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'''Helmut Winschermann''' (22 March 1920 – c. 4 March 2021) was a German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher. He founded the [[Deutsche Bachsolisten]] ensemble for historically informed performamces, and was their conductor from 1960 until his death. They made many recordings and toured internationally, especially to Japan.
'''Helmut Winschermann''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhɛlmuːt ˈvɪnʃɐman|lang}}; 22 March 1920 – 4 March 2021<ref>[https://trauer.ga.de/traueranzeige/helmut-winschermann Helmut Winschermann] {{in lang|de}}</ref>) was a German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher. He founded the [[Deutsche Bachsolisten]] ensemble for historically informed performances, and was their conductor from 1960 until his death. They made many recordings and toured internationally, especially to Japan.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Winschermann was born in [[Mülheim|Mülheim an der Ruhr]] in 1920. He first studied violin at the [[Folkwangschule]] where he was pointed at the oboe which he studied with {{ill|Johann Baptist  Schlee|de}}.<ref name="Mittmann">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Mittmann |first=Jörg-Peter |editor-last=Lütteken |editor-first=Laurenz |encyclopedia=MGG Online |date=2016 |isbn= |publisher=Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart |location= |url=https://www.mgg-online.com/mgg/stable/53537 |title=Winschermann, Helmut |pages=}}</ref> After only one year of oboe studies, he was engaged at the [[Witten]] municipal orchestra, followed by [[Bad Homburg]] and [[Oberhausen]].<ref name="Mittmann" /> <!--after studying in Paris. --> He served in the military in World War II.<ref name="Mittmann" /> After the war, he was principal oboe with the [[hr-Sinfonieorchester|Rundfunkorchester Frankfurt]].<ref name="Mittmann" /><ref name=all>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/helmut-winschermann-mn0000574882/biography Biography AllMusic] by Robert Cummings. Retrieved 27 August 2013</ref>
Winschermann was born in [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]] in 1920.<ref name="Asow 2019" /> He first studied violin at the [[Folkwangschule]] where he was pointed at the oboe which he studied with {{ill|Johann Baptist Schlee|de}}.<ref name="Mittmann">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Mittmann |first=Jörg-Peter |editor-last=Lütteken |editor-first=Laurenz |encyclopedia=MGG Online |date=2016 |isbn= |publisher=Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart |location= |url=https://www.mgg-online.com/mgg/stable/53537 |title=Winschermann, Helmut |pages=}}</ref> He studied also at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]].<ref name="Asow 2019" /> After only one year of oboe studies, he was engaged at the [[Witten]] municipal orchestra, followed by [[Bad Homburg]] and [[Oberhausen]].<ref name="Mittmann" /> He served in the military in World War II.<ref name="Mittmann" /> After the war, he was principal oboe with the [[hr-Sinfonieorchester|Rundfunkorchester Frankfurt]].<ref name="Mittmann" /><ref name=all>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/helmut-winschermann-mn0000574882/biography Biography AllMusic] by Robert Cummings. Retrieved 27 August 2013</ref>


With the flautist [[Kurt Redel]] and harpsichordist Irmgard Lechner, he was a co-founder of the chamber music ensemble Collegium Pro Arte, later called the Collegium Instrumentale Detmold.<ref name="ZEITBLATT Magazin 2018">{{cite web | title=Der Dirigent Kurt Redel | website=ZEITBLATT Magazin | date=11 August 2018 | url=http://zeitblatt.com/der-dirigent-kurt-redel/ | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Asow 2019 p. ">{{cite book | last=Asow | first=E. H. | title=Kürschners Deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954 | publisher=De Gruyter | publication-place=Berlin Boston | year=2019 | isbn=978-3-11-172167-5 | oclc=1091664405 | language=de | page=1488}}</ref>
With the flautist [[Kurt Redel]] and harpsichordist Irmgard Lechner, he was a co-founder of the chamber music ensemble Collegium Pro Arte, later called the Collegium Instrumentale Detmold.<ref name="Asow 2019">{{cite book | last=Asow | first=E. H. | title=Kürschners Deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954 | publisher=De Gruyter | publication-place=Berlin Boston | year=2019 | isbn=978-3-11-172167-5 | oclc=1091664405 | language=de | page=1488}}</ref><ref name="ZEITBLATT Magazin 2018">{{cite web | title=Der Dirigent Kurt Redel | website=ZEITBLATT Magazin | date=11 August 2018 | url=http://zeitblatt.com/der-dirigent-kurt-redel/ | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>


In 1956 he was appointed principal chair of the oboe department at the [[Hochschule für Musik Detmold]], having taught there since 1948<ref name=all/><ref name="Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski 2020">{{cite web | title=100. Geburtstag des Oboisten und Bearbeiters Helmut Winschermann | website=Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski | date=23 July 2020 | url=https://www.sikorski.de/14654/de/0/a/0/100_geburtstag_des_oboisten_und_bearbeiters_helmut_winschermann.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> when the institution was founded.<ref name="Mittmann" /> His students include [[Hansjörg Schellenberger]], [[Fumiaki Miyamoto]], [[Ingo Goritzki]], Günther Passin and Gernot Schmalfuß.<ref name="Bojanowski Magdeburg 2013">{{cite web | last=Bojanowski | first=Renate | last2= | first2= | title=Bonner Musikexperte mit Telemann-Preis geehrt | website=Volksstimme.de | date=4 March 2013 | url=https://www.volksstimme.de/kultur/kultur_regional/1032785_Bonner-Musikexperte-mit-Telemann-Preis-geehrt.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> He held the professorship until his retirement in 1985.<ref name="Mittmann" />
In 1956 he was appointed principal chair of the oboe department at the [[Hochschule für Musik Detmold]], having taught there since 1948<ref name=all/><ref name="Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski 2020">{{cite web | title=100. Geburtstag des Oboisten und Bearbeiters Helmut Winschermann | website=Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski | date=23 July 2020 | url=https://www.sikorski.de/14654/de/0/a/0/100_geburtstag_des_oboisten_und_bearbeiters_helmut_winschermann.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> when the institution was founded.<ref name="Mittmann" /> His students include [[Hansjörg Schellenberger]], [[Fumiaki Miyamoto]], [[Ingo Goritzki]], Günther Passin and Gernot Schmalfuß.<ref name="Bojanowski Magdeburg 2013">{{cite web | last=Bojanowski | first=Renate | title=Bonner Musikexperte mit Telemann-Preis geehrt | website=Volksstimme.de | date=4 March 2013 | url=https://www.volksstimme.de/kultur/kultur_regional/1032785_Bonner-Musikexperte-mit-Telemann-Preis-geehrt.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> He held the professorship until his retirement in 1985.<ref name="Mittmann" />


He recorded Mozart's [[Oboe Quartet (Mozart)|Oboe Quartet in F major (K.370)]] with the [[Günter Kehr|Kehr]] Trio, issued in 1957 on [[Teldec|Telefunken]] LGX 66065 in the UK.<ref>{{OCLC|949940796}}</ref> He maintained a touring schedule as a soloist, and frequently collaborated with the [[Cappella Coloniensis]], the {{ill|Chamber Orchestra of the Saar|de}} conducted by [[Karl Ristenpart]], and [[Karl Münchinger]]'s [[Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra]].<ref name="Deutschlandfunk 2020">{{cite web | title=Wegweisend als Interpret und Lehrer | website=Deutschlandfunk | date=26 March 2020 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/oboist-und-dirigent-helmut-winschermann-wegweisend-als.1991.de.html?dram:article_id=468462 | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
He recorded Mozart's [[Oboe Quartet (Mozart)|Oboe Quartet in F major (K.370)]] with the [[Günter Kehr|Kehr]] Trio, issued in 1957 on [[Teldec|Telefunken]] LGX 66065 in the UK.<ref>{{OCLC|949940796}}</ref> He maintained a touring schedule as a soloist, and frequently collaborated with the [[Cappella Coloniensis]], the {{ill|Chamber Orchestra of the Saar|de}} conducted by [[Karl Ristenpart]], and [[Karl Münchinger]]'s [[Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra]].<ref name="Deutschlandfunk 2020">{{cite web | title=Wegweisend als Interpret und Lehrer | website=Deutschlandfunk | date=26 March 2020 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/oboist-und-dirigent-helmut-winschermann-wegweisend-als.1991.de.html?dram:article_id=468462 | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>


Winschermann founded the instrumental ensemble [[Deutsche Bachsolisten]] in 1960,<ref name="MIZ">{{cite web | last=Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum | first= | title=Deutsche Bachsolisten / MIZ | website=miz.org | date=17 November 2016 | url=http://www.miz.org/details_8282_233.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> in order to provide [[historically informed performance]]s of the music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and his baroque contemporaries. He initially divided his time between playing the oboe and conducting the group, but later focussed on conducting solely.<ref name=all/> Under his direction they have made a multitude of recordings and toured widely internationally. They are particularly popular in Japan, having visited there at least 14 times.<ref name=all/>
Winschermann founded the instrumental ensemble [[Deutsche Bachsolisten]] in 1960,<ref name="MIZ">{{cite web | last=[[Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum]] | title=Deutsche Bachsolisten / MIZ | website=miz.org | date=17 November 2016 | url=http://www.miz.org/details_8282_233.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> in order to provide [[historically informed performance]]s of the music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and his baroque contemporaries. He initially divided his time between playing the oboe and conducting the group, but later focussed on conducting solely.<ref name=all/> Under his direction they have made a multitude of recordings and toured widely internationally. They are particularly popular in Japan, having visited there at least 14 times.<ref name=all/>


In 2010 the group celebrated its 50th anniversary in a concert at the [[Beethovenhalle]] in [[Bonn]], with the 90-year-old Winschermann conducting his own orchestration of Bach's ''[[Goldberg Variations]]''. He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in March 2020,<ref name="Vollmer">{{cite web | last=Vollmer | first=Dennis | title=Mülheims großer Oboist Helmut Winschermann ist 100 Jahre alt | website=waz.de | url=https://www.waz.de/staedte/muelheim/muelheims-grosser-oboist-helmut-winschermann-wird-100-jahre-id228748179.html | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> and was found dead at his home in Bonn on 4 March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14243660|title=Famed German conductor Winschermann dies at 100|work=[[The Asahi Shimbun]]|date=5 March 2021|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
In 2010 the group celebrated its 50th anniversary in a concert at the [[Beethovenhalle]] in [[Bonn]], with the 90-year-old Winschermann conducting his own orchestration of Bach's ''[[Goldberg Variations]]''. He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in March 2020.<ref name="Vollmer">{{cite web | last=Vollmer | first=Dennis | title=Mülheims großer Oboist Helmut Winschermann ist 100 Jahre alt | website=waz.de | date=23 March 2020 | url=https://www.waz.de/staedte/muelheim/muelheims-grosser-oboist-helmut-winschermann-wird-100-jahre-id228748179.html | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> He was found dead at his home in Bonn on 4 March 2021, eighteen days short of his 101st birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14243660|title=Famed German conductor Winschermann dies at 100|work=[[The Asahi Shimbun]]|date=5 March 2021|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
* In 1970, Winschermann was awarded the Officer's Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref>[https://recht.nrw.de/lmi/owa/br_mbl_show_pdf?p_jahr=1970&p_nr=157 Ministerialblatt für das Land NRW vom 1. Oktober 1970 (pdf)]</ref>
* In 1970, Winschermann was awarded the Officer's Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recht.nrw.de/lmi/owa/br_mbl_show_pdf?p_jahr=1970&p_nr=157|title=Ministerialblatt für das Land NRW vom 1. Oktober 1970 (pdf)}}</ref>
* In 1992, he was made an Honorary Member of the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in London.<ref name=all/><ref name="Bach Cantatas Website 1920">{{cite web | title=Helmut Winschermann (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography | website=Bach Cantatas Website | date=22 March 1920 | url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Winschermann-Helmut.htm | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
* In 1992, he was made an Honorary Member of the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in London.<ref name=all/><ref name="Bach Cantatas Website 1920">{{cite web | title=Helmut Winschermann (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography | website=Bach Cantatas Website | date=2001 | url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Winschermann-Helmut.htm | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
* In 2013, he received the [[Georg-Philipp-Telemann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg|Telemann Prize]] of [[Magdeburg]].<ref name="nmz">{{cite web | title=Telemann-Preis geht an Helmut Winschermann – neue musikzeitung | website=nmz | url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/telemann-preis-geht-an-helmut-winschermann | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Magdeburg 2013">{{cite web | last= | first= | title=Helmut Winschermann mit Telemann-Preis ausgezeichnet | website=Volksstimme.de | date=3 March 2013 | url=https://www.volksstimme.de/article/20130303/artikel/303039943/1673 | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
* In 2013, he received the [[Georg-Philipp-Telemann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg|Telemann Prize]] of [[Magdeburg]].<ref name="nmz">{{cite web | title=Telemann-Preis geht an Helmut Winschermann – neue musikzeitung | website=nmz | date=6 February 2013 | url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/telemann-preis-geht-an-helmut-winschermann | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Magdeburg 2013">{{cite web | last= | first= | title=Helmut Winschermann mit Telemann-Preis ausgezeichnet | website=Volksstimme.de | date=3 March 2013 | url=https://www.volksstimme.de/article/20130303/artikel/303039943/1673 | language=de | access-date=5 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 20:00, 20 November 2024

Helmut Winschermann
Born(1920-03-22)22 March 1920
Died4 March 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 100)
Occupations
  • Oboist
  • Conductor
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Helmut Winschermann (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈvɪnʃɐman]; 22 March 1920 – 4 March 2021[1]) was a German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher. He founded the Deutsche Bachsolisten ensemble for historically informed performances, and was their conductor from 1960 until his death. They made many recordings and toured internationally, especially to Japan.

Life and career

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Winschermann was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr in 1920.[2] He first studied violin at the Folkwangschule where he was pointed at the oboe which he studied with Johann Baptist Schlee [de].[3] He studied also at the Conservatoire de Paris.[2] After only one year of oboe studies, he was engaged at the Witten municipal orchestra, followed by Bad Homburg and Oberhausen.[3] He served in the military in World War II.[3] After the war, he was principal oboe with the Rundfunkorchester Frankfurt.[3][4]

With the flautist Kurt Redel and harpsichordist Irmgard Lechner, he was a co-founder of the chamber music ensemble Collegium Pro Arte, later called the Collegium Instrumentale Detmold.[2][5]

In 1956 he was appointed principal chair of the oboe department at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, having taught there since 1948[4][6] when the institution was founded.[3] His students include Hansjörg Schellenberger, Fumiaki Miyamoto, Ingo Goritzki, Günther Passin and Gernot Schmalfuß.[7] He held the professorship until his retirement in 1985.[3]

He recorded Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F major (K.370) with the Kehr Trio, issued in 1957 on Telefunken LGX 66065 in the UK.[8] He maintained a touring schedule as a soloist, and frequently collaborated with the Cappella Coloniensis, the Chamber Orchestra of the Saar [de] conducted by Karl Ristenpart, and Karl Münchinger's Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.[9]

Winschermann founded the instrumental ensemble Deutsche Bachsolisten in 1960,[10] in order to provide historically informed performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his baroque contemporaries. He initially divided his time between playing the oboe and conducting the group, but later focussed on conducting solely.[4] Under his direction they have made a multitude of recordings and toured widely internationally. They are particularly popular in Japan, having visited there at least 14 times.[4]

In 2010 the group celebrated its 50th anniversary in a concert at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, with the 90-year-old Winschermann conducting his own orchestration of Bach's Goldberg Variations. He turned 100 in March 2020.[11] He was found dead at his home in Bonn on 4 March 2021, eighteen days short of his 101st birthday.[12]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Helmut Winschermann (in German)
  2. ^ a b c Asow, E. H. (2019). Kürschners Deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954 (in German). Berlin Boston: De Gruyter. p. 1488. ISBN 978-3-11-172167-5. OCLC 1091664405.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Mittmann, Jörg-Peter (2016). "Winschermann, Helmut". In Lütteken, Laurenz (ed.). MGG Online. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
  4. ^ a b c d e Biography AllMusic by Robert Cummings. Retrieved 27 August 2013
  5. ^ "Der Dirigent Kurt Redel". ZEITBLATT Magazin (in German). 11 August 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "100. Geburtstag des Oboisten und Bearbeiters Helmut Winschermann". Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski (in German). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ Bojanowski, Renate (4 March 2013). "Bonner Musikexperte mit Telemann-Preis geehrt". Volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ OCLC 949940796
  9. ^ "Wegweisend als Interpret und Lehrer". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum (17 November 2016). "Deutsche Bachsolisten / MIZ". miz.org (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ Vollmer, Dennis (23 March 2020). "Mülheims großer Oboist Helmut Winschermann ist 100 Jahre alt". waz.de. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Famed German conductor Winschermann dies at 100". The Asahi Shimbun. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Ministerialblatt für das Land NRW vom 1. Oktober 1970 (pdf)".
  14. ^ "Helmut Winschermann (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". Bach Cantatas Website. 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Telemann-Preis geht an Helmut Winschermann – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 6 February 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Helmut Winschermann mit Telemann-Preis ausgezeichnet". Volksstimme.de (in German). 3 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
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