Ernst Ueckermann (born Estcourt in 1954) is a South African

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. His formal music studies were conducted at the Johannesburg Art School, Royal College and

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, the ''Musikhochschulen'' of

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, Germany, with Professors Kirsti Hjort, Bertold Hummel and Helmut Barth. He has participated in numerous master classes with members of the

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, Moscow piano trio and some of the world's foremost pianists. His pianistic career gained momentum during his student years and culminated in a busy international career.

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and recordings have been done in many capitals all over the globe as soloist, with diverse chamber music ensembles and as accompanist. Compact disks, radio productions and Television concerts have also been produced for amongst other; the Bavarian Broadcasting Company, West German Radio and Television, Swiss Radio (Zuerich), Rádio Portugal, Azores Television, Korean Television, Adv Vienna and Television Cultura in

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. Ernst Ueckermann's compositions include works for

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, solo pieces and four song cycles, of which several have been commissioned. He received composition prizes in 1980 and 1982. Numerous compositions have been recorded by diverse broadcasting companies and have been performed at international festivals. His work - which includes three manuals on "Creative Harmony" - is published by the Braun-Peretti Verlag in Bonn. He currently lectures composition techniques at the

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and heads a piano and chamber music class at the Musikhochschule Wuerzburg.

Publications

External links

Website: Ernst Ueckermann

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Alumni of the Royal College of Music Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Hochschule für Musik Freiburg alumni 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century South African male musicians