Dietmar Hallmann (born 5 April 1935) is a German musician who was professor for

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and

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at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssoh ...

Life

Hallmann was born in Breslau.After the Second World War Hallmann moved to

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. From 1954 to 1957 he studied music with

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as his main subject with

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in Leipzig. First he was first

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in the

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. From 1960 to 1996 he was solo violist there. At the same time he was active in the

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from 1958 to 1993. He was co-founder of the Bach Orchestra of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. As a soloist, his work was devoted to the works

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in addition to the classical repertoire. composers and their

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s mostly with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. The spectrum of musical encounters ranges from

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etc. to more recent personalities like

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and

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. Since 1960 he has taught viola at the

. In 1979 he was appointed professor. He retired in 2000 and many of his students now play in orchestras at home and abroad. He is currently a freelance teacher and writes

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and transcriptions.

Prizes

* 1957 First prize at a violin competition in

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* 1962

National Prize of the German Democratic Republic The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

for art and literature, 3rd grade in collective with the Gewandhaus-Quartett

Compositions

* 1984: ''Ballata virtuosità'' for viola solo (compulsory piece for the International Viola Competition in Markneukirchen) * 2002: ''5 Miniaturen für junge Spieler'' for

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* 2003: ''6 Bagatellen'' for viola and piano * 2003: ''Fantasie Nr. 13'' in the style of Telemann for viola solo * further a series of cadenzas and rondo entries to the viola concertos by Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Zelter, Brixi, Vaňhal, Mozart KV 216 (for the American edition in C major), Mozart Concert D major KV 218 and Gyula Dávid * 2003: Transcriptions for viola: Beethoven Op. 30/1 Sonata A major, C. v. Weber Grande Duo, Brahms Op. 100 Sonata A major, Dvořák Sonatine Op. 100, César Franck Sonata, Mozart's Violin Concerto D major

K. 218 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 in Salzburg. The autograph of the score is preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków. ISMN M-006-45797-7 He seemed to have originally composed it fo ...

* 2005: ''Hoffmeister Paraphrasen'' * 2007: ''Kadenzen zu Konzerten für Viola und Orchester aus dem 18. - 20. Jahrhundert : Viola''. * 2013: ''Due capricci für Viola und Kontrabaß''.

Literature

* Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: ''Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743.''''Das Gewandhaus Orchester : seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743''
on WorldCat Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, ,

References

External links

Dietmar Hallmann's website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallmann, Dietmar German classical violists 20th-century classical composers 20th-century German composers Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany 1935 births Living people Musicians from Wrocław 20th-century violists