Max Rostal
Max Rostal (* July 7, 1905 in Cieszyn, Austrian Silesia, † August 6, 1991 in Bern ) was a violinist, violist and teacher.
Biography
Max Rostals hometown belonged to the time of his birth to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Rostal, youngest son of a Jewish merchant family, studied with Carl Flesch. From 1928 to 1933 he taught at the Berlin Academy of Music. 1930 Rostal resigned from the Jewish community. On 1 April 1933 he resigned for political reasons. On March 23, 1934, he emigrated to England and devoted himself to concerts. He taught from 1944 to 1957 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the years 1957-1982 he was a professor at the Academy of Music in Cologne, in 1958, he also led master classes at the Conservatory of Bern. Among his most famous pupils were Norbert Brainin, Konstantin Gockel, Edith Peinemann, Igor Ozim, Thomas Zehetmair, Ulf Hoelscher and others.
Striving for the international promotion of the violin teacher, he was a co-founder of ESTA ( European String Teachers Association).
Max Rostal was in possession of a violin by Antonio Stradivari in 1698, is named in his honor, " Max Rostal ".
To support young musicians he called 1991 the International Max Rostal Competition for Violin and Viola into life, to be held every third year in Berlin.
The estate of Max Rostals located since 1995 in the archives of the University of the Arts Berlin. Result of the development of the estate is a comprehensive finding aid the archivist Antje Kalcher.
A daughter of Max Rostal is Rostal Sibylle, who was married to the psychologists Hans Jürgen Eysenck.
Awards
- Sibelius Medal ( 1965)
- Federal Cross of Merit (1968 )
- Prize of the City of Bern ( 1972)
- Order of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1977 )
Discography (selection)
- Violin concertos by Béla Bartók (No. 2), Alban Berg, Bernard Stevens and Dmitri Shostakovich (No. 1) was added in 1962, 1953, 1948 and 1956. Symposium Records, UK
- Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C major, D. 934, Robert Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op 105, Claude Debussy: Sonata, Igor Stravinsky: Duo Concertant. Symposium Records, UK
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E minor BWV 1023, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia, Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto in G Minor, Devil's Trill Sonata, The, Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Romances Nos. 1 and 2 Symposium Records, UK
- Franz Schubert: Three Sonatas Op 137/1-3, Rondo in B minor D 895, Sonata in A major D 574 Symposium Records, UK
Works
- Ludwig van Beethoven: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano, thoughts on its interpretation. With a supplement of pianistic point of view by Günter Ludwig. Piper, Munich, 1981.
- Manual for the violin. with the collaboration of Berta Volmer. Müller & Schade, Bern 1993.
- Violin - key - experiences, memories. With an autobiographical text by Leo Rostal, Ries & Erler, Berlin, 2007.
Editions
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia for solo violin, London 1951, Bern 1984
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Leipzig 1982
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concertos K. 218 and K. 219, Mainz 1967 and 1961
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio KV 261, Mainz 1964
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo K. 373, Mainz 1975
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas, Munich 1978
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Romances Nos. 1 and 2, Mainz
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Mainz 1971
- Franz Schubert: Rondo in A major (D 438), Mainz 1964
- Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Mainz 1973
- Carl Maria von Weber: Rondo Brillant op 62, Berlin 1930/1985
- Carl Flesch: The scale system, Berlin 1987
- Jacob Dont: Etudes and Caprices, Op 35, Mainz 1971
- Pierre Rode: 24 Caprices, Mainz 1974
- Henryk Wieniawski: L' École modern op 10, Bern 1991
Compositions
- Study in fifths, for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, 1955
- Study in fourths, for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, 1957