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Heinrich Bender (conductor)

January 01, 1970

Heinrich Bender, real name Heinrich Maul, (11 May 1925 – 24 May 2016) was a German conductor, pianist and music teacher. He went down in recent interpretive history primarily as Bavarian State Kapellmeister, Principal Conductor at the Munich National Theatre and Director of the Studio of the Bavarian State Opera Munich.

Heinrich Bender (circa 1980)

Life and career edit

Bender came from Saarbrücken, where his father was violist in the municipal orchestra. He grew up in a bourgeois environment conducive to education and the arts, learned to play the piano at an early age, took part in house and chamber concerts as a child and performed in solo piano recitals at the age of ten. He took the so-called Notabitur at the Ludwigsgymnasium in Saarbrücken in 1943 and then did his military service. While attending school, he received lessons in piano playing and harmony from Heinz Bongartz, then general music director of the Theater Saarbrücken.[1]

After the end of the war, Bender found work in a machine factory after completing his schooling. In 1946, he got his first job as a répétiteur at the Theater Saarbrücken. A year later, he was able to continue his studies with Bongartz, who in the meantime had become a professor at the Leipzig Academy of Music as head of the conducting class. In addition to his studies in all subjects relevant to a Kapellmeister, he acquired extensive knowledge of symphonic and operatic practice with Bongartz.[2]

After studying with Bongartz, he moved to the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin-Charlottenburg, where he studied composition with Boris Blacher, piano with Gerhard Puchelt and conducting with Felix Lederer. In the autumn of 1949, he took up his first engagement as a conductor (répétiteur with conducting duties) at the Landestheater Coburg. There, as an opera conductor at a multi-discipline ensemble theatre, he was able to develop an extensive repertoire and establish contacts with singers, orchestra musicians, fellow conductors and theatre professionals of all kinds. At the same time, he completed a degree in musicology at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.

In 1955 he was engaged as musical assistant to the Bayreuth Festival, where he was able to work for years with the Wagner brothers and important conductors such as Knappertsbusch, Keilberth, Cluytens. In 1957, he went to the Stadttheater Hagen/Westphalia as 1st Kapellmeister. In 1959, at the instigation of Joseph Keilberth, he was called to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. There, he advanced to the position of Bavarian State Kapellmeister. Bender remained active in the Bavarian capital until the end of his career, in effect as permanent first conductor alongside music director Joseph Keilberth, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Zubin Mehta. At the same time, he was active as an opera and concert conductor, as a Lied pianist and at home and abroad, as a guest at the Berlin State Opera as well as at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Salome) and at the Vienna State Opera (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, La Cenerentola, Lulu). In 1961, he conducted the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers at the Schwetzingen Festival. At the Bavarian State Opera, he conducted, among other things, the German premiere of the burlesque-comic opera Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali by Gaetano Donizetti. He did not take up an offer to move to Dresden as general music director after a guest performance at the Semperoper, as it was tied to the acceptance of GDR citizenship. In 1969, he accepted the position of chief conductor of the German repertoire at the Canadian Opera Company, where he conducted the German productions with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra up to and including 1976. From 1969 onwards, he also held the position of Studio Director at the Bavarian State Opera for three decades and conducted 90 opera performances with its master students.[3]

Bender died on 24 May 2016 in Munich at the age of 91.[4]

Positions and activities edit

Bender was responsible for a repertoire of works without limits. Critics described him as one of the "last representatives of a dying species" (Marcel Prawy) - the universally educated, masterfully interpreting universalist who was perfectly up to every task ad hoc "off the cuff". Bender was almost a legend as an orchestra conductor in Munich until the 1990s. The effects of his pedagogical work as director of the Munich Opera Studio can hardly be measured: Most of the 200 or so graduates of this opera school went on to careers at German state theatres and European opera houses. Bender's most successful students include Agnes Baltsa, Roland Bracht, Kevin Conners, Isoldé Elchlepp, Daphne Evangelatos, Marcus Goritzki, Ingrid Haubold, Markus Hollop, Andreas Kohn, Robert Künzli, Petra Lang, Juan José Lopera, Ralf Lukas, Georg Paucker, Alfred Reiter, Christoph Stephinger, Rüdiger Trebes, Andrea Trauboth, Violeta Urmana, Deon van der Walt, Kobie van Rensburg, Irmgard Vilsmaier, Roland Wagenführer, and Yaron Windmüller.

Bender's musical productions are only insufficiently published on recordings, but are variously documented in radio archives. The Hamburg Archive for the Art of Singing has been publishing recordings of opera performances under Bender's direction since 2010.[5]

Publications edit

  • Die Gliederung der Mundarten um Marburg a. d. Lahn[6]

Further reading edit

  • Heinrich Bender: Eines Schutzengels Hand – Die Spur von meinen Erdentagen. Eigenverlag München 2010.

Recordings edit

  • Musikausschnitte zur Biographie / Werke von Wagner, R.Strauss, Debussy, Prokofiev, Hindemith, Hartmann, Henze, H.Bender + Barbershop-Songs / Anhang-CD zum Printwerk (s. o.)
  • Recital Nicolai Gedda: Arien + Szenen aus Opern / Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Deutscher Schallplattenpreis (EMI Electrola)
  • Lieder-Recital Astrid Varnay / Wagner, Dvořák, Respighi (MYTO)
  • Portrait-Edition Karl Christian Kohn: Gluck, Wagner, Mussorgskij, Wolf-Ferrari, Orff/Monteverdi, Henze (1962–1990) Hamburger Archiv
  • Portrait-Edition Thomas Tipton: Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini (1965–1977) Hamburger Archiv
  • Hans Werner Henze / Elegie für junge Liebende (1961) Hamburger Archiv
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck / Die Pilger von Mekka (1962) Hamburger Archiv
  • Giuseppe Verdi / Don Carlos (1965) / Hamburger Archiv
  • Gaetano Donizetti / Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali / Dt. EA 1969) Hamburger Archiv
  • Gaetano Donizetti / Anna Bolena (1967) Hamburger Archiv

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ Heinrich Bender (conductor) on Operabase
  2. ^ Heinrich Bender (conductor) on ArkiveMusic
  3. ^ Heinrich Bender zum 80. Geburtstag, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
  4. ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk (7 July 2017). "Dirigent, Pianist und Musikpädagoge: Heinrich Bender verstorben | BR-Klassik". www.br-klassik.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ Portrait on Pixabay
  6. ^ Die Gliederung der Mundarten um Marburg a. d. Lahn on WorldCat

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Heinrich Bender real name Heinrich Maul 11 May 1925 24 May 2016 was a German conductor pianist and music teacher He went down in recent interpretive history primarily as Bavarian State Kapellmeister Principal Conductor at the Munich National Theatre and Director of the Studio of the Bavarian State Opera Munich Heinrich Bender circa 1980 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Positions and activities 3 Publications 4 Further reading 5 Recordings 6 Honours 7 References 8 External linksLife and career editBender came from Saarbrucken where his father was violist in the municipal orchestra He grew up in a bourgeois environment conducive to education and the arts learned to play the piano at an early age took part in house and chamber concerts as a child and performed in solo piano recitals at the age of ten He took the so called Notabitur at the Ludwigsgymnasium in Saarbrucken in 1943 and then did his military service While attending school he received lessons in piano playing and harmony from Heinz Bongartz then general music director of the Theater Saarbrucken 1 After the end of the war Bender found work in a machine factory after completing his schooling In 1946 he got his first job as a repetiteur at the Theater Saarbrucken A year later he was able to continue his studies with Bongartz who in the meantime had become a professor at the Leipzig Academy of Music as head of the conducting class In addition to his studies in all subjects relevant to a Kapellmeister he acquired extensive knowledge of symphonic and operatic practice with Bongartz 2 After studying with Bongartz he moved to the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin Charlottenburg where he studied composition with Boris Blacher piano with Gerhard Puchelt and conducting with Felix Lederer In the autumn of 1949 he took up his first engagement as a conductor repetiteur with conducting duties at the Landestheater Coburg There as an opera conductor at a multi discipline ensemble theatre he was able to develop an extensive repertoire and establish contacts with singers orchestra musicians fellow conductors and theatre professionals of all kinds At the same time he completed a degree in musicology at the University of Erlangen Nuremberg In 1955 he was engaged as musical assistant to the Bayreuth Festival where he was able to work for years with the Wagner brothers and important conductors such as Knappertsbusch Keilberth Cluytens In 1957 he went to the Stadttheater Hagen Westphalia as 1st Kapellmeister In 1959 at the instigation of Joseph Keilberth he was called to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich There he advanced to the position of Bavarian State Kapellmeister Bender remained active in the Bavarian capital until the end of his career in effect as permanent first conductor alongside music director Joseph Keilberth Wolfgang Sawallisch and Zubin Mehta At the same time he was active as an opera and concert conductor as a Lied pianist and at home and abroad as a guest at the Berlin State Opera as well as at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Salome and at the Vienna State Opera Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail La Cenerentola Lulu In 1961 he conducted the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze s Elegy for Young Lovers at the Schwetzingen Festival At the Bavarian State Opera he conducted among other things the German premiere of the burlesque comic opera Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali by Gaetano Donizetti He did not take up an offer to move to Dresden as general music director after a guest performance at the Semperoper as it was tied to the acceptance of GDR citizenship In 1969 he accepted the position of chief conductor of the German repertoire at the Canadian Opera Company where he conducted the German productions with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra up to and including 1976 From 1969 onwards he also held the position of Studio Director at the Bavarian State Opera for three decades and conducted 90 opera performances with its master students 3 Bender died on 24 May 2016 in Munich at the age of 91 4 Positions and activities editBender was responsible for a repertoire of works without limits Critics described him as one of the last representatives of a dying species Marcel Prawy the universally educated masterfully interpreting universalist who was perfectly up to every task ad hoc off the cuff Bender was almost a legend as an orchestra conductor in Munich until the 1990s The effects of his pedagogical work as director of the Munich Opera Studio can hardly be measured Most of the 200 or so graduates of this opera school went on to careers at German state theatres and European opera houses Bender s most successful students include Agnes Baltsa Roland Bracht Kevin Conners Isolde Elchlepp Daphne Evangelatos Marcus Goritzki Ingrid Haubold Markus Hollop Andreas Kohn Robert Kunzli Petra Lang Juan Jose Lopera Ralf Lukas Georg Paucker Alfred Reiter Christoph Stephinger Rudiger Trebes Andrea Trauboth Violeta Urmana Deon van der Walt Kobie van Rensburg Irmgard Vilsmaier Roland Wagenfuhrer and Yaron Windmuller Bender s musical productions are only insufficiently published on recordings but are variously documented in radio archives The Hamburg Archive for the Art of Singing has been publishing recordings of opera performances under Bender s direction since 2010 5 Publications editDie Gliederung der Mundarten um Marburg a d Lahn 6 Further reading editHeinrich Bender Eines Schutzengels Hand Die Spur von meinen Erdentagen Eigenverlag Munchen 2010 Recordings editMusikausschnitte zur Biographie Werke von Wagner R Strauss Debussy Prokofiev Hindemith Hartmann Henze H Bender Barbershop Songs Anhang CD zum Printwerk s o Recital Nicolai Gedda Arien Szenen aus Opern Bayerisches Staatsorchester Deutscher Schallplattenpreis EMI Electrola Lieder Recital Astrid Varnay Wagner Dvorak Respighi MYTO Portrait Edition Karl Christian Kohn Gluck Wagner Mussorgskij Wolf Ferrari Orff Monteverdi Henze 1962 1990 Hamburger Archiv Portrait Edition Thomas Tipton Donizetti Verdi Puccini 1965 1977 Hamburger Archiv Hans Werner Henze Elegie fur junge Liebende 1961 Hamburger Archiv Christoph Willibald Gluck Die Pilger von Mekka 1962 Hamburger Archiv Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos 1965 Hamburger Archiv Gaetano Donizetti Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali Dt EA 1969 Hamburger Archiv Gaetano Donizetti Anna Bolena 1967 Hamburger ArchivHonours edit1993 Bundesverdienstkreuz 1997 Bayerischer VerdienstordenReferences edit Heinrich Bender conductor on Operabase Heinrich Bender conductor on ArkiveMusic Heinrich Bender zum 80 Geburtstag Bayerische Staatsoper Munich Bayerischer Rundfunk 7 July 2017 Dirigent Pianist und Musikpadagoge Heinrich Bender verstorben BR Klassik www br klassik de in German Retrieved 22 December 2020 Portrait on Pixabay Die Gliederung der Mundarten um Marburg a d Lahn on WorldCatExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heinrich Bender Literature by and about Heinrich Bender conductor in the German National Library catalogue Heinrich 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