Renate Eggebrecht (August 12, 1944 – January 8, 2023) was a German

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ist and

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Music training

Born in

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, Eggebrecht received her first music lessons from her mother, before she was four years old. At the age of eight, she became a pupil of Hans Hilf, who had studied in the master class of

Walther Davisson Walther Davisson (15 December 1885 – 18 July 1973) was a German violinist and conductor. Background Davisson was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory from 1900 to 1906 with Johann Naret-Koning and ...

at the

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest music ...

. From twelve years of age, Eggebrecht studied violin with Friedrich Wührer, son of the pianist

Friedrich Wührer Friedrich Wührer (29 June 1900 – 27 December 1975) was an Austrian- German pianist and piano pedagogue. He was a close associate and advocate of composer Franz Schmidt, whose music he edited and, in the case of the works for left hand alone, r ...

, and piano with Wilhelm Rau at the Lübeck College of Music. Eggebrech continued her training at the Munich College of Music. She then devoted herself to private studies with Prof. Wolfram König, attended

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es with

Max Rostal Max Rostal (7 July 1905 – 6 August 1991) was a violinist and a viola player. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship. Biography Max Rostal was born in Cieszyn to a Jewish merchant family. As a child prodigy, he started studyin ...

, Seymion Snitkovsky as well as

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

courses with the

LaSalle Quartet The LaSalle Quartet was a string quartet active from 1946 to 1987. It was founded by first violinist Walter Levin. The LaSalle's name is attributed to an apartment on LaSalle Street in Manhattan, where some of its members lived during the quarte ...

Biography

In 1986, Eggebrecht founded the Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet. On 6 March 1988, she performed world premieres of

Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was known as Fanny Hensel after her marriage. Her compositions include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an or ...

’s ''Piano Quartet in A-flat Major'' (1822), and ''String Quartet in E-flat Major'' (1834) in the Cultural Center, Gasteig in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

. In 1988, Eggebrecht published the first editions of these chamber music works (Furore Verlag, Kassel). To publicize unknown and forgotten music, Eggebrecht founded the music production firm ''Troubadisc'' in 1991, as a

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label. She recorded world premiere CDs of chamber music by Fanny Hensel born Mendelssohn,

Ethel Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 18588 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas. Smyth tended ...

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Saint- ...

Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist of Lithuanian origin. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Ma ...

, and other women composers. In 1993, Eggebrecht produced the complete songs of the French composer and pedagogue

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher, conductor and composer. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organis ...

, their first release on CD, and similarly the instrumental and piano songs of

in 1997. Besides Fanny Hensel born Mendelssohn’s chamber music, Eggebrecht also produced the composer’s songs in 2001, and in 1998, with the pianist Wolfram Lorenzen, the piano cycle ''Das Jahr'' ("The Year") based on the composer’s fair copy as a CD world premiere. With her ensemble, Eggebrecht recorded

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...

’s ''String Quartets nos. 1 - 8'' for CD in 1994-5, as well as his works Machine agricoles op. 56 and Catalogue de Fleurs op. 60. In 1996, she also released CD recordings by the Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet of the two large string quartets by

Arthur Bliss Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor. Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army. In the post-war years he qui ...

. In 1997, together with the German pianist Wolfram Lorenzen, Eggebrecht published three volumes of CD recordings of

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University Chu ...

’s ''Piano Chamber Music''. She subsequently recorded

’s complete works for violin which she completed in 2003. In 2000, she issued, together with the cellist Friedemann Kupsa, the world premiere recording of the ''Sonata for violin and violoncello'' (1947) by the Greek Schoenberg pupil

Nikos Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas (; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition. He a ...

, and the Sonatina op. 324 by

. With Friedemann Kupsa, she presented, in 2002, the world premiere of the Duo-Sonata (1985) by the Romanian avant-garde composer

Anatol Vieru Anatol Vieru (; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, concertos, and chamber music. He also wrote three o ...

and the "Strassenmusik No 16", op. 210 (2001) by the Greek composer Dimitri Nicolau. She published ''VIOLIN SOLO'' in 2002, beginning with

’s Chaconne op. 117, over Bach's ''Sei Solo'' and extending to the present day: A compendium of the modern violin literature. Eggebrecht’s violin was a

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copy by

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (; 7 October 1798 – 19 March 1875) was a French luthier, businessman, inventor and winner of many awards. He was one of the finest French luthiers of the 19th century and a key figure in the world of violin making. ...

from 1858; her favorite bow was by

Jules Fétique Jules Fétique (1875 in Mirecourt (Vosges) – 1951 in Gagny (Seine Saint Denis)) was a prominent French archetier from a family of bowmakers. Son of Charles Claude Fétique (1853-1911) a violin maker, and brother to Victor Fétique, Jules Fé ...

Discography

TROUBADISC Musicproductio

*VIOLIN SOLO Vol.10, CD 2018:

Einojuhani Rautavaara Einojuhani Rautavaara (; 9 October 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Rautavaara wrote a List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara, gre ...

, Variétude (1974);

Kalevi Aho Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer. Early years Aho began his interest in music at the age of ten, when he discovered a mandolin in his home and began to teach himself how to play it. He soon was taken under the tutela ...

, Solo I (Tumultos), Sonata per violino solo (1973);

Pehr Henrik Nordgren Pehr Henrik Nordgren (19 January 1944 – 25 August 2008) was a Finnish composer. Life Pehr Henrik Nordgren was born in Saltvik, Åland, on 19 January 1944. received composition lessons starting from 1958 in Helsinki and studied musicology at t ...

, Sonata for violin solo op.104 (1999);

, In Memoriam Pehr Henrik Nordgren (per violino solo) (2009); *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.9, CD 2017:

Mieczysław Weinberg Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 – February 26, 1996) was a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer and pianist. Born in Warsaw to parents who worked in the Yiddish theatre in Poland, his early years were surrounded by music. He taught him ...

, Sonata No. 1 op.82 (1964), Sonata No. 2 op.95 (1967), Sonata No. 3 op.126 (1979);

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...

, Fugue for violin solo (1953); *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.8, CD 2016:

Karl Amadeus Hartmann Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. A major figure of the musical life of post-war Germany, he has been described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century. Life Born in Munich, the son ...

, Sonatas No. 1 & 2, Suites No. 1 & 2 (1927); *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.7, 3-CD Set 2014:

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001 - 1006 (1720);

Valentin Silvestrov Valentyn Vasylyovych Sylvestrov (; born 30 September 1937) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist, who plays and writes contemporary classical music. Biography Valentyn Vasylyovych Silvestrov was born on 30 September 1937 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, th ...

, Postludium II (1982/83). *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.6, CD 2014: Eugène Ysaӱe, Sonatas No. 1 - 6 (1923);

Joaquín Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (; 22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the '' Concierto de Aranjuez'', a cornerstone of the classical g ...

, Capriccio (1944). *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.5, SACD 2010:

Sergey Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

, Sonata op.115 (1947);

Ljubica Marić Ljubica Marić (Љубица Марић , 18 March 1909 – 17 September 2003) was a composer from Yugoslavia. She was a pupil of Josip Štolcer-Slavenski. She was known for being inspired by Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church, ...

, Sonata fantasia (1929);

, Polnish Caprices no.1 (1949) and no.2 (1952), Sonata (1941),

Eduard Tubin Eduard Tubin ( – 17 November 1982) was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer. Life Tubin was born in Torila, Tartu County, Governorate of Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire. Both his parents were music lovers, and his fath ...

, Sonata (1962), Suite on Estonian Dance Tunes (1979);

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Biography Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia. He studied math ...

, Sonata (1978). *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.4, SACD 2008:

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (; ; July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. Several of his most no ...

, Suite no.1 (1958) and no.2 (1958); Igor Strawinsky, Élégie (1944);

, Four Caprices (1968);

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenians, Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Music of the Soviet Union#Classical music of the Soviet Union, Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and rai ...

, Sonata-Monologue (1975);

, a paganini (1982). *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.3, SACD 2007:

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

, ''Studien'' (1916), Sonata op.11, Sonata op.31 No.1 (1924), Sonata op.31 No.2 (1924), ''Satz und Fragment aus einer Sonate'' (1925);

, Capriccio (1977);

Vladimir Martynov Vladimir Ivanovich Martynov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Мартынов) (Moscow, 20 February 1946) is a Russian composer, known for his compositions in the concerto, orchestral music, chamber music, and choral music genres. Life ...

, Partita (1976). *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.2, SACD 2006:

Erwin Schulhoff Erwin Schulhoff (; 8 June 189418 August 1942) was an Austro-Czech composer and pianist. He was one of the figures in the generation of European musicians whose successful careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of the Nazi regime in Germ ...

, Sonata (1927);

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

, Sonata (1944);

, Sonata (1958);

, ''Sonatine pastorale'' op.383 (1960); Dimitri Nicolau, Sonata in Greek Mood op.228 (2002). *VIOLIN SOLO Vol.1, CD 2001:

, Chaconne op.117 no.4; Johanna Senfter, Sonata op.61 (1930);

, Sonata (1925);

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss-French composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, '' Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' is "more even ...

, Sonata (1940). *

, the complete works for Solo Violin on 4 CDs 1999-2002: CD 1 2000, Four Sonatas op.42 (1899); CD 2 (2-CD Set) 1999, Seven Sonatas op.91 (1906); CD 3 2002, Seven Preludes and Fugues, Chaconne op.117 (1909/1912); CD 4 2002, Preludes and Fugues 131a (1914), Preludes and Fugues op. posth. (1902), Prelude op. posth. (1915). *''Strassenmusik n.16'', Duos for Violin & Violoncello, with Friedemann Kupsa violoncello, CD 2002:

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. ...

, Duo op.7;

Elizabeth Maconchy Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu (; 19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an English-Irish composer. She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced. Biography Elizabeth Violet Maconchy was b ...

, Theme and Variations (1951);

, Sonata (1984–85); Dimitri Nicolau, ''Strassenmusik n.16'' op.210 (2001). *''Duo mon amour'', Duos for Violin & Violoncello, with Friedemann Kupsa violoncello, CD 2000:

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

, Sonata (1920-1922);

, Sonatina (1953);

, Sonatina (1932);

, Sonata (1947). *

, Edition ''Piano Chamber Music'' with Wolfram Lorenzen and

Siegfried Mauser Siegfried Mauser (born 3 November 1954) is a German pianist, academic and music manager. In 2016, 2017, and 2018, German courts convicted him as a multiple sex offender.Ralf Wiegand/Susi Wimmer, ''Professor Unrat.'' In: ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', n ...

Piano, 3 CDs: CD 1 1997, Violin Sonatas opp. 72 (1903) and 139 (1915); CD 2 1997, Piano Quintet op.64 (1903), Piano Trio op.102 (1908); CD 3 1998, Piano Quartets opp.113 (1910) and 133 (1914). *''Melomania'' String Quartets, CD 1997:

Elisabeth Lutyens Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (9 July 190614 April 1983) was an English composer. Early life and education Elisabeth Lutyens was born in London on 9 July 1906. She was one of the five children of Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton (1874–1964), a me ...

Violeta Dinescu Violeta Dinescu (born 13 July 1953) is a Romanian composer, pianist, and academic teacher, living in Germany since 1982. She has been professor of applied composition at the University of Oldenburg from 1986. Romania Born in Bucharest on 13 Ju ...

Gloria Coates Gloria Coates (née Kannenberg; October 10, 1933 – August 19, 2023) was an American composer who lived in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, ...

. *

, CD 1997: String Quartet no.1 (1941), String Quartet no.2 (1950). *

, String Quartets no.1 - 8, 3 CDs 1994-95: CD 1 1994, String Quartet no.1 op.5 (1912), String Quartet no.2 op.16 (1914–15); CD 2 1995, String Quartet no.3 op.31 (1916), String Quartet no.4 op.46 (1918), String Quartet no.5 op.64 (1920); CD 3 1996, String Quartet no.6 op.77 (1922), String Quartet no.7 op.87 (1925), String Quartet no.8 op.121 (1932). * Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Chamber Music, CD 1994: Piano Quartet (1822), Chamber Music (1834), Piano Trio op.11 (1846-47). *

, Chamber Music, CD 1993: Violin Sonata no.1 (1921), Violin Sonata no.2 (1948), String Quartet (1919), Piano Trio (1978) *

, String Quartets, CD 1992: String Quartet nr.4 (1950) String Quartet nr.6 (1959–60), String Quartet nr.7 (1965). *

, Chamber Music Vol.3, CD 1992: Double Concerto in A (1926), (version with Piano), Horn: Franz Draxinger, Piano: Céline Dutilly). *

, Chamber Music Vol.1 and Vol.2 (2-CD Set) 1991: Violin Sonata op.7 (1887), String Quintet op.1 (1883), String Quartet (1902/12)

References

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