Robert Ehrlich (born in 1965 in

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) is a

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player and university professor. From October 2015 until 2019, he was

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of the

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. Previously, he was rector of the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig 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 univ ...

from 2006 to 2015.

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(MIZ).

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Life

Ehrlich was born in Belfast. He initially studied

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. In 1990, he obtained a master's degree in

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context. The discipline investigates social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investiga ...

( M.Phil.). He then studied recorder with Walter van Hauwe at the

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. He performs worldwide as a soloist and in ensembles, including with the

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, the

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and

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. His CD recordings include recordings of Bach's

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in three different pitches with

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(A₄=443 Hz),

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(A₄=415 Hz) and

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(A₄=392 Hz). The latter two recordings won

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in the categories "Best Baroque Instrumental" and "Editor’s Choice". From 1990 to 1993, Ehrlich taught recorder and teaching methodology part time at the

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. He was also a guest lecturer for performance practice at the

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. Since 1993 he has been

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of recorder at the University of Music und Theatre Leipzig and since 1998 visiting professor at the

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in London. In 2006, Ehrlich was elected rector of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, where he was re-elected by a large majority for a second term by the Extended Senate in 2010. In 2015, he was elected rector of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin by the Extended Academic Senate.Web Archive Radio Berlin-Brandenburg. In 2019, following the end of his period of office at the HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin, he resumed his tenure as professor in Leipzig, where he was elected to the University Senate in the same year and was designated special representative of the Department of Composition and Music Theory in 2021.

Functions, public offices and honorary offices

* 2012-2015 Vice-Chairman of the Landesrektorenkonferenz Saxony * 2014 Patron

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Leipzig * 2014-2019 Member of the Board of the Rectors' Conference of the German Universities of Music

Awards

* 1987: Schott Chamber Music Competition in London (Ensemble ''The Cambridge Musick'' with Robert Ehrlich – recorder,

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– violin, Mark Levy – viola da gamba, and Richard Egarr – Harpsichord) * 1988:

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in Munich * 1989: Moeck/SRP Competition in cooperation with

London International Festival of Early Music The London International Festival of Early Music (LIFEM) is an English music festival which is devoted mainly to baroque music, Baroque and renaissance music, Renaissance music. It takes place each November in Blackheath, London, at Blackheath Hal ...

(LIFEM)

Writings (selection)

"Du mußt dich nicht fürchten; diese Insel ist voll von Getöse: Rede anlässlich der feierlichen Investitur in das Rektorenamt"
(PDF). ''MT-Journal'', issue 22 (2006), Sonderbeilage, 2–8.
"Festrede zur Gründung der Stiftung der Hochschule für Musik und Theater"
(PDF). ''MT-Journal'', issue 28 (2010) Sonderbeilage, 2–7.
"Serendipität"
(PDF). ''Denkströme. Journal der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften'', issue 5 (2010), 9–17. * "Die verlorenen Hanns Eisler-Bilder von Prof. ". Essay in the programme book ''Akademischer Festakt der Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler'', Berlin 2016. * "Germany National Overview; Overview of Higher Music Education System", ed
AEC
(Association Européenne Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen) 2017. * "Wiedergefundene Fragmente eines Hochschularchivs". Essay in the programme book ''Akademischer Festakt der Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler'', Berlin 2018. * ''The Great German Recorder Epidemic: Reinventing the Recorder, 1925–1950''. (Instant Harmony Essay Series, vol. 1) Portland 2021. * ''The Recorder'', co-authored with David Lasocki. (Yale University Press Musical Instrument Series) London & New York 2022. (Further contributions by Nikolaj Tarasov and

Michala Petri Michala Petri (born 7 July 1958) is a Danish recorder player. She is celebrated for her technical virtuosity and versatility across various musical styles. She made her solo debut in 1969, at age eleven. Biography Petri, who began playing th ...

.) .

References

External links

"Hochseilakt. Zwischen Exzellenz und ausbaufähiger Politikwahrnehmung
(PDF). im Gespräch mit dem Vorstand der Rektorenkonferenz der deutschen Musikhochschulen Robert Ehrlich, Susanne Rode-Breymann und Martin Ullrich". ''Musikforum'' 14 (2016), issue 4, 22–28. Retrieved 28 April 2022. * Leipzig Bach Festival 2014 �
In conversation with Robert Ehrlich and Andreas Glöckner

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Leipzig, recorded 11 May 2014, "Sommersaal des Bach-Museums Leipzig". Retrieved 28 April 2022.
Publications by Robert Ehrlich
on Musikbibliographie at

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. * Robert Ehrlich a
German National Library Catalogue
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrlich, Robert Living people 1965 births 20th-century British male musicians 21st-century British male musicians Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig British recorder players Musicians from Belfast 20th-century British flautists 21st-century British flautists Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni