Max Kayser (born 11 February 1918) is a German violinist.

Life

Born in

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, Kayser studied violin privately with Lessmann in Berlin from 1939 to 1944. In 1940 he took part in the premiere of

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's ''Kleine Musik'' for three violins. Afterwards he attended Max Strub's

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at the

Universität der Künste Berlin The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

. Kyser was considered a "halbarian" and had to abandon his studies in 1944. Afterwards he worked as

Concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German language, German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the Conducting, conductor, the concertma ...

in the Berlin Doctors' and Lawyers' Orchestra. After the Second World War he became 2nd concertmaster in the

Kammerorchester Berlin The Kammerorchester Berlin has been in existence since 1945 and its first director was the conductor Helmut Koch. Already in the 1950s, the orchestra succeeded in making a name for itself. Among other awards it received the ''Japanese Record Priz ...

. He also appeared as soloist among others with the

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. Founded in 1950, the orchestra is one of the ''Landesorchester'' of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, along with the ''Philhar ...

. From January to August 1946 he was a member of the

Berliner Philharmoniker The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922� ...

orchestra. Afterwards he was 2nd concertmaster with the . From 1950 to the 1970s he was a member of Hans-Georg Arlt, concertmaster of the film, radio and stage orchestra Berlin. At the

RIAS Berlin RIAS (; ''Radio in the American Sector'') was a radio and television station in the American Sector of Berlin during the Cold War. It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II in 1946 to provide the German population in ...

he was programme designer for

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with Irma Spallek. Kayser was also first violinist of the Max Kayser Quartet with Milada Brosch as 2nd violin, Richard Kayser at the viola and Herbert Naumann at the cello. In 1947 he was responsible for the world premiere of Dietrich Erdmann's String Quartet. From 1965 to 1972 he formed a piano trio with Horst Göbel (piano) and Gottfried Schmidt-Enders (violoncello) in Berlin, which also gave concerts in other European countries.Paul Siegel: ''News from Germany''. In ''Record World'', 16 May 1970, . Kayser issued several recordings (Haydn, Mozart, Bruch, Svendsen and Bach among others).

Literature

* Gerassimos Avgerinos: ''Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882 bis 1972''. Self edited, Berlin 1972, .

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kayser, Max 1918 births Possibly living people Musicians from Hamburg 20th-century German classical violinists German male classical violinists Concertmasters 20th-century German male musicians