Eberhard Sengpiel

Eberhard Sengpiel (* in Berlin ) is a German sound engineer and lecturer at the University of Arts Berlin at the Institute of Sacred Music and the Institute of musicology, music theory, composition and music transmission.

Life

Sengpiel studied electrical engineering in Berlin and graduated with a degree in engineering. As a musician and musical director in several bands ( jazz and popular music ), he studied composition. Sengpiel is a development engineer in the audio field, involved in the creation of the now retracted hi- standard series DIN 45500 with. He also recorded as a sound engineer in the field of popular music, among others, Reinhard Mey, Peter Maffay, the Fischer choirs, the original Kvintet Avsenik. He is a sound engineer in the field of classical music with classical orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden ( Semperoper ), the Czech Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and especially chamber music recordings with many renowned soloists. These include Il Giardino Armonico, Andreas Staier and Concerto Köln.

As a sound engineer he stops at the Berlin University of Arts, Faculty of Music, Sound Engineer Institute, lectures on microphone recording and analog and digital audio technology in surround sound and Stereophonic sound (music Transfer) for students of the graduate sound engineer.

Sengpiel is married and has one son.

Awards and honors

Sengpiel was honored twice at the Grammy Awards. For recording Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, with Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, René Pape and Peter Seiffert, the choir of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and the Staatskapelle Berlin ( Opera Unter den Linden ), he was awarded the Grammy 2002 Award for Best Opera Recording The. A year before, was his recording of the Concertos for Wind Instruments - Horn Concerto No. 1 (Dale Clevenger ) Strauss: Oboe Concerto (Alex Klein) - Clarinet ( Larry Combs) - Bassoon ( Daniel McGill ), conductor / piano: Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, each of Richard Strauss, the Grammy in 2001 for Classical - Best instrumental Soloist performance with Orchestra.

The Association of German Sound Engineers ( VDT) gave Sengpiel at Tonmeistertagung 2010 in Leipzig the Medal of Honor of the VDT. According to program notes have Sengpiel " specially experienced international recognition in the formation of audio / visual offspring". "Among other things " witnessed " two Grammy awards from his recording engineer professional skill ."