg,[3] which was later merged with the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim fusioniert wurde. He then studied from 1953 to 1956 at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.[3] In 1956, he passed the künstlerische Reifeprüfung with Conrad Hansen. Meister gave concerts in numerous European countries.[3] In 1973, he had already given 500 concerts.
In addition to his concert activities, from 1975 Meister became a teacher of piano and piano methodology[3] and deputy director of the Heidelberg University of Music. Further teaching activities led him to the Nürnberg Conservatory and the Bremen Conservatory.[3] From 1975 to 1995, he worked full-time as a pianist, teacher and methodology researcher in Hanover, and in 1977, he was appointed professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.[3] Meister was one of the first researchers to study externally recognisable movement sequences of famous pianists on the basis of video recordings.
Private life[edit]
Meister had been married to the composer and pianist Siegrid Ernst since 1957[4] and in second marriage since 1979, with the piano teacher Anne Hammann-Meister.[2] He had four children: from first marriage Beate Cornelia Meister († 1984) and Rudolf Meister; from second marriage Cornelius Meister and Gabriele Meister (journalist).[1]
Meister died in Hanover at the age of 71.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Tabellarische Biografie – FamilienstammbaumCornelius Meister. Website von Cornelius Meister. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b Walter Habel (2004). Wer ist wer?: Das Deutsche who's who. Schmidt-Römhild. ISBN 9783795020385. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Konrad Meister". Schott Music. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ Lena Haselmann. "Siegrid Ernst, Biografie". MUGI, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Konrad Meister in the German National Library catalogue
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