Lorenz Duftschmid

Lorenz Duftschmid (* 1964 in Linz) is an Austrian viol player and conductor in the field of historical performance practice.

Life

In a musical family, born Lorenz Duftschmid started early with his musical training. He did his schooling at the music high school in Linz and studied at the Bruckner Conservatory in his hometown. Already in his student days, he founded the early music ensemble " Ars Antiqua" and " Consortium Musicum ". Lorenz Duftschmid then studied in the class of gamba Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. In the meantime, he had master classes or joint projects, musical encounters August Wenzinger, Wieland Kuijken, Charles Medlam, Gustav Leonhardt, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and the Austrian music historian, an organist, organ builder and Nestor of historical performance practice Josef Mertin ( 1904-1998 ).

The study was followed by many years in which Duftschmid has performed with ensembles and conductors in many countries around the world. These included Ton Koopman with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Jordi Savall with Hesperion XXI and the " La Capella Reial de Catalunya ", Claudio Abbado, Michael Gielen, Rolf Lislevand, Andrew Lawrence-King, Fabio Biondi with " L' Europe Galante " Rinaldo Alessandrini, Bob van Asperen, Christophe Coin, Derek Lee Ragin, Carlos Mena, Lee Santana, Andreas Staier, Andrea Marcon, Trevor Pinnock, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and others. Numerous CD recordings document these musical encounters.

Duftschmid is head of the Austrian ensemble " Armonico Tributo Austria ", with whom he also made ​​numerous recordings. Since 2004 he is a professor of viola da gamba at the Art University of Graz. In the same year he was co-founder of the musical notes and CD publishing " AnLeut ". He teaches viola da gamba at the Academy of Music Trossingen and took over 2009 the management of the Institute of Ancient Music this university.

Lorenz Duftschmid is a direct descendant of the Austrian physician and naturalist Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (1767-1821) and Dr. Johann Baptist Duftschmid ( 1804-1866 ).

Instruments

Lorenz Duftschmid makes music mostly on old historical instruments, he shall viols, the following luthiers are attributed, are available.

  • Gasparo da Salò viola da gamba (Brescia 1600)
  • James Stainer viola da gamba ( Absam, 1679 )
  • Antony Stephan Posch (Vienna, 1717)
  • Violone anonymous 1610
  • Violone " Zantino Martelozio fece in Crema, 1722 "

Discography (selection)

  • Johannes Schenck: Les Fantaisies bisarres de la Goutte (CPO)
  • Georg Muffat: Nobilis Juventus (CPO)
  • Paul Peuerl: Songs, Suites & Canzonas (CPO)
  • Marin Marais: Pieces of Character (CPO)
  • Francois Couperin: Pieces de Violes 1728 ( PAN)
  • Antoine Forquerays: Piéces de Violes, Suites 1-5 ( PAN)
  • Johann Joseph Fux: Concentus Musico - instrumental case, Vol 1 ( Arcana )
  • Johann Joseph Fux: Sacred Music (CPO)
  • Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: La Margarita ( Arcana )
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola di Gamba ( Arcana )
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Gamba Sonatas Wq. 88, 136, 137 ( Anleut )
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Gamba Sonatas BWV 1027-1029 ( Anleut )
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