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Gregor Willmes (born 30 March 1966) is a German musicologist, music writer and cultural manager.
Stifter und Vorstand Carl-Bechstein-Stiftung
retrieved 13 July 2020 Willmes was
Gregor Willmes (born 30 March 1966) is a German musicologist, music writer and cultural manager.
Life and career
Born inWanne-Eickel
Herne () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum, and Gelsenkirchen.
History
Herne (ancient Haranni) was a tiny village until the 19th century. When the mining of coal ...
, Willmes took private piano, organ and music theory
Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...
lessons with Matthias Kreuels. He studied musicology, philosophy and art history at the University of Bochum
The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...
.
Willmes has been writing about music for daily and music magazines since 1989. In addition, he writes programmed texts for major music festivals, booklet texts for major record labels and musical essays. Willmes was a volunteer at the ''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
The ''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'' (''WAZ'') is a commercial newspaper from Essen, Germany, published by Funke Mediengruppe.
History and profile
''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'' was founded by Erich Brost and first published 3 April ...
''. Since 1997 he was editor and from 2003 to 2008 chief editor of the music magazine '. He is co-author of the work ''PianistenProfile - 600 performers: their biography, their style, their recordings''. Since 2008 Willmes has been working as cultural manager for the Berliner Klavierfabrik C. Bechstein Pianoforte Aktiengesellschaft. Since 2000 he has been a member of the jury for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik Preis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Preis (1911–1993), Austrian architect
* Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer
* Mary Louise Preis (born 1941), ...
in the piano category. In 2017 he was appointed to the board of the Carl-Bechstein-Stiftung.retrieved 13 July 2020 Willmes was
lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. They may also conduct re ...
for piano music history and literature at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold
The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Academics
The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, ar ...
in Dortmund.
Work
*Sources
* *References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Willmes, Gregor 1966 births Living people People from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists