Erika Haase (23 March 1935 – 1 May 2013) was a German classical pianist.

Career

Born in

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...

, Haase was the daughter of a violinist. At the age of seven, she received her first piano lessons. In Darmstadt, she studied with Werner Hoppstock and

Hans Leygraf Hans Leygraf (7 September 1920 – 12 February 2011) was a Swedish pianist, music educator, conductor and composer. Life Born in Stockholm, Leygraf studied piano with in Stockholm and Anna Hirzel-Langenhan in Switzerland. He was one of Swede ...

. In 1959, she won the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis of the city of Darmstadt in the piano category. As a soloist and chamber musician she performed with the Swedish Radio Music Academy and various Swedish orchestras. Her centre of gravity was in a strong commitment to

Neue Musik Neue Musik (English ''new music'', French ''nouvelle musique'') is the collective term for a wealth of different currents in composed Western art music from around 1910 to the present. Its focus is on compositions of 20th century music. It is char ...

. In 1960, she participated in

Eduard Steuermann Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, Sambor, Austria-Hungary – November 11, 1964, New York City) was an Austrian-born American pianist and composer. Steuermann studied piano with Vilém Kurz at the Lemberg Conservatory and Ferruccio Busoni in ...

's summer courses. She also improved her skill with Conrad Hansen. From 1963 to 1967, she spent long periods between London and Paris, where she collaborated with the

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and

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

. From 1967 until her retirement in 2000, she taught at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, first as a lecturer and then from 1974 as an appointed piano teacher. ,

Andreas Staier Andreas Staier (born 13 September 1955 in Göttingen) is a German pianist and harpsichordist. Life Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover and Amsterdam. He studied piano with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase, a ...

and

Ingo Metzmacher Ingo Metzmacher (born 10 November 1957) is a German conductor and artistic director of the festival KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover. Life Metzmacher was born in Hanover, the son of the cellist Rudolf Metzmacher and the research biol ...

were among her many students. She had a close friendship with

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

. Haase died in Frankfurt at age 78.

Discography

Haase recorded mainly for the Col Legno Musikproduktion, Gutingi, Thorofon and Tacet labels. * Chopin, Préludes opus 28 (January 1987, Thorofon) * Ligeti, ''Études pour piano'' (premier livre); ''

Musica ricercata ''Musica ricercata'' is a set of eleven pieces for piano by György Ligeti. The work was composed from 1951 to 1953, shortly after the composer began lecturing at the Budapest Academy of Music. The work premiered on 18 November 1969 in Sundsvall ...

'' (10-13 septembre 1990, Col Legno AU-031 815 / Aurophon) *

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

, ''Sérénade Grotesque, Prélude, Menuet, Miroirs, Gaspard de la Nuit'' (9-12 March 1992, Gutingi GUT205) * Chopin, Études op. 10 and 25, Nouvelles études (1992? 1993, Thorofon CTH 2195) * Scriabine, ''Vers la flamme'', Sonatas for piano No 6 and 10; Olivier Messiaen, ''Cantéyodjayâ''; Prokofiev, Sonata for piano No 8 (1996, Gutingi GUT 216) * Jansen, ''L’Œuvre pour piano'' (1997, 2CD Triton TRI 331106) — with works by Colette Zerah-Jansen, performed by herself. First world recording. * ''Études pour piano'', vol. I: Igor Stravinsky (Études op. 7); Bela Bartók (Études op. 18); Olivier Messiaen (''Quatre études de rythme''); György Ligeti (Books I & II) (1997, Tacet) * ''Études pour piano'', vol. II : Witold Lutosławski (''Deux études''); Alexandre Scriabin (''3 études, op. 65''); György Ligeti (third book: études 15 and 16); Claude Debussy ('' 12 études'') (2001, Tacet) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

: ''Études pour piano'', vol. III, ''Grandes études de Paganini'' (1851), ''Trois études'' (1849) and two concert études (1863) (2006, Tacet 150) *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

and

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

: ''Études pour piano'', vol. IV - with Carmen Piazzini playing Debussy (2008 and 2009, Tacet) *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

: ''Études pour piano'', vol. V, (2012, Tacet)

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''In memoriam Erika Haase''
Radio France
Erika Haase plays Ligeti
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haase, Erika 1935 births Musicians from Darmstadt 2013 deaths German women music educators German women classical pianists Pupils of Eduard Steuermann

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