Bernd Wiesemann
- Pianist
- Composer
- Music educator
- Conceptual artist
Bernd Wiesemann (4 August 1938 – 10 August 2015) was a German pianist, composer, music educator and conceptual artist.
Career
Born in Düsseldorf, Wiesemann studied piano with Alexander Kaul at the Robert Schumann-Institut in his hometown.
Wiesemann was a pioneer of the kinderklavier (children's piano, also toy piano), which he promoted from the end of the 1970s as a concert instrument on which he performed and for which he composed,[1] for example Sieben Miniaturen (1980), Petite Suite (1987) and Bauhaus-Suite (1994). He played many concerts, even in open places such as stations, in Kneipen and on the street. He organized with René Heinersdorff a concert series, from 1991 to 2000, forum 20 – musik unseres jahrhunderts im spiegel der dezennien (forum 20 – music of our century mirrored in decades),[2] which focused on a fusion of the arts, both informative and entertaining.[1][3] He played concerts in Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands, recorded CDs and made radio productions and documentations.[2] He recorded in 2003 a SACD Neue Musik für Kinderklavier – Das untemperierte Klavier.[4] Colleagues composing for him and his kinderklavier included Christian Banasik [de], Oskar Gottlieb Blarr, Ratko Delorko, Michael Denhoff, Oscar van Dillen and Andreas Kunstein. Wiesemann's compositions for children's piano were published by Verlag Dohr in Cologne. He died in his hometown.[1] His daughter is the actress Mirjam Wiesemann. A memorial concert for him was played on 22 November 2015 at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf in the series for contemporary music Na hör’n Sie mal.[5]
Selected compositions
- Sieben Miniaturen (1980) for toy piano (children's piano) or other keyboard instrument. Verlag Dohr, ISMN M-2020-0543-9[3]
- Petite Suite (1987) for toy piano (children's piano) or other keyboard instrument. Verlag Dohr, ISMN M-2020-0542-9[3]
- Bauhaus-Suite (1994) for toy piano (children's piano) or other keyboard instrument. Verlag Dohr, ISMN M-2020-0541-5[3]
- Choreographie der Klänge, for piano, trombone, and experimental sounds[3]
Discography
- Choreographie der Klänge. Paul Hubweber [de], trombone, Johannes Leis, baritone-saxophone, Bernd Wiesemann, piano, live recording of 27 November 2001, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Verlag Dohr DCD012, 2002[3]
- Das untemperierte Klavier - Neue Musik für Kinderklavier, Cybele Records, 2003[4]
References
- ^ a b c Müller, Regine (18 August 2015). "Heiterer Avantgardist: Der Musiker Bernd Wiesemann ist tot". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Bernd Wiesemann" (in German). Cybele Records. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bernd Wiesemann" (in German). Dohr Verlag. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Das untemperierte Klavier – Neue Musik für Kinderklavier / Bernd Wiesemann" (in German). Cybele Records. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ "In Erinnerung an Bernd Wiesemann" (in German). Tonhalle Düsseldorf. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Neue Musik für Kinderklavier (in German) muziekweb.nl
- Die Toypianos / Kinderklaviere der Sammlung Dohr (in German) Pianomuseum Haus Eller / Sammlung Dohr
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