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German pianist, composer and academic teacher
Reinhard Pfundt (born in 1951) is a German pianist, composer and academic teacher at the
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig . He wrote orchestral works, chamber music and songs, and was awarded prizes in the
German Democratic Republic (DDR).
Life
Born in
Burgstädt , Pfundt grew up with weekly
Kurrende [
de ] singing and lessons in piano and organ.
[1] He received first composition lessons from 1967 to 1969 with
Paul Kurzbach in
Chemnitz (then Karl-Marx-Stadt). From 1969 to 1975, he studied composition and piano at the
Musikhochschule Leipzig , among others with
Fritz Geißler ,
[2]
Rolf Reuter ,
[1]
Siegfried Thiele and
Wilhelm Weismann .
[2] Afterwards he was master student of
Siegfried Matthus at the Berlin
Academy of Arts .
[1]
[2]
Pfundt worked as a freelance composer and pianist until 1987, and simultaneously lectured at Musikhochschule Leipzig and in Halle. He then became senior assistant (Oberassistent ) in Leipzig.
[2] His De profundis was premiered in 1981 for the opening weeks of the new
Gewandhaus , conducted by
Kurt Masur .
[2] In 1992, Pfundt was appointed professor of composition and Tonsatz at the institution, now called
University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" . He served as Prorector of the university from 1994 to 2000. He retired in 2016.
[1]
Awards
1978 Prize at the DDR Musiktage festival,
[2] for Sonata for viola solo
1980
Hans Stieber Prize .
[2]
1984
Hanns-Eisler-Preis [
de ] for Bartók-Reflexionen für Orchester .
[1]
1986 Hanns-Eisler-Preis for Inventionen zu BACH .
[1]
[3] 1985
1985 Prize of the Thüringer Landeskirche.
[2]
1992 Prize of the Carl-Engels-Stiftung.
[2]
Composition
Pfundt composed orchestral works, chamber music and songs, including:
[2]
Orchestra
Bartók-Reflexionen
De profundis
Introduktion und Kanon
Inventionen zu BACH
Flute Concerto
Concerto for orchestra
Musique pour Sanssouci
Chamber music
Auf der Suche nach dem Gleichgewicht for flute, violin and piano
Ballade für Violine und Harfe .
[4]
Wind Quiotet
Capriccio, Canto e Canone for flute and clarinet
Three Etudes for piano
Three Pieces for horn
Three Pieces for oboe and viola.
[5]
Three Pieces for oboe and percussion.
[6]
Three pieces for violin and piano
Fantasia on
Luther's Agnus Dei for organ
Five Pieces for piano
In die Tiefe , Collage for soprano recorder, violin, cello, double bass and harpsichord
Inventions on
B-A-C-H for piano
Serenade for flute, alto flute (or violin) and cello.
[7]
Sextett for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Sonate for viola sola
Four String Quartets
Suite for three flute instruments
Trio for flute, viola and cello
Triosonata for organ
Vertiefung in ein Thema von Bach for flute, two violins, cello, double bass and harpsichord
Four Pieces for piano
Four Monograms for alto recorder
Vocal music
Five songs for mezzo-soprano, horn and piano, text by
Eva Strittmatter
Nine Galgenlieder , songs for mixed choir,
text by
Christian Morgenstern
Seven songs for mezzo-soprano, flute and harp, text by Morgenstern
Two songs for voice and piano, text by
Friedrich Hagedorn
Two madrigals for mixed choir, texts by Paul von der Aelst and Thibault
References
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