Heribert Beissel | |
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| Born | (1933-03-27)27 March 1933 Wesel, Germany |
| Died | 11 June 2021(2021-06-11) (aged 88) Germany |
| Education | Hochschule für Musik Köln |
| Occupation | Conductor |
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Heribert Beissel (27 March 1933[1] – 11 June 2021[2][3]) was a Germanconductor. While based inBonn for decades, as conductor at theBonn Opera and as founder and conductor of theKlassische Philharmonie Bonn, he also held leading positions inHalle (Saale) andFrankfurt (Oder) after theGerman reunification. His discography covers composers fromBach toDebussy.
Born inWesel,[1] Beissel attended the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck, a humanisticgymnasium. He studied piano and conducting at theHochschule für Musik Köln, conducting withGünter Wand and composition withFrank Martin. He began his conducting career as a repetiteur and soonKapellmeister at theBonn Opera in 1955, where he remained until 1964. He founded theChur Cölnisches Solistenensemble in 1958, dedicated to the music at the Bonn court of theElectors of Cologne.[2] In 1968, he also founded theChur Cölnischer Chor Bonn [de].[2]
Beissel was the chief conductor of theHamburger Symphoniker from 1971 to 1985. During this period, he also collaborated with theHamburg State Opera and theHamburg Ballet directed byJohn Neumeier.[2] He was conductor of theFolkwang Kammerorchester Essen at theFolkwang Hochschule from 1979 to 1984. In 1986, the Chur Cölnisches Orchester was expanded to theKlassische Philharmonie Bonn.[4]
After theGerman reunification, he was chief conductor of thePhilharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle from 1991 to 1999, and was also the founder and conductor of theLandesjugendorchester Sachsen-Anhalt.[2] From 2001 to 2006 he wasGeneralmusikdirektor of theBrandenburgisches Staatsorchester inFrankfurt (Oder).[2]
Heribert Beissel died on 11 June 2021 at age 88.[2]
Beissel and the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn recorded piano concertos by Mozart,No. 12 inA major andNo. 9 inE Major, with soloist Ekaterina Litvintseva in 2013.[5] They recorded theFirst Piano Concerto by Johannes Brahms live in 2017, with Ekaterina Litvintseva as the soloist.[6]
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