Marc Raubenheimer
Marc Raubenheimer ( born March 31, 1952 in Durban, † December 7, 1983 in Madrid / Barajas) was a South African pianist.
Marc Raubenheimer debut at age 13 in Durban, he was a student of well-known music educator Ethel Kerkin. This was followed by studies in Munich ( with Friedrich Gulda ), in Vienna ( among others with Dieter Weber ), in London and New York ( including among Rosinna Lhevinne, Irma Wolpe Rademacher and Martin Canin ). Another teacher was Peter Feuchtwanger.
He won, inter alia, a prize awarded by Radio South Africa and scholarships from the South African Music Rights Association and the Stellenbosch Farmer's Winery. He also won the Youth Piano Competition of Portland and the competition of the New York Piano Teachers Congress for young performers.
In Germany, he joined and Others in January 1973 in Coesfeld, where he played with the Symphony Orchestra Münster under the direction of Alfred Walter Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.
Raubenheimer exist in 1978 his London debut at the Wigmore Hall. It was followed by numerous successful concerts in Europe, the USA and South Africa, as well as radio broadcasts of concerts.
Marc Raubenheimer eventually won in August 1982 in Santander, the first prize of the prestigious international Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, which in the music world, attracting attention and seemed to be the beginning of a pianistic career world.
In June 1983, he took his first record in London with works by Robert Schumann, including the rarely performed third piano sonata.
Marc robbery heimer's last recital as part of a world tour was planned in December 1983, again in Santander.
He ascended on 7 December 1983, the Madrilenian Barajas Airport, a DC 9, which should bring him would have to Santander. In dense fog the machine rolled on the wrong runway, followed by a takeoff Boeing 727 collided in the morning on a flight to Rome around 8:39 with the DC 9. 93 people died, including all the passengers and the crew of the DC Among the dead was 9, next to Marc Raubenheimer, the well-known Spanish philosopher José María Cagigal Sport ( 1928-1983 ).
The Schumann recording was released in 1984 by Decca only as a record, shots of predatory heimer game that had inspired critics from around the world, are not tangible on CD. In the obituary of the " Musical Times " No. 1693 of March 1984, p 168, robbery heimer " unorthodox " style and was honored " brilliant technique ".
From Marc Raubenheimer Trust of Marc Raubenheimer Memorial Prize and a scholarship for young musicians will be given.