Marie Luise Neunecker
Neunecker in 2011
Born (1955-07-17) 17 July 1955
Erbes-Büdesheim
EducationHochschule für Musik Köln
Occupations
  • Hornist
  • Academic teacher
OrganizationsFrankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"

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

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][7]

Recordings include works by Britten, Hindemith, Mozart and Richard Strauss and also lesser known repertory, such as horn concertos by Reinhold Glière, Paul Hindemith,[8] 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.[9][10]

She has served on the jury of The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments.[11]

Discography

Concertante works

YearComposerWorkConductor
Orchestra
Format: Record label
Catalogue number
 ?W.A. MozartHorn Concertos 1–4Thomas Füri
Camerata Bern		Audio CD: Novalis
Cat: 150 030-0
1993Paul HindemithHorn ConcertoWerner Andreas Albert
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt		Audio CD: CPO
Cat: 999142-2[8]
1993Reinhold Glière
Vissarion Shebalin		Horn Concerto, Op. 91
Horn Concertino		Werner Andreas Albert
Bamberg Symphony		Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[10]
1995Othmar 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[9]
1995Max RegerScherzino for horn and orchestraHorst Stein
Bamberg Symphony		Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-1489-2 H1[12]
1999Richard Strauss
Benjamin Britten		Horn Concertos 1–2
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings[13]		Ingo Metzmacher
Bamberg Symphony		Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 72435 56183-2
2002György LigetiHamburg ConcertoReinbert de Leeuw
Asko Ensemble		Audio CD: Teldec
Cat: 8573 88263-2

Chamber music

YearComposerWorkEnsembleFormat: Record label
Catalogue number
?W.A. MozartQuintet for horn and strings, KV 407Mannheimer String QuartetAudio CD: Novalis
Cat: 150 006-2
1993Alexander GlazunovReverie, Serenade, Idyll for horn and pianoPaul Rivinius (piano)Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[10]
1996György LigetiTrio for violin, horn and pianoSaschko Gawriloff (violin)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)		Audio CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SK62309[14]
1996Johannes BrahmsTrio for piano, violin and horn in E Flat, Op.40Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)		Audio CD: EMI Classics
　Cat: CDC556385
  • Neunecker, Marie Luise; Weithaas, Antje; Avenhaus, Silke; Brahms, Johannes; Aho, Kalevi; Ligeti, György (2011), Horn trios (in no linguistic content), Åkersberga, Sweden: BIS, OCLC 811642726

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. ↑ "Orfeo". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hamburgisches Konzert". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  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. ↑ Ligeti, György; Stein, Caroline; Reisen, Margriet van; Zoon, Jacques; Holliger, Heinz; Neunecker, Marie Luise; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan; London Voices; Asko Ensemble; Schönberg-Ensemble; Berliner Philharmoniker; University of York Department of Music (2003), The Ligeti project IV, Hamburg: Teldec Classics, OCLC 1139882005
  8. 1 2 "Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 3". ArkivMusic. 2001. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  9. 1 2 Rob Barnett (1999). "Three Works for French Horn and Orchestra". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  10. 1 2 3 Rob Barnett (2000). "Russian Horn Concertos". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "Marie-Luise Neunecker". The Aeolus International Competition. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  12. ↑ Rob Barnett (1999). "Max Reger Edition – Orchestral Works". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  13. ↑ Britten, Benjamin; Bostridge, Ian; Neunecker, Marie Luise; Metzmacher, Ingo; Harding, Daniel; Bamberger Symphoniker; Britten Sinfonia (1999), Serenade ; Our hunting fathers, New York: EMI Classics, OCLC 840328019
  14. ↑ "Marie-Luise Neunecker". grammy.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

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