Hanno Blaschke (22 April 1927 – 18 November 2017) was a German
baritone
A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...
and professor of singing. Blaschke most recently held a professorship for singing at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
The University of Music and Theatre Munich (), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former ''Führerbau'' of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstr ...
.
Life
Born in Danzig, Blaschke took private singing lessons with
Kammersänger
Kammersänger (male; ) or Kammersängerin (female; ), abbreviated Ks. or KS, is a German Title of honor, honorific title for distinguished singers of opera and classical music. It literally means "chamber singer". Historically, the title was besto ...
Robert Büssel in Dresden. There he experienced the
Bombing of Dresden
The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Ro ...
. He studied in
Breslau, Warsaw and
Sopot
Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat ri ...
. He subsequently worked as a concert singer and singing teacher and gained international renown. His special inclination to promote young talent led him first to Warsaw (assistant to
Ada Sari
Ada Sari (29 June 1886 – 12 July 1968) was a Polish opera singer, actress, and educator. One of the leading dramatic coloratura sopranos of her generation, she possessed a large, resonant voice with a clear timbre. Her career took her to the s ...
). In 1961, he began teaching at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, which appointed him full professor in 1975. Until his retirement in 1992, he trained numerous singers who went on to international careers. He was in demand as a leader of
master class
''Master Class'' is a 1995 play by American playwright Terrence McNally, presented as a fictional master class by opera singer Maria Callas near the end of her life, in the 1970s. The play features incidental vocal music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giac ...
es and as a juror worldwide until his death.
Die Hochschule trauert um Prof. Hanno Blaschke
on musikhochschule-muenchen
Honours
* Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...
am Bande, "as one of the essential music educators in the German-speaking world". (15 October 1981)[Datenbank der Träger des Bundesverdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bundespräsidialamt]
* Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (27 August 1998)
References
External links
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German baritones
Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Munich
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1927 births
2017 deaths
People from the Free City of Danzig
Musicians from Gdańsk