Wilfried Hanke (23 September 1901 – ?) was a German violinist and music educator.

Life

Hanke was born in

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(now the Czech Republic). He joined the

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orchestra in 1927 under the principal conductor

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. In 1932/33 he was an active member of the orchestra, finally as second concertmaster. In 1931, he was also a member of the

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Orchestra, which was conducted by Furtwängler at the time. On 1 January 1934, Hanke became first

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at the Hamburg State Theatre. In 1934 the Philharmonic Orchestra and the City Theatre Orchestra merged to form the

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, where he was also concertmaster. He played with the conductors

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and

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. From 1938 to 1943, he was primarius of the Hanke Quartet in Hamburg. He played with Rudolf Prick (2nd violin), Fritz Lang (viola) and

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and Bernhard Günther (violoncello). Together with Carl Seemann (piano) and Atis Teichmannis (cello), he performed in the Seemann Trio. He was soloist among others at the

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of Willy Czernik's Violin Concerto in A minor (with the

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) and by Rudolf von Oertzen's ''Symphonischer Dialog'' for solo violins and orchestra (conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch). Furthermore, in 1941 he conducted in Hamburg the premiere of Helmut Paulsen's Sonata for violin and piano (with the composer). From the 1950s, he was also professor of violin at the

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Literature

* Gerassimos Avgerinos: ''Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882–1972''.''Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882–1972''
on WorldCat self edited, Berlin 1972, .

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanke, Wilfried 1901 births Date of death unknown 20th-century German classical violinists German male classical violinists 20th-century German male musicians People from Litoměřice District German Bohemian people People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Musicians from Austria-Hungary Concertmasters of the Berlin Philharmonic Players of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg