Gerd Schenker (born 2 June 1948) is a German

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

Life

Born in

Zeulenroda-Triebes Zeulenroda-Triebes () is a German town in the district of Greiz in the state of Thuringia. Zeulenroda-Triebes is situated in the south of Greiz in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge), on the border with S ...

, Schenker attended the from 1963 to 1965. From 1965 to 1969 he studied percussion with Otto Reil at the

Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

in Berlin. From 1968 to 1972 he worked as a percussionist at the

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. Since 1972 he has been activ with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (today MDR-Sinfonieorchester). In 1975 he became

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-percussionist. From 1974 to 1993 he was also a member of the

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. With the ensemble he received the

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(1980), the

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(1986) and the

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in Main (1991). In 1978 he founded the Leipziger Schlagzeug-Duo and in 1982 the . Schenker has performed compositions by Paul-Heinz Dittrich,

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, Bernt Franke, Karl Ottomar Treibmann,

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, (Gerd Schenker's brother) and

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among others. He is a member of the

Forum Zeitgenössischer Musik Leipzig The Forum Zeitgenössischer Musik Leipzig ZML'' ''(Forum of Contemporary Music Leipzig)'' is a non-profit organisation situated in Leipzig and an independent cultural organisation for the project-based communication of contemporary music. Descr ...

. Schenker is active as editor of percussion literature.

Literature

* ''Zeitgenössische Musik für Schlagzeug : 1 Spieler''. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1988. *

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(ed.): ''Gruppe Neue Musik "Hanns Eisler" 1970–1990. Spiel-Horizonte.''''Gruppe Neue Musik "Hanns Eisler" 1970-1990 : Spiel-Horizonte''
on WorldCat Leipzig 1990, .

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