Marie-Luise Neunecker

Marie Luise Neunecker (born 17 July 1955) is a German horn player and professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".

Marie-Luise Neunecker, 2011

Professional career

Neunecker was born in Erbes-Büdesheim. She studied musicology and German studies.

She completed her horn studies with Erich Penzel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1978 she started her career at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt as second horn. In 1979 she was appointed principal horn with the Bamberg Symphony, and from 1981 to 1989 she held the same position with the hr-Sinfonieorchester. She has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras worldwide, and is also active as a chamber music player.

In 1986 she won first prize at the Concert Artists Guild international competition in New York.[1]

In 1988 she was appointed professor at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, and in 2004 she was appointed professor of horn at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".[2]

Volker David Kirchner dedicated his Orfeo for baritone, horn and piano on poems from Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus to her, premiered on 6 May 1988 in Karlsruhe with Hermann Becht and Nina Tichman.[3]

György Ligeti dedicated to her his Hamburg Concerto, which she premiered on 20 January 2001 in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble.[4] She also recorded the work for Teldec's Ligeti Project series.[5][6]

Recordings include works by Britten, Hindemith, Mozart and Richard Strauss and also lesser known repertory, such as horn concertos by Reinhold Glière, Paul Hindemith,[7] Othmar Schoeck, and Vissarion Shebalin; three works for horn and piano by Alexander Glazunov; Poème by Charles Koechlin; and the concerto for violin, horn and orchestra by Ethel Smyth.[8][9]

She has served on the jury of The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments.[10]

Discography

Concertante works

Year	Composer	Work	Conductor Orchestra	Format: Record label Catalogue number
?	W.A. Mozart	Horn Concertos 1-4	Thomas Füri Camerata Bern	Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 030-0
1993	Paul Hindemith	Horn Concerto	Werner Andreas Albert Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt	Audio CD: CPO Cat: 999142-2[7]
1993	Reinhold Glière Vissarion Shebalin	Horn Concerto, Op. 91 Horn Concertino	Werner Andreas Albert Bamberg Symphony	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[9]
1995	Othmar Schoeck Charles Koechlin Ethel Smyth	Horn Concerto, Op. 65 Poème for horn and orchestra, Op. 70b Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra	Uri Mayer NDR Radiophilharmonie	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-6412-2 H1[8]
1995	Max Reger	Scherzino for horn and orchestra	Horst Stein Bamberg Symphony	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1489-2 H1[11]
1999	Richard Strauss Benjamin Britten	Horn Concertos 1-2 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings	Ingo Metzmacher Bamberg Symphony	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 72435 56183-2
2002	György Ligeti	Hamburg Concerto	Reinbert de Leeuw Asko Ensemble	Audio CD: Teldec Cat: 8573 88263-2

Chamber music

Year	Composer	Work	Ensemble	Format: Record label Catalogue number
?	W.A. Mozart	Quintet for horn and strings, KV 407	Mannheimer String Quartet	Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 006-2
1993	Alexander Glazunov	Reverie, Serenade, Idyll for horn and piano	Paul Rivinius (piano)	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[9]
1996	György Ligeti	Trio for violin, horn and piano	Saschko Gawriloff (violin) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)	Audio CD: Sony Classical Cat: SK62309

Notes

1. "Past competition winners". Concert Artists Guild. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
2. "Marie Luise Neunecker". Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
3. "Vocal Music" (PDF). Schott. 2008. p. 27. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
4. "Hamburg Concerto". Schott Music. 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
5. "The Ligeti Project". Warner Classics. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
6. Andrew Clements (2 May 2003). "Ligeti: Hamburg Concerto; Double Concerto; Ramifications; Requiem". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 July 2010. The solo horn part in the Hamburg Concerto is mind-bogglingly difficult, yet Marie-Louise Neunecker makes light of every challenge.
7. "Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 3". ArkivMusic. 2001. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
8. Rob Barnett (1999). "Three Works for French Horn and Orchestra". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
9. Rob Barnett (2000). "Russian Horn Concertos". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
10. "Marie-Luise Neunecker". The Aeolus International Competition. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
11. Rob Barnett (1999). "Max Reger Edition - Orchestral Works". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 21 July 2010.

External links

• Marie Luise Neunecker at Künstlersekretariat Schoerke
• Marie Luise Neunecker at the Semperoper
• Entries for Marie Luise Neunecker on WorldCat