Frank-Volker Eichhorn
Frank-Volker Eichhorn (13 December 1947 – 17 January 1978) was a German composer.
Life
[edit]Eichhorn studied mathematics and physics to become a teacher.[1] He also worked as a teacher for two years, but began studying at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" on the side. He eventually gave up his teaching job as a maths and physics teacher and devoted himself entirely to music, becoming a Meisterschüler of Günter Kochan at the Musikhochschule and a teacher of composition there. [1] He founded the concert series Kammerstudio at the Haus des Lehrers in Berlin.[2] In 1975, he was awarded the Hanns Eisler Prize.[3] In 1978, he received a first prize in the chamber music competition of the Dresden Music Festival.[4] His compositions were published by Edition Peters and were performed among others by the orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin[5] and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. In January 1978, he was killed in a car accident at the age of 30.[1] His grave is in the Waldfriedhof Kleinmachnow. His estate is kept in the Saxon State and University Library Dresden.[6]
Work
[edit]- Varianten für großes Orchester
- Novelle
- Porträt „Bildnis einer Frau“
- Reflexionen
- Anamorphosen für Flöte, Viola, Kontrabass und Schlagzeug
- Metaphorische Skizzen für Septett
- Doppelkonzert: Novelle
- Fantasie für Violoncello und streicherloses Orchester
- Konturen für Flöte, Oboe und Violine
Recording
[edit]- 1979: Varianten für großes Orchester (Nova) with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jochen Wehner
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Musik und Gesellschaft 28 (1978) 3, p. 192.
- ^ Musik und Gesellschaft 29 (1979), p. 379.
- ^ Erika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, p. 239.
- ^ Musik und Gesellschaft 28 (1978) 5, p. 315.
- ^ Bulletin. Musikrat der DDR 16–17 (1979), p. 39.
- ^ Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 97 (1983), p. 370.
External links
[edit]- Literature by and about Frank-Volker Eichhorn in the German National Library catalogue
- Frank-Volker Eichhorn discography at Discogs
- Nachlass Frank-Volker Eichhorn in der Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
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