Martin Brauß (born 1958) is a German pianist, conductor and music theorist and university professor at the

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating to , it has reorganised and changed names as it developed over the years, ...

Biography

Brauß was born in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

. He studied music education, philosophy and Germanic studies, first in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

and Mannheim, in

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

and then conducting in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. He was an artistic assistant of

Heinz Hennig Heinz Hennig (25 May 1927 – 29 January 2002) was a German choral conductor and an academic teacher, known for founding the Knabenchor Hannover in 1950 and leading it until 2001. Career Born in Burg bei Magdeburg, Heinz Hennig was educ ...

with the

Knabenchor Hannover The Knabenchor Hannover (Hannover Boys' Choir) is a Boys' choir, boys choir founded in 1950 by Heinz Hennig, who served as conductor until the end of 2001. Since 2002, the conductor has been Jörg Breiding. History and music The Knabenchor Hann ...

while he was still a student, From 1985 to 1991 he was conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra in Hanover. In addition, he worked from 1987 to 1992 as concert artistic director at the

Staatsoper Hannover Hanover State Opera () is a German opera company based in Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony. The company is resident in the Hanover Opera House (), and is part of a publicly-funded umbrella performing arts organisation called Hanover S ...

and from 1989 to 1998 and led the Hanover oratorio choir. In 1992 he was appointed professor of music theory at the

. Since 2002 he has taught conducting and opera rather than theory. Brauss has worked as an accompanist and played a series of radio and recordings. He is the father of the pianist

Elisabeth Brauß Elisabeth Brauss (, born 1995 in Hannover) is a German pianist. Elisabeth is the daughter of the German pianist Martin Brauß. She began playing piano at the age of four. At the age of six, she got her first lessons from Jelena Levit. Later she s ...

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* 1958 births Living people German male conductors (music) German pianists German music theorists German music educators 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Musicians from Mannheim Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover 21st-century German conductors (music) 21st-century German pianists 21st-century German male musicians {{Germany-conductor-stub